08 Aug 2008 06:25 am
Fixer Uppers Gaining In Popularity
Every major remodeling project has a low point. For Jenny Joyce and Rob Crampton, owners of a 1901 fixer-upper in Seattle, it’s tough to say just when rock bottom arrived. Maybe it was the time when Joyce’s parents flew in to see the work in progress: While Crampton was showering, the bathroom wall collapsed, spilling rotten wood and centipedes into the tub.
Or maybe it was when, after jacking up the house, the couple lived for months without heat or insulation. They would come home at night, seal the drafty front door with duct tape and huddle around a kerosene heater while wind whipped through the floorboards and the whole house swayed like a boat.


























