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Bob Tours the Almost Completed Plymouth House
Bob Tours the Almost Completed Plymouth House
Bob tours a basement recreation room that has recently been remodeled. The walls, ceilings, and floors have all be restored. ...
Creating a Swag Window Treatment
Creating a Swag Window Treatment
Finally, we tour the kitchen and dining area of the finished house with the designer. And she teaches Bob how to create a swag ...
Entryway and Dining Room Tour
Entryway and Dining Room Tour
Bob tours the front vestibule, highlighting the beautiful stencil work done by Kim Sweet. The stencil work replaced moldings ...
How to Remove Wallpaper
How to Remove Wallpaper
Removing wallpaper can be time-consuming and messy, but with patience and the right tools, you can get your walls ready for a ...
Martha’s Vineyard Grand Finale
Martha’s Vineyard Grand Finale
Starting with the original interior cottage portion of the home, now a guest suite, Bob reviews the furnishing of the house. ...
Mixing Paste
Mixing Paste
Stir wallpaper paste for longer than suggested by the manufacturer to ensure that there are no lumps. A wooden dowel makes and ...
Paint & Wallpaper with Confidence
Paint & Wallpaper with Confidence
Of all home-improvements projects, paint and wallpaper are by far the most common. But there is more to interior finishes than ...
Painting Over Paper
Painting Over Paper
It is always a temptation to take short cuts. You may choose to paint over wallpaper either because you don't want to take the ...
Picture Framing
Picture Framing
Interior designer Leslie Curtis shows off another of her decorating ideas in the dining room. She's chosen to frame a sample ...
Pre-Pasted Wallcoverings
Pre-Pasted Wallcoverings
Most of today’s wallcoverings are especially easy to hang because they’re pre-pasted. If the box indicating whether a ...
Rolling Wallpaper
Rolling Wallpaper
Prepasted wallpaper needs soaking to activate the paste. Loosely roll up a cut length so that the water will come into contact ...
Room Tour at Winterthur, Part One
Room Tour at Winterthur, Part One
Bob returns to Winterthur in Delaware's Brandywine Valley. Vila and Winterthur's Pauline Eversmann first visit the ...
Stripping Ventilation
Stripping Ventilation
Use paint strippers outdoors if possible. If you must use them indoors, cross-ventilate by opening all doors and windows. Make ...
Tour of the Chinese Parlor at Winterthur
Tour of the Chinese Parlor at Winterthur
Bob re-visits The Winterthur Garden and Museum, this time touring the Chinese Parlor with curator Pauline Eversmann. The ...
Tour of the Port Royal Parlor at Winterthur
Tour of the Port Royal Parlor at Winterthur
Bob returns to Winterthur, industrialist Henry Francis du Pont's country estate, which is now a museum, in Delaware's ...
Wall Bumps
Wall Bumps
If you find bubbles or specks of some kind under new wallpaper, first cut an X pattern over the defect. If the problem is a ...
Wall Stenciling Continued
Wall Stenciling Continued
Work continues on the parlor's wall stencils. Bob and Ken Forcier are applying the second "layer" of the stencilÑan ochre hue ...
Wallpaper Basics
Wallpaper Basics
The decision to wallpaper is a smart and economical one. Today's easy-to-handle wallpapers and printed borders are extremely ...
Wallpaper Border Removal
Wallpaper Border Removal
When removing wall paper borders, use a hair dryer to loosen the glue.
Wallpaper Prep
Wallpaper Prep
Here are few things to keep in mind when applying wallpaper: New Walls - Must be thoroughly cured, dry, primed and sized. ...
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