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Restoring our 1890 Victorian provides the following services: I write about the experience of living in a construction-site, DIY house-renovation, design, frustration, planning, indecision… And the challenge of sharing the role of general-contractor with my husband. Also? Craigslist-- my one true love.

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Photos of the house before restoration: http://victoriaelizabethbarnes.com/about-the-house/ How we got here: http://victoriaelizabethbarnes.com/how-we-ended-up-buying-and-restoring-an-old-victorian-house/ ••• We bought a crumbling Victorian house and are restoring it ourselves, room-by-room ••• ••• See photos and read about the rest of the project at our house-renovation blog: ••• http://victoriaelizabethbarnes.com/projects/

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I write about the experience of living in a construction-site, DIY house-renovation, design, frustration, planning, indecision… And the challenge of sharing the role of general-contractor with my husband. Also? Craigslist-- my one true love.

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Commented: Kohler Cast Iron or Rohl Fireclay Kitchen SinkI had my heart set on the Rohl/shaw farmhouse sink. But after 57,000 hours of research, I ended up choosing Kohler Whitehaven. Here are my thoughts why I decided against fireclay... but I don't think...

November 8, 2015 in Kitchens

Commented: If you don't have any windows in your kitchenWe aren’t going to have a window over our sink… (it’s an old house,) we’re reno-ing the kitchen now and everyone wants to tell me how YOU MUST HAVE A WINDOW OVER THE SINK. But I’ve lived with it this ...

November 6, 2015 in Kitchens

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February 5, 2015 in Growing from Seed

Commented: Time for some early seed starting!Right now it's about the time I get itchy and want to start even though it's too early for me. If you are starting inside, and haven't ever tried it, I use soil blocks. I’ve tried EVERY method, this i...

February 2, 2015 in Growing from Seed

Commented: This floor is gorgeous!2"… I got it up in North Jersey, directly from the importer. It was a few years ago and it wasn't available anywhere near me… Of course, the year after we did that bathroom the larger Carrera hex was ...

January 17, 2015

Commented: whats the window made from ,worried about moisturedetailed post and explanation here: http://victoriaelizabethbarnes.com/window-in-shower/

September 3, 2014

Restoring our 1890 Victorian