Here it is in all of it's glory, the house I "bird dogged" (a term my husband made up) for several years before we finally were able to purchase it. It had been left unoccupied for over 10 years and was a mess on the outside. The inside, while dirty, wasn't as bad as you would imagine from the looks of it. During the renovation, my husband fell completely out of love with this house and nicknamed it "Hellmeade" LOL, for all the curveballs in the infrastructure and utiliti

Wanna see some serious before and after exterior renovations? We found some of the best ones online and added two of our very own.

We are seeing a serge in the white house's darker more daring sister, THE BLACK HOUSE.  These super chic black or dark charcoal home ext