#slaughterton

Rainy day work. When I’m working on this old place I wonder what the original builders would think of my choice of tools and materials. They had axes and hatchets. I try to follow their vision when things become so far gone that repairs are necessary. I try not to remove too much original workmanship. I follow their lead from 2 centuries out. They were good at what they did and they did it with very little. #Slaughterton #slaugterton #thisoldhouse #easternshore #chesapeake

I starred working on this old pile in 1996. 22 years later I got a mud room. It was there, I was just baking bread furiously to feed the babies. Now I bake when I want and I built me a porch and a mud room. Next I’m tackling the east attic. #thisoldhouse #slaughterton #easternshoremd