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Adventures in restoring & renovating our antique farmhouse

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Beam Me Up

June 12, 2016 by porterbradstreet

Things are moving right along now! Wrapping up plumbing and electric and getting inspections done, nothing too exciting to report there. Except perhaps the dream I had, in which we were finally moving into the beautiful finished house and unpacking the boxes we’ve been living out of for 9 months…only to find that none of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Back of the house, beams, History, Outside Tagged: farmhouse, historichome, oldhouse, porterbradstreet, renovation

Super quick update

May 23, 2016 by porterbradstreet

Hey everybody! Just popping in to say hello and share some pictures. Progress has purposefully slowed the past couple of weeks due to some travel and other activities, responsibilities, etc. As you might have gathered by now, there is truly never a dull moment with us. Both a blessing and a curse, ha! Even yesterday, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Back of the house, kitchen, Outside, Uncategorized Tagged: antique, farmhouse, historichouse, porterbradstreet, renovation

CSI: Colonial New England

May 5, 2016 by porterbradstreet

Well, it was bound to happen. We finally found bones! Eek. So I guess this means a slightly greater chance it may be haunted, right?  Those cool floors mentioned in the last post had to come up, which actually ended up being a good thing for several reasons. They really weren’t in good shape, are … [Read more…]

Posted in: kitchen, Outside, Uncategorized Tagged: antique, bones, farmhouse, flooring, historichouse, porterbradstreet

Markings of original builders… or a tally of days held captive? 

February 9, 2016 by porterbradstreet

      Sorry folks – life has been so busy the last couple of weeks! Just wanted to update a tiny bit. Found these fun (and somewhat creepy) markings under layers of wall, and again under the ceiling (standing in the same place but looking upward).  I can only assume they were put there by … [Read more…]

Posted in: Back of the house, Demolition, History Tagged: 17thcentury, construction, farmhouse, historic, house, massachusetts, periodhome, renovation, restoration

If Walls Could Talk (I would still probably interrupt them with my own research findings, speaking of which…)

January 30, 2016 by porterbradstreet

Pretty concise title for this post, I know. I never said I could be endlessly clever! So remember our food-filled walls? I mean, how could you forget, it was so pleasing to the eye, so aesthetically dreamy, etc…   Up until the corncobs were found in the walls of The Back Of The House, we had … [Read more…]

Posted in: Back of the house, History Tagged: americanhistory, danvers, demolition, farmhouse, insulation, massachusetts, Peabody Essex Museum, periodhome, porterbradstreet, renovation, restoration, salem, superstition, The Republic Newspaper

House of Carbs

January 13, 2016 by porterbradstreet

Busy week with Nick preparing for a short trip and a bug hitting our house. Alas, we have still gotten some work done and have been literally chipping away at the project that is The Back Of The House. I just wanted to mention that this area of this type of house is called a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Back of the house, Demolition, Plans Tagged: antique, architecture, farmhouse, historichome, massachusetts, porterbradstreet, post and beam, renovation, restoration

Hello world!

January 5, 2016 by porterbradstreet

Okay! We are live. Eek. First things first – I am not a writer. I am sure that is already quite clear. Secondly, I am also not usually very public. So this is a new, somewhat intimidating place to be. But this will be fun. Or funny. Probably funny for you, and mildly terrifying for … [Read more…]

Posted in: Front Porch, Plans Tagged: antique, architecture, farmhouse, massachusetts, periodhome, renovation

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