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Basement Bar Before & After - I've made my living writing about beer and whiskey for 30 years, but I've never had a home bar: no time, no space, no money. That all change... Read More
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Bare backyard needs shade - That's just a shot this afternoon from our backdoor Ring camera, looking just about due North from our back porch. Our backyard is narrow, ... Read More
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Soapstone, Granite, or Quartz? - We're starting to plan the kitchen for our retirement home. We've redone the exterior, and the front part of the house, an 1850s-era buildin... Read More
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Finding the right architect - Not having a lot of luck finding an architect for our remodeling project. We have a 150-year-old home in a small town near State College, P... Read More
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Narrow, treeless, upslope backyard: ideas? - We bought a fixer-upper 1860s home in a rural PA borough. The property's just over 1/4 acre, most of which is a narrow, sloping backyard wit... Read More
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5-room remodel: architect, or designer? - We're remodeling a long-neglected 1860s home in rural Pennsylvania. The top two floors were easy: 2 bedrooms, a bathroom, and an attic "... Read More
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Progress on our 150+ year old small-town home - My wife and I are remodeling a house in small-town central Pennsylvania. The house dates back to at least 1861, according to the earliest to... Read More
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Concrete steps: repair or replace? - We bought a potential retirement home about a year ago, and we've been working on it. We finally got zoning permission to re-do the porch an... Read More
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Ceiling fans on a balcony porch - We're remodeling an 1870 home in a small central PA town, and just got zoning permission (technically it's a historic district, but they're ... Read More
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Bathroom vanity light dilemma - Looking for something different in a bathroom vanity light. All of them seem to be some variation on "2/3/4 bulbs in shades on stems po... Read More
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