Gonna have to add Historian to my list. I spent all day yesterday digging around the public library and in the stacks at the Wisconsin Historical Society. My goal for the day was to: Determine who had lived in my house before me Figure out a bit about the land ownership in my neighborhood See if I could verify the… (more…)
Another myspace relict to see the light of day. Words as relevant today as they were on January 3, 2008: Home is where your heart is, right? It’s where your family is… it’s where you head after a long day of work… But home is also where you accumulate years and years worth of clothing, years and years worth of… (more…)
Well, maybe its not the best analogy, but I’m guessing that if you sat down and talked to Eric and I for a few seconds, you’d figure out what our house must look like. As soon as ‘architectural salvage’ spilled out of my mouth – you could imagine that I’m the kind of person who wants her home filled with… (more…)
If you’re interested in unraveling your home’s history, start by knowing when that history began. Our first house was built in 1930 – our real estate agent told us that, and of course it’s listed within the hundreds of pages of closing documents. I actually contacted the city’s historic preservation officer to see if he would drive by my home… (more…)