I know we haven’t provided any updates for a few days. You’re probably all awaiting those glorious after pictures that you see in Better Homes and Gardens, aren’t you? Sadly, I can’t provide anything…
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It would just be wrong to end today’s blog entries with bathroom sewage escaping from lead pipes, don’t you think? I know that I will have to return to my coping corner if that…
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Written by Joel Sauer Perhaps more than any other question, this is the one we get most often. It is elegant and simple, yet remarkably poignant. Why? Usually the person asking is on their…
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We’ve had our share of little surprises as the walls have come down. Some of them have been amusing like the avalanche of hickory nuts that fell atop Joel as he knocked down the…
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So we’ve already mentioned that lead pipes were cemented into the floor of the upstairs bath, right? If you missed that fascinating detail, you can learn more about it here. In that article, I was…
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For the past several months we’ve made umpteen plans for the house. Re-open doorways here, knock down walls there, move the chandelier over here, and so on. Through all of these decisions, we went…
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This post piggy backs onto the previous one, It’s Gonna Get Worse Before it Gets Better, because after all of that tear down and resulting mess, someone has to clean up, right? Who knew…
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We’re heavily into the restoration of 1110 W. Washington and lo and behold, Steve, the all-knowing heating/air conditioning/plumbing expert’s words of wisdom have come true. Steve has been around the proverbial house-restoration block and…
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Big news this week! Amid all of the tear down and surprises of our future home, our current home sold. Nearly forgot about that, didn’t you? Although lots of people own two (or more)…
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It’s official! The purchase papers have been signed and the building permits are in place. As of April 10, 2012 we are the proud owners of a 110-year-old historic home in downtown Fort Wayne,…
