✨ Lifestyle Oct 28, 2026 · Sally Kohn

Renovation Diaries: The House Envelope and Other Lessons in Efficiency

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Renovation Diaries: The House Envelope and Other Lessons in Efficiency
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Editor’s note: This is the latest in a series of posts by Sally Kohn— journalist and CNN political commentator, TED talk giver, and design aficionado—chronicling her adventures in remodeling.
Above: The exterior as it is now.
Let’s level set. I live in a 1780s barn that was turned into a house in the 1950s, and as far as I can tell the windows and the siding haven’t been changed since. The fact is, many parts of our money pit farmhouse need updating. Some, like the 1950s asphalt roof built dire

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