Smartest thing I ever did was match my house trim color to my gutters / downspouts. #OldHouseLife #DIY #Paint

The roofers tossed the old shingles over the side so they hit my freshly (this summer) painted clapboards on the way down to the ground. Now it's light gray with oily black streaks, dots and divots and I'm depressed. #OldHouseLife #DIY #ContractorsDontCare

I’m finding it harder and harder to resist the urge to buy an old Victorian in some small town back east, packing up all my shit, and leaving. #oldhouse #oldhouselife #booksky

The fun part of having a 100+ year old house is discovering that plumbing doesn’t last 100 years.
#oldhouselife

All of this to say *ahem*
FUUUUCK!

It's a little hotter and more humid than I'd prefer, but scraping old paint is super satisfying, especially when you get down to the old square cut nails. #OldHouseLife #ScrapeCaulkPrimePaint #DIY

Painting my house this summer.
So many scraping days; paint day!; heat dome, too hot; next day too hot; same; thunderstorms day; paint day; paint day; rain day; paint day; wildfire smoke, no painting; same; rain day; paint day; carpenter bees day; paint day; rain #diy #ClimateChange #OldHouseLife

Today, up on the extension ladder with paint, brush, scraper, window cleaner, paper towels, etc., I finally realized the derivation of "punch list." Because I want to punch someone rather than deal with all these piddly things I missed when painting my house. #DIY #OldHouseLife #ItLooksGoodThough

Color-drenching is the greatest spin on being too lazy to tape parts off and open a 2nd color for the fiddly bits. I'll let you know how it works out with my bathroom. #DIY #OldHouseLife #design #InteriorPaint

In my seemingly never ending quest to improve automation of the coal powered heating system in my 1675 house, I'm on the way to taming it. Smart alerts from various sensors tell us of probable "fire out" situations. If only I could automate loading the anthracite & emptying the clinker #oldhouselife

Places I found paint chips last night:
my hair
my shoe
my pocket
my bra
Join me on OnlyRehabbers for the pics. Jk. #OldHouseLife #DIY #HousePainting

The discoveries just keep coming – and this one is fabulous. It really is a small world.
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#OldHouseLife #RenovationTruths #CraftRoomUpdate

Seeing my breath also a clue. #OldHouseLife #RuralNorfolk #NoCentralHeating