Sure, it was exciting to watch world class athletes compete in the Winter Olympics in Italy last month, but after two weeks of seeing spinning ice dancers, flipping snowboarders, super fast skiers, skaters, bobsleds, skeletons…

After moving, restoring and renovating our 1805 Federal Era farmhouse, once part of a connected “big house, little house, back house, barn,” we couldn’t let the last standing piece of that classic New England structure…

Eight months after Drew Corps “finished” landscaping around the Red House, an operator returned to the site last week to repair our washed-out driveway, install new drainage pipes and replace an old culvert. Hopefully, this…

In the 18th century, before Sweden’s first settler Samuel Nevers ventured north, this land was completely forested. Bears, deer, fox, wolves, coyotes, woodchucks, porcupines, fishers and wolverines shared the woods with a plethora of insects,…

It felt like it would never come. On faith I planted peas and spinach May1st just before leaving on a two-week trip, trusting Nature to do her job. She didn’t disappoint. Upon our return, there…

Our house project was completed before the onset of winter. An early snowfall covered the newly hydro-seeded fields with a lovely protective white blanket that did not completely disappear until Easter. Through the new triple-glazed…

It’s difficult to say exactly when a house project ends as there are endless opportunities to add finishing touches. For this project, we decided we needed to dress up some of our windows with period…

We are so grateful for the design work of Barba + Wheelock and the building skills brought to us by Crowell Construction for helping us reimagine and restore our 1805 farmhouse, making it fit for…

This week we took delivery of a propane tank – a shiny white cylindrical vessel the size of a submarine and the shape of an ibuprofen capsule. It was a reminder that despite our best…

After spending countless hours cutting back saplings, bittersweet and other invaders from the edge of the forest to reveal old stone walls built by former residents of the Red House, we discovered there is an…

This week we witnessed another dramatic change in the landscape around the Red House. On Tuesday morning, TJ Bergquist arrived with two men, a big truck and a giant hose loaded with a grass seed…

Our architect warned us that digging a new foundation on a new site would be disruptive (to say the least) and that it would take several years for the land around the house “to heal.”…

This week contractors pulled out all the stops, under pressure to finish their work before Thursday when a moving crew from Country Pickers arrived with furniture and possessions we’ve been storing since 2020. Our lovely…

This week the carpentry, painting and landscaping crews made enormous strides toward the project finish line and we also had electricians, geothermal technicians and the plumber on site. The work days started at dawn and…

This was a transformative week at the Red House. Joe from Drew Corps arrived early each morning to pull out old stumps and move mountains of dirt (fill), gravel and sand. He defined the boundaries…