Category: Phase 1

Chronicling my adventures restoring and updating a quirky old Philadelphia rowhouse

Demo begins!

My house is in pretty solid condition, but was unfortunately the victim to some pretty badly done renovations, apparently right before it went on the market. The worst of these was the disastrous floor finishing job that I’ll have to re-redo later on. Then the walls were covered in loose wallpaper, and instead of scraping…
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The house and I get acquainted

Today the house and I got to spend some time together for the first time. We seem to be getting along pretty well already. I keep thinking of more and more things I want to change though. Hopefully that doesn’t keep up.