A Small House
with a Long Story

This was not a house I encountered for the first time as a designer. It was part of my childhood and the place where I began learning what could be made, repaired, painted, and imagined differently.

Years later, I returned to it with a deeper understanding of design and construction. I completed the full remodel of the home myself. Although some changes accumulated over time, the major redesign began in 2019 with my daughter’s room and continued through every part of the house.

Nearly every room became an opportunity to consider what was worth keeping, what no longer worked, and how a modest 1952 farmhouse could gain character without losing the life already held within it.

This project book follows the house as a visitor would move through it. It is a tour through the finished home—not a timeline of the order in which the renovation work happened.