I am constantly researching the history of the house. A few years back I pulled all the mantles off the walls looking for things that migh...

I found an old letter from J. A, Aycock whom I believe to be the original owner of the house. I found it, of all places, online on e-bay. Th...

Yesterday we worked on framing the deck. Somehow I mis-calculated and ended up 4 boards short so we couldn't finish. I forgot the camera...

We didn't get to spend a lot of time out at the house today but I did get some things accomplished. I worked on installing the second ci...

When I was at the Woodbury house yesterday I took some time to clean up the toothbrushes I had found in the kitchen wall last week. I had no...

Yesterday I worked on the dining room side of the wall. The first thing I did was install pieces of 2x4 in between studs for the wainscoting...

We went out to Woodbury today to try to get some work accomplished. We wanted to concentrate on the upstairs bedrooms. We picked out neutral...

I'm beginning to think I'll never get this yard done. Here are a few more before and afters: First the barn area. I'm still nowh...

We had a few extra hours yesterday so we went back out to Woodbury. I started clearing out the area in front of the barn. Below is a before ...