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Surprise! We’re also Building a Garage

Exterior ProjectsAugust 13, 2021389Views 0Likes 10Comments

As if two bathrooms were not enough, we are also building a garage. We take forever to make decisions around here, but it's off to the races when we do. We had an appraiser in the house this week, and we're crossing our fingers that the financials line up as we hope. BHH has plenty…

Love It or List It?

Exterior ProjectsJune 28, 2021856Views 0Likes 51Comments

For the past seven years in BHH, I have viewed our house through the eyes of a seller. I've thought about it from a seller's perspective because I have moved so much and lived in so many houses over the years that the concept of a forever house doesn't even exist in my brain. We…

A Brief History of Shutters: Should We Keep Ours?

Exterior ProjectsApril 26, 20214KViews 0Likes 27Comments

A couple of weeks ago, I took advantage of an unseasonably warm day and pulled out the pressure washer to clean some mildew off the siding shingles. We had our house painted over three summers, with the almost-finale taking place in 2017--four years ago already. Time flies when you're addressing deferred maintenance. Isn't that how…

2021 House Goals: Course Correction

Exterior Projects, Maintenance, Window RestorationApril 22, 2021327Views 0Likes 8Comments

In January, I set some lofty house goals with projects divided monthly and quarterly. Despite the fact there is snow on the ground today, spring is here. Before the snow (that I am pretending I cannot see), the weather was pretty decent, and I started working on outdoor chores. Looking at everything up close, I…

Repointing a Stone Foundation with Lime Mortar

Exterior Projects, Maintenance, VideoJanuary 27, 202114KViews 1Like 5Comments

Last summer when I truly paid attention to the holes in the mortar of the foundation at Blake Hill House, I spent a couple of sleepless nights convinced that the entire house might fall down on my watch. Who else jumps too quickly to the end of a story? The foundations of our old houses…

2020: The Year of the Window

Exterior Projects, Maintenance, Window RestorationDecember 3, 2019350Views 0Likes 14Comments

I promise that I am not trying to sweep the rest of 2019 under the rug, but with a project as large as BHH, I am in perpetual planning mode most of the time. Over the last five and a half years here, we have made so much progress. (Remember the beginning?) Even so, there…