Adding Built-Ins to a Historic Dining Room
The dining room needed storage and presence. Built-ins solved both problems.
Buying a Historic Home: Our First Year of Lessons Learned
Learn what nobody tells you about buying and living in a historic home — from the inspection process to the first year of surprises, costs, and hard-won wisdom.
The Master Bathroom Renovation: What We Got Right and Wrong
The master bathroom was the most expensive room in the renovation and the one where we made the most recoverable mistakes. I'm writing this
Upgrading the Exterior Lanterns Without Going Overboard
The exterior of a historic home can be ruined by the wrong lights. We spent a long time on this decision.
Historic Home Kitchen Renovation: What We Learned the Hard Way
Discover the real lessons from renovating a kitchen in an 1892 Charleston single house — budget surprises, layout decisions, hardware choices, and what we'd redo.
Refinishing Heart Pine Floors in a Historic Home: Our Honest Guide
See what it really takes to refinish original heart pine floors in an 1890s home — grit sequence, finish choice, costs, and the mistakes we'd avoid next time.
Why We Chose Unlacquered Brass for the Kitchen Hardware
Every hardware decision in this kitchen came down to one question: will this look right in forty years? Polished chrome won't. Brushed nicke