Today is the 10-year anniversary of when we bought this house . I cannot believe how fast the time has flown by. In that time, we transforme...

Our house has only had three owners (including us) since 1911. The first family was the Mannings who lived in the house until the late 1930s...

Our main floor renovation appears in the October/ November 2012 issue of Northwest Renovation magazine. Very exciting! (Thanks to Skye over...

The last few days I've poked around a bit and I figured out the builder on our house: Spencer McCain. I actually always had it, but didn...

In better news, our house appeared in the Family Album section of the June issue of American Bungalow magazine! I hadn't realized it wo...

Two years ago today escrow closed on our purchase of our pretty fixer in Laurelhurst. When we first imagined the remodel, we had delusions t...

Yesterday Jeff and Sharon were excited to meet one of the Leonard daughters, Lois, who grew up in this house. She had an errand in the area ...

In this remodel project we've learned our house once had more classic Craftsman details. The French Doors on the living room and dining ...

Our hot weather is making it difficult to do real work, so I've turned my attention to getting our remodel planning started. We've b...

I just got an email from our realtor: "Your purchase of the house is final. Congratulations!" It's a relief to finally have th...

I spent too many hours today dreaming about the possibilities for the future rather than actually preparing for the future. I really like th...

Now that we're sure the Multnomah house purchase is going to go through, I figure it's safe to talk about our plans and show the ...