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Greek Revival Farmhouse Renovation in the Western Catskills
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    • Ode to Vinyl – a very long post
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    • Delightful details make the heart grow fonder
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    • Have a Happy Weekend!
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    • A wide range of antique farmhouse tables
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    • Simple way to change elevations
    • Great Writeup on Greek Revival Moldings
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    • Organized my Cupboards today…
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    • Happy First Day of Spring!
    • Shipping Cargo Containers as storage
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    • Ode to Vinyl – a very long post
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    • Remember This Couch From Domino?
    • So all my fabric arrived…
    • Fabric Possibilities For My Chairs…
    • Blue or Red?
    • Case for the Mirrored Option
    • Opinions needed!!
    • Want To Make This Bench…
  • Renovation Inspiration
    • Love the Green on the Door on this 1822 cottage
    • Greek Revival Flat Roofs
    • Love this Island countertop
    • I will take one of each please.
    • Heaven is closing its Bovina location
    • Greek Revival Inverted Porches
    • Splish Splash I Got a New Bath… tub
    • Simple Elegant Remodel
    • Cobble Hill Farm
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    • Nora Walker’s Kitchen
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    • The Start

      Here is just another renovation blog. Here is the story – I grew up on a farm in upstate NY and when I am in city I invariably miss the country. So my siblings and I often end up back [...]

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    • Floor Plans

      This is just a little ‘illustration’ I did of the house facade in Photoshop to help me envision what the house would look like without the extended enclosed porch. I just couldn’t help but post it along with the floor [...]

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    • It’s Greek to Me

      Our house seems to be a hodgepodge of Greek Revival styles. It has the accentuated pediment of the earlier Greek Revival New England design but has the layout and window placement of the later ‘Midwestern Greek Revival farmhouse’. I don’t [...]

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    • Farmer’s (Rural) Greek Revival Architecture

      My father bought me this book this summer when we were out looking for furniture at the local antique /used furniture shops in the area. To Grandfathers House we Go – A Roadside Tour of American Homes By Harry Devlin [...]

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