Introducing The 1910 House
Leaning into the light of each space within the home.
Introducing The 1910 House
When we first walked through this 1910 four square just outside Baltimore, it still had so much of itself intact: original doors, heart pine floors, trim worn softly over a century of use, light moving through the rooms in that particular way older homes allow. From the very beginning, it felt like a house that wanted to be honored rather than overhauled, and that instinct has guided nearly every decision we've made.
Renovation rarely unfolds the way you’d expect. Floors will be out of level, windows don't quite align with each other, materials you planned around become unavailable, and choices you thought were settled turn out to need more thought. Every constraint becomes a negotiation between what the house is, what it needs, and how you actually want to live in it, and more often than not, that's where the most interesting ideas develop.
Throughout this project, we kept returning to one question: not just how should this house look, but how should it feel to live here every day? That question shaped the decision to preserve the original doors and hardware rather than replace them, and the way we sourced reclaimed heart pine planks to repair the damaged floors, not to make them look perfect, but to make them feel whole. It shaped the palette, the materials, the mix of antique and new, and the moments we chose to leave alone entirely.
Wherever possible, we preserved and restored the original doors and hardware, allowing the history and character of this 1910 home to remain part of its everyday story.
Even the larger decisions came from the same idea. Removing the old service staircase in the kitchen wasn't about openness for its own sake. It was about letting the house function the way a family actually lives in it now, while still honoring the rhythm of the original layout.
Over time, the renovation became less about getting everything right and more about paying attention. From the morning light in the sunroom to the feel of an original brass door knob, the small details that quietly shape daily life in ways you don't always notice until they're exactly right.
That's what we want to share as we document The 1910 House, room by room and decision by decision, not just the finished spaces but the thinking behind them, the challenges we ran into, and the solutions that emerged along the way. Creating a home that lasts isn't about perfection. It's about making decisions your future self will love and appreciate.
