Today’s PSA: Please do not ever ever ever put mortar and tile DIRECTLY on hardwood 😖 There have been so many times we have just asked […]

Man, what a year. Here are 148 photos from our first year at Pauline Manor. We may have transformed this house … but Pauline Manor has […]

I will never not be in awe of this amazing home. So honored to be spending her 115th Christmas together. In just two weeks we will […]

Today was a big day around Pauline Manor – the second story is finally getting properly “dressed.” As much as I would have loved to find […]

This afternoon I found myself on my hands and knees with a bucket of warm water, slowly wiping years of paint dust and sheetrock grit off […]

In 2010, I took a job in Fort Worth, Texas, helping launch a new direct sales jewelry company. During that time, I met some of the […]

Our TWO AC units are trying as hard as they can but… 115 year old houses aren’t exactly “energy efficient” We’ve been working on getting nice […]

Finally hung this display in the foyer of Pauline Manor. The top piece was made by my father in law with 100+ year old wood – […]

It’s a big week here at Pauline Manor… she is getting a much-needed new roof! We knew going into this that it was needed, but originally […]

This weekend we finally turned our attention outside, and the weather could not have been more perfect. After months of focusing on the inside of Pauline […]

It's official… we are home. ❤️

We have officially made it to the baseboards We’ve almost completed the downstairs and I could not be more thrilled. We have chosen to put off […]

Today we found the most beautiful antique chandelier tucked away in the old workshed behind Pauline Manor. It was covered in dust, tangled in cobwebs, and […]

The master bathroom, bedroom, and double walk-in closet are almost finished. We are guessing that this bathroom space was originally part of the wrap-around porch because it looks […]

Today the guys started taking up the tile flooring from upstairs… and Pauline just continues to surprise us with perfectly intact original hardwood floors. The tile […]

Just two days after we signed the documents to officially purchase Pauline Manor, the demolition began. We started by removing the flooring that was in the […]