It’s been almost a month since we moved in to what has felt more like a work site than a home. Each day that we are here, the Red House has become more like home….

A full moon is often used as a symbol for coming full circle – completion of a phase or task. Under Tuesday’s full Harvest Moon, we thought about how much we have done to make…

It’s been called the Nevers’, the Moulton’s or the Johnson’s farmhouse depending on who was living here at the time but it has also been referred to for generations simply as “the red house.” This…

It’s not ideal to move into your new home before the contractors are finished their work but sometimes, as they say in England, needs must. So this week we’ve been on site while six different…

It’s been another frenetic week at the worksite as plumbers, electricians, carpenters, painters and tilers scramble to complete their tasks while competing for space. On Friday, the day we moved in, they had to make…

With just one week to go until we move in, crews are working seven days a week to meet our deadline. At the rate things are going, it looks like we are going to make…

While I took the week off to go sailing on the coast, Nils stayed the course at the worksite, clearing stone walls as Robert’s Roofing covered the ell with a standing seam metal roof. Stone…

Three weeks away from our soft move-in day, several crews are competing for space as they work on the Red House. They’re concentrating their efforts on the new ell, which houses a new entryway, living…

The term “Modern Farmhouse” is most often used as a decorating style. A search for it on Pinterest offers up images of rustic furniture on newly refurbished floors with quaint knick knacks on fireplace mantels….

While we went on holiday for a few days to the coast, painter Doug Guildford got right to work. We returned Saturday to discover the living room, both our offices, the Maine bedroom and sitting…

Renovating an old house, everyone seems to know, takes longer than a new build. And extra steps are needed to salvage and reuse old materials, as we are doing for the Red House. We have…

Yes, it has been 52 weeks since we started this renovation project blog. On July 10, 2023 I photographed Al and Josh salvaging barn boards from the old screen porch. It won’t be long now…

The team from Anmar Plastering has taken over the farmhouse bringing with them the tools of their specialized trade. Though we have yet to see one of these craftsmen using them, they strap on stilts…

As June makes way for July, sheet rockers make way for plasterers. The walls are covered and the floors cleared of debris. After seven days of work, the crew was deservedly proud. This project is…

This week a new crew came in to install plaster board on all the walls and ceilings. Plaster board is a type of drywall finished with a special paper designed to adhere to veneer-plaster. This…