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What’s Up This Week: The Prep, The Move, & The Recovery of Our Big Move

by jack on June 5, 2021
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Ladies, Gentlemen, and those unaffiliated: After nearly 4 years of sheer home renovation insanity, we can officially say we now LIVE at Charlotte House.

Maybe we need to be institutionalized, but despite its ups and downs, we might just be in love.

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What’s Up This Week: Our Final Inspection, Our First Furniture Haul PLUS: More of Jack’s Favorite Cake!

by jack on May 12, 2021
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After years and years of renovations, we still wound up in a mad dash to tie up some loose ends and get Charlotte ready for her big day.

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What’s Up This Week: Countdown to Final Inspections, The Last Lights Go In, & Figuring Out How to Furnish This Place

by jack on May 1, 2021
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Just when we hit the final sprint of our last-minute inspection To Do’s, the Universe reminds us that we’re not really in charge of anything around here.

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What’s Up This Week: Testing New Electric, The Best & Worst of the Wood, & Assessing What’s Left PLUS: Pretty Springtime View from the Sunroom!

by jack on April 13, 2021
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Moving right along… It’s been our first full week without our contractor at the house full time. We’re getting a ton of stuff …

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Old Wood: What We Started With & What We’re Doing With It

by jack on March 20, 2021
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We fell in love with Charlotte’s Old Woodwork, but Wow. What a headache.

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What’s Up This Week? Surprise New Painters, An Open Sunroom, & A (Literal) Stain Mix-Up. PLUS: Cake!

by jack on March 16, 2021
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We got our a$$es handed to us a week ago, but somehow ended up with a new painter, electricity in the kitchen, and cake!

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What’s Up This Week? A Slew of Setbacks and a Moody New Dining Room

by jack on March 9, 2021
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Last week we could see a light at the end of the tunnel. This week, someone detonated explosives and caved that shit right in.

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What’s Up This Week? Fixing the Over-Stained Woodwork, Kitchen Island Makes an Appearance, & the Sunroom Gets a Closer First Look

by jack on March 1, 2021
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We hit a few snags along the way this past week, but overall, we can see the light at the end of the tunnel and feel like we’re on our way to finally getting this place into a habitable state.

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What’s Up This Week? Plumbing is All Wrapped Up, We did NOT Burst a Sprinkler Pipe, and Final Drywall Repairs. PLUS: Saloon doors? Yes Please

by jack on February 23, 2021
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Our contractors, Andrew and Dillon, and have been slashing to-dos off their list almost as quickly as we’ve been piling them on.

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The Story of Charlotte House

by jack on February 17, 2021
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This is the story of how we became the owners of a dirty old frat house.

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We hereby nominate 2023 for Worst Winter Ever 🤧 We hereby nominate 2023 for Worst Winter Ever 🤧🤒

Sick vibes call for cozy comforts, so please enjoy this pretty picture of our tea spot while we decongest our noses between another round of poopy hiney wipes. 

SWIPE to see the "Before" of this corner pre-renovation👀

Jack also couldn't breathe (or therefore sleep) last night, so she put together a roundup on charlottehouserevival.com of all our tea station goodies instead [link in bio]
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#sickvibes #52weeksofhomeweek12 #52weeksofhome #tea #teabar #beveragestation #coffeebar #greenkitchen #soapstonecountertop #homerenovation #oldhomecommunity #oldhouses #beforeandafter
Some days just call for eating right on the table Some days just call for eating right on the table 🤷🏻‍♀️ 

A green kitchen for St. Paddy's Day also seems right, especially since it's Kitchens & Dining week for #52weeksofhome, too. 

It's like all the stars (and shamrocks) have aligned ☘️ ✳️
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#52weeksofhomeweek11 #fridayvibes #greenkitchen #kidsinthekitchen #charlottehousepa
Between birthdays and a(nother) round of sniffles, Between birthdays and a(nother) round of sniffles, we taught this kid how to use the laser measure tool and got all our dimensions for the living room sent over to @chrislovesjulia

All the deets about our first Zoom call with Julia are on the blog (link in bio), and OH EM GEE you guys, she called the house "Stunning"

🤯🤯🤯

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#oldhouseyoungkids #homerenovation #cljsquad #livingroom #familyphotography #familyroom
To the untrained eye, this may look like a few pil To the untrained eye, this may look like a few pillows stacked on an ottoman; but to those in the know, it is in fact the Grand Stage of the finest puppet play this side of the Susquehanna. 

It might also seem like there's only one kid in this pic, but all five of them are actually in there somewhere. 

Two of our "Dearest Dwellers" treated us to a show (or 2... or 7) this weekend, and while some audience members were more attentive than others, a good time was had by all.

Get ready to see a lot more of this room in your feed in the coming months...it's going to be getting a makeover from the one and only @chrislovesjulia and we're going to be sharing as much of our experience as we can both here and on the blog.

This week is our first call with Julia, and we're also sharing what we're looking forward to the most in today's post. Take as peek (link in bio & our stories) and tell us what you're curious about! Maybe your question will inspire a post all its own 🤷🏻‍♀️
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#historichome #homerenovations #52weeksofhomeweek10 #52weeksofhome #familyroom #livingroom #cljsquad #oldhouseyoungkids #puppetshow #chrislovesjulia
Holy smokes, folks – we won a One-Room Makeover Holy smokes, folks – we won a One-Room Makeover from @chrislovesjulia !!

We CAN NOT THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH for your votes, shares, and good vibes ❤️ 

It's all still very surreal and we're just so excited and shocked. Jack wrote a quick post about it on our blog if you want to follow along (link in bio), and if you're not already, make sure you're following @chrislovesjulia to watch Julia work her magic with the space!
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Excuse us while we pick our jaws up off the floor. Excuse us while we pick our jaws up off the floor...

If you've followed us for a while, you know we've slowed down with posts and work on the house the last few months as we've been adjusting to becoming an unexpected family of 7.

A couple weeks ago, Jack was feeding the twins in the middle of the night and decided on a whim to apply for a room makeover from the absolutely incredible @chrislovesjulia team. 

Holy moly, you guys... we just found out tonight that out of over 3,000 applicants, WE WERE PICKED AS A FINALIST! 

If you're not already familiar, Chris Loves Julia is THE most incredible home renovation team in the game - they recently reached one million followers on Instagram and we've been following them on their renovation journeys for years.

To even be picked as a finalist by their team is so incredibly humbling – we are completely shocked and AMPED that we might get this amazing crew to come to Lancaster!

All those on Team #charlottehousepa, please click on the link in our bio and vote for us (we're No. 4 on the ballot)!!

If we get the most votes, we'll get a makeover for our family/living room pictured here. We love this space and use it all day every day, but it's quickly become clear that it's struggling to keep up with the needs of this growing squad.

THANK YOU to all of you who have been following along on our own journey so far, it's been a wild ride and we love taking you all along with us!
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REAL TALK: We tend to go a little overboard when choosing items to buy for our home and family - we want things that function well, look good, and fit within a given budget. Everything must check AT LEAST two of those boxes, but ideally we’ll hit all three. This usually means that we spend WAY too much time researching and reading reviews, but whatevs - our obsession is your gain, right?

When you click on one of our website links or a link from our social media, we may make a small affiliate commission from the seller as a thanks for sending you to the good stuff. It won’t cost you a penny more, and we’re only going to recommend things that we really use or love. Doing so helps us offset the cost of dedicating a ridiculous amount of time finding the very best stuff, so THANK YOU for taking a look at what we share with you online - Clearly you have excellent taste ;)

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