Pheidias Renovates

There's no place to work in our basement, because all the workplaces are covered with stuff. It's getting close to being project gri...

In Buffalo, January 2009 was the 16th coldest January in 139 years of measurements, with an average temperature of 18.5º F, a full six degre...

Last summer I replaced the structure and roof on my hip-roof garage, originally constructed in 1940. Like most projects here, it started as...

Here is the mantle to my fireplace. The PO kept the upper part in the attic. They did a lot of crazy things to the house, but I will thank...

Here is what the new drains look like on my refurbished 2-basin soapstone sink. I had a problem with replacing the drains on the sink last...

Located in Buffalo, NY, the house was built in 1912. The porch roof was originally flat, as I discovered when I re-roofed a few years ag...

This is my fireplace insert. I'm trying to figure out if it's designed for wood or coal. I was able to find the patent for the bac...

I had a three-basin soapstone sink in my 1912 basement, on a rusted-out stand. When I refurbished my laundry room, I puzzled long about what...