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Making a "condo" into a country home.

I live in a large townhouse. As one enters in the front entry he faces about a 20 ft hall. The first entry on the left is the dining room containing country furniture. The dining room leads into the kitchen, again with country cabinets, some with dvided antique glass in the doors. From the kitchen w...
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Nervous House

I have an 1899 colonial that was converted to a 2 family in the 40s. I have lots of projects to do, but Id like to start with finding out how to stop it from shaking. I live on the 2nd floor and am becoming annoyed with everytime a lost truck, or even a very large school bus goes by the whole apartm...
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help! paint or cover 1/4 in dark rough

We Have dark 1/4 in rough wood grain paneling on some walls in our family room. We, unfortunately used liquid nails to put this up back in 1976. We want a brighter fresher look in the room. It has been suggested that we purchase 1/4 in dry wall and cover the paneling but wonder what to do about the ...
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finishing hand hewn beams

I have some old weathered hand hewned beams that I would like to finish and use in our family room. What types of stain or treatment is required to reduce the grey weathered look?
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3 1/2" drawer pulls

Im looking for fairly plain brushed chrome drawer pulls for simple 1-panel cabinets in a kitchen family room. I can find a lot of pulls I like, but hardly any with 3 1/2 bore.
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167yr Old Farm House Items For Sale

To whom It May Concern, Good morning. I am emailing in hopes of reaching someone with interest in old homes. Our family owns a beautiful 167 year old 10 room farm house that has just this week been partially destroyed by fire. A very careless passer byer flicked a cigarette out the car window and it...
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sleeping porch ventilation?

cool that pics can be loaded and traced back to who loaded them so if someone posts their nude family album, they can be removed with their pics of grandma. If you can load some pics of your room with some close-ups of the wall to the window and air passthroughs inside and out, that would be cool. O...
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1850's working class home decor

Im trying to find info on how my new house, which was build in 1850 in New Jersey along a railroad stop (presumably the village of 50 houses was built for railroad workers) would have been decorated. So, it would have housed a working class family. I am specifically needing window treatments for the...
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Covering old but nice wood panel wall?

I want to update my family room and brighten it up. The wall in question has a nice fireplace with a sandstone surround and ledge. The wall itself has a dark real wood paneling on it that is nice. I dont want to destroy/waste the paneling by removing it/painting it but would like to try to update th...
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Removing flooring

First in response to your first reply near the end of tongue and groove something...there is a remote chance you may have a kit house with the tongue and groove. Check any exposed boards for a ink stamped or impression stamped number anywhere on the board. The percentages are not real big of this bu...
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