He’s all about returning the home to its roots, not updating it to modern cliche trends. He’s a preservationist. I don’t agree with all his decisions, but it has made us want to remove the millions of coats of paint on the woodwork in our house built in the early 50s.
He also takes weeks to finish the work.
Not just the woodwork. Someone freaking painted the fireplace (more than once) and then the last owner glued cheap tile to the thing. Travesty.
ETA: pictures before and during
Before we bought the house.
Right after demoing the tile.
Currently. The red color is also paint.
There’s fruit, veggies, two boxes of cereal, 3 potatoes - well maybe 5.
Kind bars, really?
Anyway, none of this really makes a meal and idk, it looks like snacky stuff for some one that mostly door dashes.
Back when we were shopping together and food prices skyrocketed, the fully (don’t turn sharp or bits of groceries fly off) loaded weird-little-2-tier-cart we’d always get started costing $90. For a week of meals.
My favorites are the Maine guys reworking lake cabins tho they’re a little more mainstream now. Not so much fun wondering how they’re doing this week. 
That reminds me of my first tenement flat in Edinburgh.
The bathroom window was an old original sash window.
When we moved in it was painted permanently closed 
I spent a full day painstakingly chipping away at it until I finally got it loose, then I sanded it all down and repainted it.
It ended up fully operational. I didn’t even have to change the ropes 
I miss that flat 
Why do people do that?
That is a lovely brick fireplace. I hope you are able to restore it. It doesn’t have to be and shouldn’t be perfect.
Anything is better than cheap tile glued on.
In the house I’m talking about above, the very front window, originally the dining room made bedroom/office, had a beautiful 5 foot-ish double sash window. Sadly, it rotted away due to old water leaks and the owners didn’t want to pay to restore it. They did donate it to a reatoration company thankfully. It had a petite row of beautiful stained glass at the top of the bottom window section.
I still can’t get my head around it.
I mean, who doesn’t open a bathroom window?? 
Sounds gorgeous!
Oh I love original stained glass!! 
… and Disney
That, and the rampant alcoholism on both sides of my family, is the reason I don’t drink anymore.
