Couldn’t agree more. I’ve got 1920s plaster walls that look like they’ve seen a few rounds with a hockey team, and honestly, I wouldn’t trade them for...
I get why folks pad the budget for wiring, but honestly, I think the 20% rule can be overkill—at least in my experience. When I redid my 1920s place, ...
Can confirm, rim joists are sneaky little culprits. My house is pushing 120 years, and I swear the drafts have a mind of their own. I used to think th...
French drains are messy to install, no doubt, but in my experience with a 1920s basement, they’re worth it if you’re fighting constant seepage. We tri...
Hiding cords in these old houses is a nightmare, honestly. I tried running a plug-in strip along the top of my cabinets once—looked like a snake had m...
Totally relate to this. When we redid our historic bungalow porch, I nearly blew the budget on reclaimed wood samples alone. Thermally modified wood w...
Haha, exactly how I felt when I did mine. But gotta say, attic insulation was way less itchy than crawling under the porch sealing gaps—found spiders ...
Totally agree about sealing gaps—learned that the hard way myself. My place is an old historic home with original windows, and when I first moved in, ...
Honestly, I had the same worry when I first got mine. My house is an old Victorian—beautiful, but humidity central. I did notice a slight bump in the ...
Had a similar issue in our old Victorian—closet was basically a mold incubator. Tried vents first, but turns out the real culprit was a tiny roof leak...
I get the logic behind mass-loaded vinyl, but honestly, from my experience renovating an old Victorian, it's not always worth the hassle. We tried som...
Couldn't agree more on the extra padding. I don't have a beach house, but renovating my old historic place taught me that inspections never catch ever...
I live in a historic place too—built around 1910—and honestly, sometimes I think the old walls are judging me when I ask Alexa to dim the lights or pl...
Yeah, sanding concrete countertops is no joke. I made some for my old kitchen a few years back—thought my arms were gonna fall off by the end. One thi...