Most remodeling projects throw out the old and jazz things up with the new. Gary Seymour's remodeling project does just the opposite.

Seymour is an archeologist in charge of restoring four cottages, circa 1910, built for mid- to high-level railroad employees. The cottages were occupied until recently and were outfitted with things like modern phone wires and cable TV connections, neither of which existed when the cottages were built.