Tag Archives: Renovation
5 Steps to Dry Out your Sandy-Damaged Home
The devastation we’ve witnessed up and down the East Coast has, if anything, convinced us more than ever of the … Continue reading
Top 10 Renovation Books
We restoration professionals make it look easy. To you, it seems like we always know why there’s moisture coming through … Continue reading
The Pros and Cons of Living in a Historic District
Interested in moving into an historic district, whether in Old Towne Orange or downtown Charleston or somewhere in between? Do … Continue reading
Restoration Story: An 1886 Queen Anne
Restoration can be a full-time job laden with chance and coincidence, as Cathie and Dennis Caldwell of Orange, California, have … Continue reading
Paint Your Walls in the Victorian Style
Karen Bateman has always “loved Victoriana and became a collector in high school”; when she and her husband redid their … Continue reading
Questions to Ask Your Historic Home before you Renovate
Before you begin renovating, take historical architects Mark Alan Hewitt and Gordon Bock’s advice and hunt for clues about these … Continue reading
Furnishing a Victorian Guestroom
While contractors busily adapted his 1878 Queen Anne to his 21st century lifestyle, homeowner Chris Mullen indulged one of his … Continue reading











