The Historic District

Thanks GC. I have a dining room and parlor that are separated by pocket doors and used as a single large room most of the time. That's the spot - as you said - where these will go. I don't know if I am lucky or not to not have any long hallways here - ha ha - but they will look great wherever they a...

Back to the original question about painted trim ... My home is 90% unpainted, shellacked wood trim on all three floors. Each floor/room has a different species of wood. The whole third floor is clear finished pine while the second floor's trim is mixed (some clear coated and some painted) and the d...

How common was it to paint just the crown molding in a room and leave the baseboard and window trim stained wood? This is the case in many of my rooms, and I'm wondering if it's the original crown molding or not. I'm thinking I'd like to have stained crown molding to match the rest of the trim to g...

Hey all, Been trying, very unsuccessfully, to unscrew brass chandelier parts. It should be simple - turn one part one way, the other part the other way and you have 2 parts. nope ... not for me. I have tried soaking parts in kerosene, acetone, some-kinda-spray-on-BLASTER-stuff (cant recall the name ...

Wow - Reading this (and seeing the price of that book on Amazon) makes me feel super fortunate. I have both the 1970's reprint, and the original (huge format) hardbound book from the 1800s. Ill need to look at the old one tonight to see what the date is in it. It has hand painted/cut/glued paint chi...

THANKS !!!

thanks, still haven't gotten any further with the light fixture. Those winter holiday decorations don't come down on their own ... ha ha

In my dining room POs added a new drywall ceiling. The result of their work altered the "radius" of the smooth wall to ceiling cove that encircles the room. Now, the cove travels up the wall and begins a graceful radius, only to be lopped off by the new, lower drywall ceiling. I hope to do...

Im no expert, but I have been changing out as many existing incandescents for LEDs over tha past year as I am able to. I have learned that the "enclosed fixture" info may not be included in the bulb description (I get mine online, no package) but the manufacturers help line has been great ...

Thanks both. I disassembled a friends gas turned electric light (thanks !!) and saw that there are threads on his - hopeful for mine. now i need a warmish day to slather on the ol' PB Blaster (dang that stuff stinks) and carefully try to remove what I can. if not - loctite and I will become good fri...