This small family cottage in Laurel, Mississippi began as a 1920s shotgun house and was expanded after World War II.

I wrote about its history, why it works (and doesn’t), and a renovation plan that exists mostly as a long-held dream.

https://imitationofmink.com/a-shotgun-house-a-post-war-remodel-and-a-dream-renovation-rethinking-my-laurel-cottage/

#HistoricHomes #ShotgunHouse #SouthernArchitecture #OldHouses #Mississippi

One big surprise #lastweek was learning my #childhood #home has gone #OnTheMarket again.

The Kendall House in #Kenora #Ontario (1895) is one of those grand #OldHouses with #gingerbread trim, cast iron radiators & #livingroom #windows looking out on #MainStreet.

When I lived there, the unfinished #attic was filled with boxes of children's books & I would sit in the dusty #gables leafing through them in the afternoon sun.

#northernontario #canada #realestate #architecture #FensterFreitag