Detroit Reno Husbands
Christmas Edition · 2026
Christmas at
the Meeks House
An old Detroit house,
dressed for the season.
Welcome to Christmas in our 1919 Detroit home. Come through the green bookcases, linger by the tree, and discover the rooms as the season unfolds.
The Meeks House · Detroit
The kitchen transformation.
The kitchen looked newly renovated when we bought the house, but the shortcuts surfaced quickly: a failing floor, inexpensive finishes, and a layout that never felt right for a 1919 home. We took it back to the structure and rebuilt it with intention, creating a bright, classic space with checkerboard floors, custom cabinetry, and warm brass details.
Read the full kitchen story →
Rooms, gardens, and a warm welcome.
From major structural work to smaller rooms with big personality, each project is another chapter in the house’s ongoing story.
Christmas is making its way upstairs.
The foyer and stairs are under way: evergreens, ribbon, and the small decisions that turn decorating into a season of its own. We’re dressing the house a little at a time, leaving room for the unexpected.
Step inside this Christmas →The family at the beginning.
Our house-history research has brought Nathan and Ilon Kline, the earliest documented household, into focus. A new chapter in understanding the home we care for today.
Meet the Kline family →Instagram shows what we're sharing. The website tells the story. The letters invite you a little further inside.
Steve & CJ
We’re Steve & CJ, making a life in a 1919 Detroit home through restoration, design, good company, and the occasional project that becomes much bigger than planned.
Historic bones, thoughtful updates, and plenty of life in between.
The goal is not to turn the house into a museum. It is to respect what came before while creating a home that feels beautiful, useful, welcoming, and entirely alive today.
A little more of the story, in real time.
Renovation progress, finished rooms, seasonal moments, and the occasional detail that deserves its own post. We share the less-polished version of life at the house on Instagram.
The house isn't finished. That's the point.
There will always be something changing here — a room refreshed, a garden growing in, a new holiday tradition, or another reason to fill the house with people we love.
The journal will grow right along with the house.