I hear you. My place is over a century old, and those eco labels don’t always tell the whole story—especially with drafty windows and ancient radiator...

I’ve been down this road with my place—spent way too many weekends at salvage yards thinking I’d save money. Sometimes you really do, but honestly, th...

I’m right there with you on the older systems being easier to keep running. My house is pushing 120 years, and the HVAC from the late ‘90s is still ch...

I’ve had inspectors who seemed more interested in my old fuse box than the state of my kitchen counters. Once, one even complimented my 1920s tile but...

Lavender definitely has its quirks—I struggled with it at first too. Eventually, I figured out it really hates heavy clay soil, which my garden unfort...

Humidity can definitely ruin your day when refinishing floors. I've found that using oil-based poly instead of water-based helps a bit—it dries slower...

Corsican mint is lovely, but from experience, it bruises fairly easily under heavy or regular foot traffic. I've used it between stepping stones in a ...

That's exactly what we did when renovating our historic home. The kitchen windows are charming but small, so natural light alone wasn't enough. We ins...