Before and After: A 115-Year-Old House Is Updated on a Budget

When Oriane and Chris Szekelyhidi walked into this house they knew it was the house. But then Oriane made a list of everything they would want to update to make sure the 115-year-old house was really in the cards--and budget--for them. She budgeted everything from moving walls to door knobs on a spreadsheet and gave both a low- and high-end estimate of what she thought it would cost. Chris, who works in finance, offered his biggest piece of advice: "Take what you think it's going to cost and mul...