When I started work on the house, I noticed that the floor wasn’t level. I thought I could level them pretty easily by jacking up the floor joists. There is easy access to the joists from the basement. After I pulled up the flooring, I realized that this was going to be a MAJOR project. […]

When the house was built, my great grandpa put a hidden closet under the steps in the entryway. The house was remodeled in the 60s and the open stairway leading upstairs was closed in. The hidden closet was covered with a real closet. During the remodel, we opened the stairway back up. This exposed the […]

The living room will be one of our last projects. I’d love to remove the current brick fireplace and put in a more vintage one.