Remember the Kitchen Contest I hosted last year? Renita's impressive makeover took home the prize. She's an "antiquing fanatic" who wanted to make it look like it belonged to a simpler time. Now she's selling her charming Farmhouse ... Keep Reading
Rescuing a Classic Greek Revival from the 1830s
A reader named Nancy wrote me about Saxton Hall, her wonderful old house in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York. It's a Greek Revival dating back to the 1830s, and they were determined to restore it to its original beauty. When she and her ... Keep Reading
A Traditional Early American Home in Upstate New York
A reader named Elizabeth says that her love of old houses began with this one in Queensbury, New York. She grew up in this "Classic Greek Revival beauty" that dates back to the 1700s. Take a look... Her parents spent years restoring ... Keep Reading
A Look Inside the Real “Stepmom” Movie House in New York
One of my favorite movie houses has to be the gorgeous 1850s Victorian with the wraparound porch in the Julia Roberts-Susan Sarandon tear-jerker Stepmom. So imagine my excitement when the homeowner wrote to tell me she's selling ... Keep Reading