Season 3 - Victorian
Martha's Vineyard, MA
Bob tackles a remodeling and construction project on the Massachusetts island of Martha's Vineyard with the expansion of a tiny vacation cabin into a spacious family retreat with an authentic Vineyard Victorian look.
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| Bob takes the ferry to the island of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, and tours Oak Bluffs to recollect the town's Victorian history at the old Camp Meeting grounds. First stop is ...
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| Bob and Alan visit a 1930s shingle-style Victorian just outside of Vineyard Haven with a 1500-square-foot porch and a boathouse with a fireplace. Bob, however, is looking for something more ...
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| Bob ends his tour on laid back East Chop with a 300 square foot home on a large piece of wooded land. The home was moved from the Methodist Campground ...
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| To prepare for the Victorian remodel we take an inspirational tour of the striking Chateau-sur-Mer in Newport, Rhode Island, for a grander perspective. This Victorian palace was originally built buy ...
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| Bob meets up with Barbara Mytell from the Cape May chamber of Commerce to tour one of the oldest beach resort towns in New Jersey. They take a horse drawn ...
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| Bob confers with general contractor Bob Ryley as he begins demolition of the roof dormer to prepare for a turret in its place. Ryley points out the dormer is not ...
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| Bob Vila and Ryley review the preparation of the site prior to lying the decking. Ryley states that they started with a sill seal on top of the concrete ...
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| Bob visits with Suzanne from the National Trust for Historic Preservation at the breathtaking Lyndhurst mansion with over 40 rooms showcasing Victorian high living in New York's Hudson River Valley. ...
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| Bob reviews the turret structure in the Martha's Vineyard Victorian. Bob, Ryley and crew then raise the gable wall in a modified western balloon frame.
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| Bob and the mason discuss the chimney. Pointing out that we have two flues, one for the boiler in the basement and one for the wood stove. By code, the ...
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| Bob shows off the beautiful red Victorian inspired wood-burning stove to be installed in our project. To give further details he visits the Vermont Casting plant. For additional ...
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| Bob points out that Victorian cottages had camp-style exposed framing in the old days and Ryley is attempting to recreate this look with modern attributes. They are using straight grain ...
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| Bob meets with a Victorian designer to look at shingle styles and homes with scalloped, diamond and straight shingles. Then they move on to gingerbread style brackets and railings. Bob ...
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| Bob takes a look at the Victorian verge board as it extends from the roof. He reviews the construction of the roof overhang and adding a lead cap. They ...
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| Bob Vila shows a Victorian Style house where the rough plumbing is being installed. The house has a half basement with the remainder being just crawlspace. Bob meets Jim Timino ...
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| Bob lends a hand to contractor Bob Ryley as he begins construction of the porch at the project on Martha's Vineyard. Ryley starts out by explaining the use of concrete ...
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| Bob Vila and carpenter Ron Jackson install Atlantic white cedar shingles and sidewall flashing. Ron points out the flashing runs under the asphalt shingle. Ron also shows Bob a shortcut ...
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| Bob meets up with Greg Roulette the electrician who is working on the rough wiring of the house. Greg ran all the circuits back to one central location, the circuit ...
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| Bob meets Ryley outside the Victorian style house in Massachusetts to help him with the railing. Ryley starts with two by six vertical grain fir for the top railing and ...
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| Bob meets Ryley at the Martha’s Vineyard Victorian to discuss the trim. They start by talking about how to trim a rounded edge of an arched to window. The lumberyard ...
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| Bob checks out painter Mike Suarez spraying water-based stain on the exterior. In a counter intuitive approach Mike starts out low and works his way up the side of the ...
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| Bob discusses landscaping and the stone terrace with Ruth Foster, landscape consultant. They stand in the diamond shaped courtyard with a series of diamond shaped planters. The first is filmed ...
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| Bob takes us to New York's Hudson River Valley to tour Olana House, named after a Persian treasure house/fortress. Inside, the historically preserved Victorian artist's mansion highlights artwork of the ...
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| Bob talks with artist Margo Datz about decorative striping and stenciling in the Victorian Cottage master bedroom. She uses a template to insure the lines are the same distance from ...
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| Starting with the original interior cottage portion of the home, now a guest suite, Bob reviews the furnishing of the house. Borrowing a bit from Victorian ingenuity, the designer used ...
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| Bob and the designer tour the new formal courtyard. They discuss the future of the plants shapes and how they will provide privacy to guests as well as the homeowners. ...
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| Starting with the window treatments, the designer shows off the simple white cotton swags with a puff. Next stop is the Victorian inspired bathroom. The floor features small white hexagonal ...
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