The door and window switcharoo

All work on the inside of the house has stopped as we take advantage of the summer weather to focus on everything related to the exterior of the house.  One of these projects is the continuation of the window restorations.  Yes, that project is STILL going on. I completely restored the interior sashes more than…

Completing the Cycle: Re-installing the rehabbed windows

The renovation of our beautiful 100 year old windows has been the most time consuming single project (by far) and the biggest money saving DIY project (by a mile) of our home renovation project.   Those of you that have followed this blog from the beginning have read about these windows off and on for…

Winter is coming!

Week 32 – Joe Apparently winter is arriving a little earlier this year.  An abnormal “polar plunge” is dropping the temperatures below freezing and will continue for the foreseeable future.  I don’t mind cold weather. In fact, I normally embrace it…  but it’s too early!  We have been preparing for the inevitably of cold temps, but…