The Historic District

Am lucky to have picture rails but for my heavy mirrors I used screws in the plaster, then the decorative corded wire up to the picture rails for looks. So far so good ! When we lived in CA we rented a small Victorian, loved that house. Sorry to hear about your Dad, it's always difficult to lose a p...

It's wonderful that it strips right off ! PO here pasted wallpaper right onto wallboard, sigh. I can peel off the top layer but then have to use a sprayer to wet the rest and scrape. It is time consuming and frustrating. Started out using water and fabric softener but found just water worked just as...

Thanks for the welcomes ... Will try and get some photos. Kansas1911, it isn't easy to place furniture every wall has windows, doors or fireplace. Heartwood, it actually freezes here and gets pretty cold. Thankfully not for long stretches. Krawdon, would love to send you one , we only use 3 of them

Love your new house! be thankful you don't have lots of hideous wall paper (pasted right onto unpainted, unprimed wall board) to remove. Looks like you have a nice clean start. ... and if I HAD to live in N.J. again, Haddonfield would be in the top 5 places.

InGeorgia. We purchased a 1910 2 story about 10 years ago and have been working on it off and on (mostly off). The house is a mix of styles, the most interesting feature to me are the fireplaces. There are 4 of them, 2 down , 2 up and they are built in a corner so the rooms have 5 walls. I'm in need...

Hey from an old gal in an old house that also had critters that wanted to live with us every fall. I'd read where police stations in Ca. started keeping stray cats inside to keep the rat population down and where just the smell of a cat would keep them out. Being tired of the trapping, poisons etc. ...