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Latest Episodes:

Episode 8 - How to research your old house Aug 05, 2019

In this Episode Larissa and Kris chat with Tracie from @mychicagobungalow (Instagram) about the best steps and tips to research your old house!

Originally from Wenatchee (When-At-Chee), Washington, Tracie grew up with a deep appreciation for the old, vintage, antique, and historic. In her family, DIY home projects were a way of life. She moved to Chicago in 2012.In 2016, Tracie and her partner purchased their first single family home: a Chicago bungalow in the Belmont Cragin (Craig-in) neighborhood.Tracie won a Driehaus (Dree-house) Award from the Chicago Bungalow Association in December 2017 for her historically sympathetic DIY entryway renovation project. This was soon followed by the creation of @mychicagobungalow on Instagram, and mychicagobungalow.com, where she share house projects and connects with other bungalow and historic home owners from Chicago and around the world.In May 2019, she earned two Bachelor degrees in Design from The University of Illinois at Chicago. Her undergraduate thesis project focused on building a collaborative community database for the Chicago bungalow community. Today, Tracie is working to expand her thesis work into a physical environment for education, and continues obsessively researching the history and materials of her bungalow.

***Check out mychicagobungalow.com for more detailed information on researching your old house!

Episode 7 - Are you really "restoring" your old house with Caitlin Mee Jul 01, 2019

On this episode Larissa and Kris talk preservation terminology - Are you really "restoring" your old house? We also learn about Caitlin Mee and her new preservation consulting business!

Caitlin is originally from Northern California, specifically the San Francisco bay area and Sacramento. She has a bachelors in History from California State University in Sacramento. She struggled to make the switch in her major from psychology to history because she was afraid She'd be working at a job not utilizing her degree and she didn't want to teach high school history. Caitlin made the switch and hasn't regretted it since! Graduate school took her to Georgia and she fell in love with the South. Caitlin has a super "extra" passion for historic preservation and architectural history. If she had to define herself as an architectural style she would be a Craftsman Bungalow; emphasis on craftsmanship, irregular, woodsy, and solid! When shes not dating old buildings for fun and work, you can find her in the climbing gym or at the crag.

Caitlin Mee @thepreservationpeach via Instagram

Melissa Mortier @deserve2preserve via Instagram

***For help with your old house or old building contact their new consulting business! @revive_preservation on Instagram!

Episode 6 - Interview with the creator of Circa Old Houses and @cheapoldhouses Apr 19, 2019

Kris and Larissa chat with Elizabeth Finkelstein, the creator of Circa Old Houses and the Instagram feed @cheapoldhouses.

They talk old houses, running a business, cheap old houses and how to utilize the website Circa Old Houses, if you are buying or selling an old house.

https://circaoldhouses.com/

https://circaoldhouses.com/shop/

https://www.instagram.com/cheapoldhouses/

For old house inspiration follow @oldhouselove on Instagram!For our old house restoration projects, follow our personal Instagram accounts at @oldhousemuse and @oldhouseguru