JACKSON, MI – The Hillside Farmhouse at the Ella Sharp Museum has been part of the Jackson community for 173 years, so it’s natural that it needs a little work from time to time.

And, for those who love old homes, renovating an old farmhouse can be an intense yet rewarding journey worth taking. Paned windows and wood floors with wide planks may be the aesthetic that first ...

SALISBURY — Mary Ann Barger must have been crazy, but back in 1984, when her daughter, Brandi, was only 3 years old, Mary Ann told her father she would paint his old two-story farmhouse on ...