The House with Laughing Windows (1976)

I must confess that I have not seen anywhere near as many Italian movies from the 70s and 80s as I think I have, ... he encounters (a dwarf mayor, a slightly subnormal local lad, a paralysed old woman, an overly-cheery ... the mystery of the painting's history, especially after his restoration was well and truly trashed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 14:20:00

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Tips For Water Damage

Help full tips in what to for water damage by SERVPRO:  Remove as much excess water as possible by mopping and blotting ... , Smoke & Soot - Cleaning Mold Mitigation & Remediation Move Outs & Content Restoration ... ; Renovation Contractors,Mold/Radon/Air Quality Services,Painting Contractors,Residential/House [more...]

Date: 2008-07-11 20:46:46

I'm Going to Tell You a Secret. Shhhhhhh.

My friend Julia from Hooked on Houses is hosting her first ever Hooked on Fridays party today! Here's what I'm hooked on this week ... . (Remind me to share that story with you sometime.) Maybe you've had the same problem.I take home ... words for you...Restoration HardwareDid you know that they sell paint in stores and online [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 00:42:00

Orthodox Trail Trip Journal - Wednesday, Oct 29

Day 10: October 29, 2008 We awoke for our last day in Iasi and packed for a couple hours’ travel to Neamt Monastery, ... . Cultural theology is for the artistic stream, which teaches icon painting, icon restoration, music [more...]

Date: 2008-11-08 18:37:48

The Reality Of Sinister Black Mold Mischief

The Reality Of Sinister Black Mold Mischief This common spore can cause untold damage if not kept in check. ¶ Posted 06 October 2008 † Aydan Corkern § Health ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: fire, Home, Home Improvement, mold, Painting, smoke, water, water damage restoration [more...]

Date: 2008-10-06 17:07:51

The Handpost

I like the way things change and stay the same.This first picture shows The Handpost in one of its earliest incarnations ... well have turned down. It had a blue carpet that fluffed blue dust with every step and a kitchen ... Williams. He had the air of a Restoration rake and drove a white van for a paint company based in Pill [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 13:20:00

Scott Waterman

Scott Waterman is an artist, a talented decorative painter and I'd like to add an incredible interior designer once I saw photos of his home. His decorative painting began with trompe l'oeil murals and the restoration of historic buildings. Amazing talent (click for larger images)... His former home in San Francisco was featured [more...]

Date: 2008-07-16 12:59:00

Restoring a Masterpiece: CSI for the Art World, Only Happier

Artwork is not often built to last or to move, yet we insist on both ... shipped works to his home in Utah. Moving paintings from a relatively humid Western Europe ... on the restoration and conservation of a major work in its collection: Madonna and Child with St. Nicolas [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 15:02:19

A restored Raphael

Three separate undated photos show the restoration process of Italian artist Raphael’s 1506 oil-on-wood painting “Madonna of the Goldfinch,” which had been shattered into 17 pieces then nailed back together following a house collapse ... of us who grew up visiting old museums have a muddied view of how things looked in the distant past [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 19:25:24

Putin as Renaissance Man

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has donated a painting to charity, ... funds for a local hospital, a cancer unit and a church restoration project in St Petersburg, his home city. She is said to have 'improved' the curtains, which, perhaps embarrassingly given [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 20:30:05

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

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