Demolition is easy. Preservation is hard. We didn’t buy this former camp cabin with the intention of erasing its history. Once we decided we needed to knock down the house, it would have been faster to let everything go with the demo, but we felt a responsibility to the cabin—and to the earth. We removed… Continue reading The Soul of the Cabin (And why we didn’t paint the wall)
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The 7 Red Flags We Ignored (And Why We’d Do It Again)
“We don’t lock the house,” the realtor said, “but if you get there before me, wait until I let you in.” That should have been our first sign to keep driving past that blue eyesore. Even after we toured the house and were taking a second look outside, a truck slowed down on the road.… Continue reading The 7 Red Flags We Ignored (And Why We’d Do It Again)