It is a product of our respective strengths and personalities. As a former framer and professional cabinetmaker and furniture maker, Gordon has the knowledge and skill requisite to do the work; and as a real estate and banking lawyer, I have the knowledge and skill needed to save and invest the money to buy the house and obtain the right mortgage. Even then, it took 20 years to save and invest for the $100k to start the project (and a frightening 3 weeks to spend it), and I u

Situated behind the Woman's Century Clubhouse is a carriage house built around the same time. Originating in the 18th and 19th centuries, carriage houses like ours typically feature high ceilings and large ground-floor carriage doors, originally built to store horse-drawn carriages; sometimes they included a second floor to house the coachman. Ours is a simpler single story affair similarly sized as a modern 4-car garage. The carriage house was a key reason we purchased the W