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The House that Needs You: Adapting Historic Homes for Modern Life

Isabelle Laifer
Join historic rehabilitation strategist Kate Wood of Worth Preserving for an engaging, practical, and occasionally provocative conversation about how to make historic homes work for 21st-century life without erasing what makes them special. Kate will explore how to recognize the character-defining features that give an old house meaning, determine what needs to change & what deserves to stay, and develop a thoughtful strategy for repairs, improvements, additions, energy efficiency, maintenance, and more. You'll learn tools and resources that can help homeowners make confident decisions and avoid costly mistakes. Along the way, she’ll challenge some common assumptions about old houses.