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Homeownership
Three Old House myths that really scare the wooden siding right out of people or really scare people right into the vinyl siding.
Homeownership
When in Doubt, Ask First (before wielding that hammer)
Sometimes it's pointing, sometimes it's plumbing. And, if you're lucky, somtimes it's simply peeling paint.
Homeownership
As we dwell in these structures built so many years before us, we often come to wonder about their origin, their history and their date of construction.
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Architecture
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Homeownership
All Paint professionals agree that the key to any successful painting project lies in Preparation! Preparation! Preparation! The Exterior of Your Historic House: A Basic Paint Recipe
Architecture
The Cape Cod House, A New England Original
Aside from white-steepled churches and village greens, probably nothing characterizes New England as much as the Cape Cod house.
Preservation
Massachusetts’ Community Preservation Act
This bill allows communities to raise and appropriate money designated for their own local open space, affordable housing and historic preservation projects.
Architecture
Curb Appeal: Highland Avenue in Greenfield, Massachusetts
Curb Appeal is a series of not-so-scholarly musings on historic architecture as seen from the street during the author’s ramblings around the Northeast. If you have a favorite neighborhood, town center or enclave of historic homes that you’d like featured, please contact me via email at lacelord@gmail.com.
