They Gave My Sister A New Apartment And Me A Ruined House — Then Tried To Take It Back

I designed and built myself with dovetail joints at every corner. The living room wall that had been peeling apart was smooth and painted warm white, and if you pressed your palm against it, it was solid. The house was breathing again.

The electrical system was still a problem. The original knob-and-tube wiring from the 1960s needed to be replaced by continue reading …