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Salvage Find Friday: Finding Some Old For The New

Salvage Find Friday: Finding Some Old For The New

Through this project, I've learned that spaces evolve. What we thought a room would look like a year ago is not what we envision now. From the start, the new addition was meant to be modern, but over time, I felt something was missing to tie the old and new together....

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The Front Porch: Demo, discoveries and more!

The Front Porch: Demo, discoveries and more!

It's hard to believe the time has come to restore the front porch. About a year ago, we closed on the house and the porch was far from being touched. It was a sea of concrete, rotted wood columns and a beadboard ceiling in desperate need of stability. As you can see...

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We’re Flying With Phoenix Flies 2018!

We’re Flying With Phoenix Flies 2018!

We are excited to announce that the Glenn House is one of ninety-nine sites participating in Phoenix Flies 2018! This event, hosted by the Atlanta Preservation Center, is a celebration of Atlanta's cultural and historic sites. For fifteen years, the Atlanta...

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Happy Valentine’s Day ❤️

Happy Valentine’s Day ❤️

If walls could talk...these studs would have quite a story to tell. Each and every piece makes the Glenn House so beautiful. After 128 years, these wall studs have held the Glenn House together, keeping its soul alive through decades of change and renovations. We fall...

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Salvage Find Friday: Pocket Doors

Salvage Find Friday: Pocket Doors

You can imagine my surprise when I was told we needed to find nine-foot pocket doors. Sure, I had grown up with pocket doors in our Seattle house, but they were only six feet tall! The arched opening in the photo below was a non-historic change to the interior,...

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