Old House Journal

MY NICE LITTLE BUNG ALOW

Through word-of-mouth, I finally found a small house in Burlington, Vermont—my Aqua Fit teacher had a friend who wanted to sell a fixer-upper bungalow. Built around 1920, it’s just about 1,000 square feet. I bought it in 2015 as a widow downsizing from a 4,000-square-foot Victorian in Charlotte, Vermont, which my husband and I had restored to its glory.

This house is a Sears Honor-Bilt model called ‘The Sunlight’. Honor-Bilt was the company’s better-built, betterinsulated line. Working with

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