Chatting over the back yard fence
Howdy from Athens, Georgia!
In the course of work on the ranchrevival website, I have had the pleasure of meeting, long-distance and in person, a number of wonderful people who happen to be the current custodians of well seasoned ranch style houses. Most of these folks are in one stage or another of active remodels. These people, and the ones I have yet to meet, keep me wanting to make this the most useful site possible. It’s both nerve-wracking and exhilarating to do a remodel. The size of the project doesn’t matter: no matter how good the planning, there will be surprises and they will test your emotional and financial resources.
For me in my own projects, good ideas (and sometimes, advice that’s rescued me from a pickle) have often come in the form of conversations with others who’ve already done or are in the process of doing what I’m trying to do. I think that explains the popularity of house blogs, these days. We’re doing the electronic equivalent of chatting over the back yard fence. I think of you as neighbors and friends in our mutual efforts to make our homes more comfortable, more beautiful for the life ahead. I’m going to continue to hunt and gather the best content I can find and hope to share it with you here — over this virtual back fence — and on the site. I invite you to do the same.
Chat with you soon,
Jen Wolf
Editor, ranchrevival.com
Publisher, The Boomerville Press
