The Historic District

Here is my other quandary... what to move in to. Spring is supposed to be the hot RE market right? but there is nothing to move into in our price range thats decent. Well almost nothing. I said we didn't have high hopes of another antique, but there is one... a 1790s built Georgian center hall that'...

Painted trim was the norm in the Colonial and Federal eras. It fell out of favor in the Victorian years. When the Revival architectures went mainstream in the 1890s, painted woodwork began to re-appear. All the trim in my house was originally pained, though most of the doors were originally finishe...

Thanks all. Yes, we sometimes get the "but I grew up in one room, you can too" commentary - especially when I ask on a site like bogleheads... But its not just the one bath, its also the fact the one bath is right on the living room (and in earshot of the kitchen)... And making a closet in...

Hahahahaha.... No additional twin sets. But would you believe that they are 8 years old now? We are at the point where the 4 of us sharing one bathroom gets "interesting" a little too often. Thanks for the encouragement... I think our biggest issue is going is just going to be attracting l...

I feel like its been forever since I've posted, but I wanted to pop in and let all the wonderful folks here know first. As we have expected for a few years now, the time has come for us to move on from our wonderful old house Its a hard thing to part with this place, but our growing family just does...

Hey James... its not so much the color itself, its the contrasting trim.... Every old house book I have says that houses where typically monochrome up until the Greek Revival period or later. All the historic houses in Newport and most of the museum houses at Sturbridge Village and Strawberry Banke ...

That looks great Jeremy - could you share the names of those two colors? They work together really well. Since it's now been a couple months since you shared, how do you feel now about the room? Sorry i lost track... just asked the better half to remind me, its HC-171 Wickham Gray and the trim is a...

Sorry Ive been away so long folks, lots happened over the winter and spring and I didn't have much time for the house. We did finally get the rest of the exterior repainted to match the garage (recall last year a tree fell on it and insurance paid for a new roof and paint). Same siding color as it u...

I love Bertucci's. When I worked in Boston two summers and one winter break, I went there at least once a month. You must have got a good one.... ours sucks. Pizza's are chronically under cooked. Many people have complained but it doesn't improve. What we miss most about living closer to Boston is ...

Yeah, the no diner thing is hard for me which is funny because I grew up in a Shore Town in southern NJ that didn't have any all night diners and most of the diners we did have closed their doors off season. (Even the one Mickey D's closed seasonally--not joking.) When I lived in Northern NJ for ye...