*I’ll also check in with Carpenter,Lenny AddarioofReputation Builders, working in Coastal Connecticut. He recently completed a shutter restoration job of his own. Lenny’s job was really quite different from mine, though his shutters too fell into the same period. They were around 120 years ...
Total Cost: $100 (for the new wood, we already owned the pipe, stain & poly)
Korey is the sixth owner of the estate. She moved to Hunting Valley in 1988 with her husband and three daughters. Under a wood-shingled roof, the house winced. Shag carpet blazed along the floor like moss, and layers of paint hid wood walls of 20th century eloquence. “This house … I...
“….really charming, I have a fondness for restoration projects and they did a wonderful job. We were eager to sample local brews and dig into taste bites….We ordered the charcuterie plate, mac & cheese and corned beef stuffed Yorkshire pudding.…….The mac & cheese was one of the bes...
the brick floor embellished with a marble compass rose. A small pool in the middle, water bubbling through a millstone, and a flickering flame from a gas jet in the center of that. What a fantastic evening on the mystical, magical bus tour....
One great thing we quickly found about this table is that if you have an uneven floor like we do you can unscrew certain parts to even the table out so it won’t wobble! Promise, we’ll be back soon with how we finished the table, and a cost breakdown. ...
17/4/01 Played commuter to Manhatten then tourist, visiting Federal Hall, where the first US Congress convened and George Washington was sworn in as the first president. Wall Street to see the trading floor of the stock exchange. Down Broadway and a boat to the Statue of Liberty. They sa...
Restoration of 1940s Gregg-brand Wooden SkisClick here for the interesting renovation story by Mike Brown- - - - - - - - - - - - -57th annual Turkey Trot Fairbanks, AlaskaNote from Hank Statscewich: "It was the 57th annual Turkey Trot relay race held at the Birch Hill Cross ...
resulting in the loss of function of a floor covering, or cladding (for example). The wood may weather in such a way that it is no longer aesthetically pleasing. The owner of a property may simply not wish to repaint the house every few years and timber cladding may be replaced for aes...