Category: PEARL HOUSE
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Pearl House: My First Estate Sale
We bought this house “AS IS” which means that the previous owner left everything in place including all their junk. But was it junk? For a goodwill-loving, trash-picking, thrift-flipper like myself this was not junk! The home was owned by an older woman who had passed and left it to her son. It contained an…
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Restoring Vintage Hardware
Many old homes in Philadelphia have doors fastened with beautiful antique hardware although it might not look like it because they’ve often been so thoroughly coated in paint and tarnish they look like junk. In my most recent renovation, I decided to restore the vintage hardware using a crockpot, a mixture of water and vinegar,…
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How to Build Heavy Duty Open Shelves
Open shelving in the kitchen has been on trend for a while now and doesn’t look like its going anywhere. It is a practical way to display decor items or if its in a kitchen, provide easy access to frequently used kitchen essentials. When I remodeled the kitchen in my West Philly renovation, I knew…
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