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…
I am actually a few episodes into season five already. Now that I am back to hosting the show solo, my goal has been to bridge the content gap between this blog and the podcast. Clearly, that is going well since the first episode of season five published on February 1st, and I am just…
In September 2018, I released the first episode of True Tales From Old Houses, the podcast. It has been two years already. When I was first dreaming up a podcast about all things old-house-related, it sounded like such an easy task: talk (never a problem for me), record, edit, release.
Following my life's…
Ever since Devyn became my podcast co-host and we moved the show to our new website, I struggled with how to keep all of you in the loop. For a long time, our listeners were still calling it the Blake Hill House podcast, and that didn't feel fair to Devyn. That's why I stopped mentioning…
In July, Devyn and I unveiled our new website, True Tales From Old Houses. It is 100% dedicated to the podcast. While it is nice to have a dedicated space for the show, I recently concluded that it is still relevant content for the BHH blog. Moving forward, I will write brief posts here. The…
In case you missed it, here is part I.
Saturday was full of workshops, and Sunday was a workday. We were matched with pros to learn to do a complete mechanical makeover of sash windows. Steve calls that pairing, "Pros and Joes." I fall somewhere between a Pro and Joe since I have done…