I believe that in our lives things can be a combination of good and positive, as well as difficult and negative. The tricky part can be keeping all that stuff in balance. At least that is what I think besides.  I will not get too deep here, I swear. But I could not start a new blog withou…

Well not fairly the cherry but shut. I guess the cupola will the be the cherry - or the weather vane. But for some reason that deserves it more. Here’s the story…

When Amy and I went on our journey to meet different timber frame companies we looked for the company with the most soul. When we go…

Well, after two lengthy years of patience and waiting we are finally seeing our new house become a reality! 

It nearly seems surreal. And despite the rain, the thunder and the lightning on the first official day of building - and the same forecast threatning our crew all week - we are…

Last week we had a assembly on site to figure out how to start to get the house brought on to the site. The Bensonwood team (the experts at this), Tom, Deborah and I all stood around talking about everything from the best day of day to reach, do we need police details, how much airspace does the cr…

Last week we had a assembly on site to figure out how to start to get the house brought on to the site. The Bensonwood team (the experts at this), Tom, Deborah and I all stood around talking about everything from the best day of day to reach, do we need police details, how much airspace does the …

So with the Weston project well underway, it’s already day to look forward to the next This Old House

renovation project. And we’ve decided, for the very first moment in the show’s history, to bring Norm, Tom, Richard, Roger and Kevin to New York City to take on an urban renovation …

So the Weston house is finally starting to rise out of the ground – the pre-cast foundation walls are up, and the basement-level plumbing and heating happened final week, courtesy of Richard Trethewey and our new (fantastic) Weston plumbing contractor, Lynne Keating. We’re so glad to be partner…

Minds at work: Pete with designer Laura Taheny and architect Chris Adams

One of the huge things that Pete and I have been super grateful for in that past year while working with the Bensonwood crew and the This Old House team is how we don’t just have our two minds tough at work nearly every da…

Bensonwood, the early years

As Deborah said, filming at Bensonwood is in full swing. We spend 2-4 days
a week in New Hampshire trying to capture on camera all that’s going on.
There’s a lot going on up there and it’s an amazing group of public who are
working on our project, from the v…

So I’ve learned (I’m new at that!) that blogging takes time…which none of us seems to have these days considering 1) the building of the house, and 2) the filming of episodes are both in full swing in New Hampshire. Which is why there have been so few blog posts lately. Sorry about that―we w…