We started writing this blog 2 years ago–we were determined to post everyday and keep all of our amazing instagram followers in the know. We posted about 6 whole times then we bought more houses and all we could do was work, work, work! It doesn’t make it any easier that we, you know: HAD A BABY and FILMED A TV SHOW. We honestly feel a little crazy right now,
We are so excited to announce that our show (Old Home Love) will be airing on Wednesday, October 7th at 9:00 PM (Mountain Time) on DIY network! We can’t believe that we get this opportunity to share what we love with America. The show will be a half hour long, and episode 1 and 2 will air back to back! It’s pretty crazy how we have been in a holding
We got married at Love House. Naturally. I planned on sharing all of our pictures today and talking about the details, but I feel more like posting about our trees. The wedding post will be lovely and later. We hired a local arborist to come have a look at the amazing old tress on the property. We have two giant Siberian elms (that everyone hates on because they have the
We love old homes….all kinds. We love 20’s cottages, 50’s ranches, 40’s war homes, Early 1900’s etc, but homes built before 1900 are our favorite. I’m not sure if that’s obvious or anything (6 out of 7 of ours are from the 1800’s.) For us, there is something about a home built before many modern conveniences, such as, you know, concrete. In Utah, a common material for building homes was
Just a sampling of the treasures we found while sifting through rat’s nests at Love House. From top, clockwise: A gold chain, mercury dime, Goose Shoe Store token, overall latch, old clothing tag, square nail, old eraser. (Taken from a video from Insta, sorry for the bad quality) The lath and plaster ceilings freaked us out. They weren’t sagging yet, but we knew we wanted to put can lights in,
Amidst all of the house renovations, we were also planning our wedding-because we are crazy people who like doing two life changing events at once…NBD. We knew we wanted to get married at Love House (it was really the only logical place in our minds) so I thought it might be fun to post some of our engagement pictures. They were taken, you guessed it, at Love House. (I am
Windows. Everyone has opinions about old windows…I’m going to hesitantly state mine: If we were rich and we had a lot of time and money, we would restore every single old window we ever come across. As it stands, we have to actually LIVE in this house, as do other people whom live in the houses we restore, so we replace windows. I’m not a purist, although I really think
I was pretty naive when I bought Love House thinking… “I did CSM in 6 weeks, I should be able to work all winter/spring and be moved in by June or so.” Ha. Like I mentioned before, it was cold. The screw through the hand incident was enough to remind me that sometimes, it’s ok to wait. Andy took a Saturday (I was with the boys) and did the EPIC clean-out.
Having historic molding recreated can be expensive...although there is certainly a time and place to spend that kind of money, you can usually make a very similar look from off-the-shelf molding!
Make sure to use the right kind of sander when refinishing your floors! It takes a little bit of practice, but a large belt sander works much better than a random orbital!
