What Happened to the Old House?

One of the truly delightful features on an older home (we estimate over 90 years) is a wrap around porch. It has more square feet than our first home did. The only hazard is that it is a tempting place to work on remodeling projects. Can you say "clutter magnet"? To see a larger picture of the house just click the photo.

We had to let it go.

Our 90 year old farm house was too far gone for the remodeling it required. The short story is we built a new house, which you can see here. The longer story is here.

Historic Houses

Tin roofs dance across the folds of the Paint Rock Valley. The red, green and silver covers adorn houses that are as much as 100 years old.

These are not the homes one expects to see remodeled on Bob Vila's show. They reflect a tenacity and creativity of people that survived the reconstruction years of the civil war.

Often they are monuments to "making do", an ethic proudly guarded and not easily disparaged.

The original section of our home is made with "balloon framing". The twelve inch thick logs, acting as sill plates, rest on stone hewn from the local mountain.