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Patio: A shady spot in the garden
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Patio: A shady spot in the garden
August 8, 2017 0
“I think we should get a Big Green Egg,” I said “Not until we have a patio,” he said “Cool! Let’s build a patio then!” … and off we drove to Stony Run in Spring City and purchased 38 tons of modified, screenings and stone slabs. It sounds sooooo straight forward in principle, but this […]
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Dining Room Take 1 – A Floor Worth Saving
Dining Room
Dining Room Take 1 – A Floor Worth Saving
November 26, 2016 1
The main part of our home was built in 1790 in the 2/3 Georgian style, with stone quarried from the land around the house. Around 1900, a two story timber extension was added as an east wing, providing a large room on the first floor, and a bathroom and rear bedroom on the second floor. Later […]
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Aerial Video: House, Exton Park & Surrounding Area
East Whiteland Township, Exton Park
Aerial Video: House, Exton Park & Surrounding Area
June 1, 2015 0
When friends bring their drone to dinner, this happens….
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Kitchen
I feel a country music song coming on …
April 17, 2015 1
… a month into purchasing the Benjamin Jacob’s house, if I were being completely honest, most days it was all getting to be a bit much. We were using half the upstairs bathroom as a kitchen, each morning I would awkwardly bump into contractors before I had laid hands on coffee or a bra, and my personal […]
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Early Days, Roof
What’s better than one roof?
April 4, 2015 0
Two roofs, of course! Just after we moved in, Ben and I noticed that the roof’s surface appeared to have some buckles and waves. Nothing worrisome had shown up on the inspection report other than the need to replace the roof, so we remained hopeful that there wasn’t going to be a really expensive problem that […]
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Kitchen
To Wall or Not to Wall – The Kitchen Debate
April 2, 2015 0
On the other side of the kitchen was (notice the past tense) a room with lovely views of the front garden and park through the bay window. As it had a built in nook in the wall that is shared with the kitchen, Ben saw this as being a perfect spot to hang a flat screen […]
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Planning for Uncontrolled Chaos
Early Days, Exton Park
Planning for Uncontrolled Chaos
March 31, 2015 1
Between putting in the offer and closing on May 19th, we only had 2 months to make a plan. It wasn’t buyer’s remorse that Ben and I were feeling, but there was definitely some palpable anxiety about how we would juggle our busy work and family schedules while taking on a mammoth full-home renovation. “The […]
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Why Exton?
Exton
Why Exton?
March 22, 2015 6
I’ve lived in Pennsylvania’s Chester and Montgomery counties since the mid 1990’s, and to be honest, the Exton area never spoke to me. For one, there’s no quaint town center like so many boroughs in this area to draw you in and make you want to explore the shops and neighborhoods. The busy routes 100 and 30, which […]
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