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Cleaning the Facade and Restoring the Brickwork
Bob Meets with Jeremy Armstrong from Two Trees Development to discuss the historic façade rehabilitation. The building, with ... |
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Creating Custom Millwork
Custom-made replacements that match the existing or salvageable sections of millwork and moldings can help to keep a home's ... |
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Custom Carpentry Reproduces Historic Details
Custom carpentry may seem like a luxury, but it is often the only way to recreate an historic detail. Students from the North ... |
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Deciding to Remodel or Move
A growing family means remodeling existing space, expanding or moving. Checklists and professional input can help you decide ... |
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Deconstruction for Reuse and Salvage
A period home may have hidden architectural treasures. A careful system of deconstruction and documentation will let the ... |
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Decorating the Cottage Interior
Then on to interior design, as we shop for vintage furniture with a designer to achieve a comfortable 1940s look. We also ... |
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Decorative Woodwork Restoration
Bob and Patty Hettich strip paint from decorative woodwork, then make rubber molds to create new detail in a Federal style ... |
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Demolition in the Upstair Living Quarters
Bob tours the upstairs at the governor's mansion restoration after the demolition is completed. |
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Elm Court Dining Room
Sonya and Bob Berle lead Bob Vila through a tour of one of the Vanderbilt’s most elegant dining rooms. The Berles have ... |
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Elm Court Foyer and Fireplace
Bob Vila greets Sonya Berle who shows off the large foyer and explains how she and her husband started with small restorations ... |
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Elm Court's Grand Parlor
Bob Vila joins Sonya and Bob Berle, owners of Elm Court for a tour of the ornate grand parlor. When the Berles arrived at Elm ... |
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Elm Court's Guest Suites
The Berles give Bob Vila a tour of the guest suites at the Elm Court mansion in Lenox, Massachusetts. Starting with the Emily ... |
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Elm Court's Library and Architectural Detailing
Bob Vila meets with Sonya and Bob Berle in the library of Elm Court to discuss the interior design and preservation of this ... |
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Expanding a One-Story House: Build a Second Story or a First-Floor Addition?
You’re expanding your home, but should you build up or out? Enlarge the footprint of your single-story residence or add a ... |
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Exterior Paint Stripping and Priming
Bob examines the exterior of the home where several layers of paint are being removed. Cortney describes the procedures and ... |
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Faux Finishing an Antique Door
Bob meets with Rick and Martha Snyder to see how they faux-finish an antique entry door to look just like it was originally done. |
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Faux Finishing the Doors
Bob meets with Josh and Jans to look at the old doors and then gets with Elaine Havaland to do some faux finishing of the doors. |
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Federal Home Layout
Bob visits a Federal-style house undergoing reconstruction, as well as adding an addition, in Charleston, S.C., with ... |
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Final Tour of the Completed Second Home in the Project
House two of the Elmwood project. Attaching new casings to laundry closet. Permanently installed vanity. Then a final tour of ... |
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Final Tour of the Federal-Style Home
For our final visit to the Charleston project, we take a grand tour of the elegant, restored Federal-style mansion, focusing ... |
