In 2001 the New York Times ran an article about home improvement websites that were most helpful to the DIY set. Old House Web was one of the sites featured prominently in the piece. Last week I wrote about the growing trend of women renovators. I thought it would be fun to revisit one of the women who was featured in the NYT article, to see what she's up to ...

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Driving north, on the Old Bethlehem Pike from Philadelphia, one passes through a portion of the 19th century town of Ambler, PA. On the right, set well back from the road, just visible in a clearing between trees, is an amazing 3-story, 24-room castle, with crenelated towers rising even higher. This was built in the last quarter of the 19th century on a 400 acre property by Dr. Richard Mattison, ...

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I recently read about a guy that is now using his home as a church.  The idea was to almost eliminate the property tax.  Unfortunately, it doesn't work when you convert a church into a home. I've found that there's a difference of opinion on church conversions.  Some seem to be against the idea of a "House of God" being used for any other purpose.  I think converting old buildings to ...

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