Painting the Porch Storage Chest: One Last Project for the House 173 Porch
Porches One Last Project for the Front Porch A tired storage chest gets a rich red finish, a little…
Front Porch #5 Moving Back In
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Front Porch The Porch That Waited A Century of Welcomes, One More Chapter After weeks of sanding, …
The Old Macintosh Gets a Face
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Ramblings More than a Quarter Century A whimsical gift became the latest chapter in the story of on…
Front Porch #4 The Porch Floor
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Porches Painting the Porch Floor Sometimes the best color choice is the one you've already live…
Front Porch #3 - Painting
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Porches One Last Color Change Sometimes the best design decision is the one you almost didn't m…
House 173 in 1927 (According to AI)
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History A Century Ago Sometimes the most interesting old-house photographs are the ones that were…
Front Porch Update #2: Prep Work
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Porches The Part Nobody Pins: Porch Prep Before Paint Every beautiful paint job begins with the wor…
Upstairs Hallway Mirror Megapost: Restoring a 1935 Dresser Mirror
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Painted Furniture Long Hidden Treasure A vintage dresser mirror from 1935 is restored, repainted, …
Front Porch Update #1: Choosing Colors for House 173
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Porches Green Paint Chips & Too Many Opinions Every porch makeover starts with a decision. For…
Back Door Refresh at House 173
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Back Porch Matching the Front, One Repair at a Time A little paint, a few old-house repairs, and o…
The Return of Honeysuckle at House 173
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Flowers It's Back! A familiar summer fragrance returns to the backyard at House 173 and brings…
2026 Living Room Update, Part 3
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Interior The Color We Never Saw Coming Sometimes the perfect color isn't the one you planned, i…
2026 Living Room Update, Part 2
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Interior The Prep Work That Makes the Difference The best paint job begins long before the first br…
2026 Living Room Update, Part 1
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Interior Stripping Away Twenty Years A room that served us well for more than twenty years begins i…
1918 Bailey No. 5 Plane Restoration
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Tool Restoration Megapost Bailey Plane No. 5 Restoration - Part 1 GBS October 09, 2022 ━━━━━━━━━━━…
Preparing Our Blue Arrow Juniper for Winter
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Puttering Putting the Yard to Bed A quiet late-fall afternoon at House 173 as we prepare our new B…
The Gentle Joy of Keeping an Old Flame Alive
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Ramblings A Simple Cleanup A simple workshop ritual becomes a reflection on craftsmanship, Marlbor…
DIY Battery Organizer from Scrap Wood | Easy Workshop Storage Project
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Puttering A Putt-About Morning A simple scrap-wood project that turned into one of the handiest lit…
Meet Blue Arrow | The New Juniper at House 173
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Back Yard Juniper ‘Blue Arrow’ (Juniperus virginiana) A slender new evergreen arrives at House 173…
House 173: The Poetry of Ordinary Projects
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Ramblings Critic’s Review For Transparency and Fun: What you're about to read is totally ficti…