Tag: historic restoration

Chronicling my adventures restoring and updating a quirky old Philadelphia rowhouse

The Final Look for the Front

September 20, 2018

That’s right, everything is picked out now! A few weeks ago when I was getting neurotic deciding whether or not the windows should have muntins like I originally planned, or not like the house was originally, Tito looked confused about why this even mattered because he didn’t think it would look that different. Blog readers…
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Mulling Over Historically Accurate Transoms

September 11, 2018

Do you get the pun? Anyways, it wasn’t too long ago that I was doing mental backflips to be satisfied with an obviously inauthentic door because it’s mahogany and it’s there and I can’t get a 30 year mortgage on a replacement. Then I bought a period door, but the jambs started bothering me. So…
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