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By Bill Primavera – Some years ago, I wrote about the demise in interest of the raised ranch, which held sway from the early 1960s to the 1980s as a ubiquitous house design that spread like wildfire across the country. Since

By Bill Primavera Now that I live in a large condo building that affords only one garage space, which my wife enjoys, my car is out of luck for shelter. For many years, I pulled in and out of my

By Bill Primavera “Sorry, but nobody’s interested in antiques anymore,” the antiques dealer told me as he declined my request to buy back some of the many items I had purchased from him over a 25-year period. What? Aren’t there

By Bill Primavera There is currently a bestseller on the market called “Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life…And Maybe the World.” I am reminded that I wrote a piece some time ago on the same subject.

By Bill Primavera The harbinger of trouble ahead with any product or appliance in the home is usually just a little kink in its operation. Once that whiz is heard or blip is seen, it’s only a matter of time

By Bill Primavera I’ve written many times about various established contractors and their work in this column who rely on the quality of their work and good reputations to stay in business. But I’ve learned the hard way to take

By Bill Primavera For many years, I lived in a high-maintenance house, as high-maintenance as it could be: an early 18th century colonial with very few modern updates when I first bought it. In fact, there was still an outhouse

By Bill Primavera As I sat one morning in an old Hitchcock kitchen chair that had been hitting me at the wrong place in my back for more than 25 years, I grumbled to my wife, “Why do I subject

By Bill Primavera  Have you ever heard the word “fake” more often in your life? While most of it is concentrated in our political arena pointing toward the media, one area where you wouldn’t have heard it in a long