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Artemis Farm
Carol Goldberg has only loved one house in her life. She met the 1890 Victorian farmhouse as a 14-year-old hired to train horses in Westchester County, New York. Quickly, her immersion in everything equine grew to the point that she was begging her p
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REPLACING Trim
During the Pandemic, Bo Sullivan freed his modest 1890s Queen Anne house from its skin of Inselbric. He discovered almost all the exterior trimwork had been lost. “We had to re-create all the exterior trim that had been removed, the water table, and
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Include Drip Grooves
We’re in a world of high-tech solutions and new materials, so it’s easy to forget or discount the very simple construction techniques that have been used for centuries to extend a building’s life. A hidden groove providing a drip edge is a case in po

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