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Following along on our journey of historic renovation, you have seen the lessons we have learned along the way. Making adjustments and changes to adapt to the structure or budget, while making the compromise to allow for maximum use of … Continue reading →

With this unseasonable weather this past week, it has been hard to resist doing a little work outside.  It helps when you have a gray Sunday with nothing to do other than work on the house and even better when … Continue reading →

We moved to Berlin, MD 10 years ago, renting a home on Williams Street. Moving to Berlin from Jamestown Road in Ocean City, was more of an adjustment than originally thought. Used to the constant hum of vehicles up and … Continue reading →

Our previous house was a new new house that was craftily built under my own watch full eye. Engineered trusses, concrete pump trucks and cranes for the roof where all used as part of the construction. it was built in … Continue reading →

Entertaining…that is what we have always done. Moving to this historic home, and restoring it to is glory, has made us hesitant to go back to entertaining like we had previously done. This weekend was a beautiful one full of … Continue reading →

It was very fitting that this weekend we took a trip to Annapolis, after all it is Presidents Day weekend.  I’ve been to downtown Annapolis countless times. I’ve done the state house tour when I was school aged, although my … Continue reading →

When houses were built a century ago, the use of trim around doors and windows, and between walls and floors was primarily a practical application.  Closing or covering the gaps between two different elements like walls to floors, the builder … Continue reading →

The past month, since moving in, has been a busy one – moving and getting settled. The Humphrey’s House has been made very cozy. We have pictures on the walls and the little touches that make a house a home. … Continue reading →

This January at the Humphreys House has been a busy one, and rightfully so. Today is the Chinese New Year, and last night we celebrated the Chinese New Year's Eve for our daughter's birthday wish. Ever since she was 4, … Continue reading →

We moved in and the New Year has come and gone. I wonder if we were just racing to the starting line?! “You gotta love an old house" is the sentiment we still have, however, it seems like a whole … Continue reading →

Well it is a new year, which brings a fresh start! The renovation project at the Humphreys House is still under way, and will be for years to come. We are living in the home now and rang in 2012 … Continue reading →

" You gotta love an old house" the quote from our next door neighbor, who between two visits to the hospital still found time to bake us the most amazing rum cake, as  a welcome to the neighborhood.  We do … Continue reading →