Finding Your Favorite Home Renovation Insurance Company

by John Bakers When it comes to finding the perfect new home, often people are drawn to impressive, old houses ... purchasing old homes can cause you to be faced with big restoration jobs requiring air compressors ... the houses feel more homely. However, what you do not always take into account is that these old houses [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 20:10:34

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Restorative Justice New Home

OK. A new home for emotional home repair.What a change form the old office and its sterile meeting room ... large house has done wonders. The meeting spaces can be more dedicated. Families ... in the nation, but may well become a prototype for other kinds of emotional restoration.-Possibly related [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 04:44:34

The Restorers Library " Pallisers New Cottage Homes 1887"

From Time to time I like to recommend reference books that may be of interest to Old House restorers, Palliser's New Cottage Homes 1887 is a reproduction of the rare catalog that originally was published in 1887. It includes 1,500 detailed drawings of floor plans, elevations, perspective views [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 17:50:00

Crystal ballin’ 2009

‘Tis the season, and it’s hard to resist. As I watched the usual ‘psychics’ on TV make their predictions for the year, ... to the restoration of an old folks’ home. I am turning 58 this year and my house could use a new paint job [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 12:25:42

Bringing back old capital houses to their period charm

Not long ago in a Friday Home Front column I included an item on Jayne Ellen Woody, ... to visit the same apartment which is nearing the end of restoration. The old oak floors were sanded ... owner of Sacramento's Vintage Properties - and noted how she fixes up classic old homes [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 23:00:07

Home Improvement Ideas: Hardwood Floors

by Alix Montoya Homes with hardwood floors are always charming and beautiful. Sometimes, in old homes, if you strip away the carpeting you’ll find hardwood floors underneath. With a little restoration, you can actually make that old floor be as good as new. There are a lot [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 11:24:22

Home Improvement Ideas: Hardwood Floors

by Alix Montoya Homes with hardwood floors are always charming and beautiful. Sometimes, in old homes, if you strip away the carpeting you’ll find hardwood floors underneath. With a little restoration, you can actually make that old floor be as good as new. There are a lot [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:34:54

How do I tell if there are hardwoods under my carpet, and other important questions

Contributed by: Janet M. PerryLately it seems I’ve been getting and thinking about the kind of questions people have when they buy older homes. An older house can be a wealth of hidden and not so hidden treasures. Knowing how to turn ... . If you want your old floors to be restored, you should contact a flooring company with experience [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 15:05:00

A timely wine.

Like many people in New Orleans, my husband and I are in the midst of home restoration. While this project is underway we (my husband, son and I) reside in the carriage-house-cum-pool-house on our lot.  We are right ... into the carriage house.  Tables were made of saw horses and old doors and it took us 7 tries before we found [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 18:22:11

Reflections about old jails, land appraisal, and high speed infrastructure in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas

Yesterday was our 2008 family Thanksgiving travel day, as we ventured from our home in Oklahoma to “grandmother’s house” in Manhattan, Kansas ... from the Chase County Courthouse “Restoration Celebration & Open House” on Saturday, October 25, 2008 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-27 17:32:04

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