The Journal
Inside real renovations.
This is where I write it all down. The decisions behind my own builds, the client projects I'm allowed to share, and the questions I get asked every week. Follow a house from the first conversation, or start with the three posts I'd send a friend.
Written by Taeler Jordan, renovation designer. Six of my own builds, and a lot of other people's houses.
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Three posts I'd send a friend
The series
Follow a house from the first conversation
Client renovation
The Munro House Files
A real client renovation, start to finish: the stuck feeling, the first call, and every decision in between.
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The people behind the houses
The suppliers and makers I trust on my own builds, and why I chose them.
Read the stories →My own build
The Japandi House
A 1970s brick veneer in Research that I almost walked away from, and why I bought it anyway.
Read the series →Client renovation
The Pool House
One timber floor question that ended up moving a bedroom.
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