The Historic District

I have none, either. My house was built in 1851.

I've never actually seen a linoleum rug, but after looking at some images on Google, I can see where that very well may have been the case in this particular room. I was wondering if the black was some sort of glue as well; I'm glad you said that. That was the first thing that ran through my mind wh...

Hi, Gothichome. I'm not sure what to make of it. The unstained area is about 12'x12'. This particular room and the room behind it (now, the kitchen) was the first addition to the original house. The wall that the two [mismatched] doorways are on might not have always been where it currently is. It's...

While I'm on the warpath in the ex-wallpaper room, I went ahead and tore most of that replacement floor up. http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b37/kafalk/DSC_0303.jpg http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b37/kafalk/DSC_0304.jpg http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b37/kafalk/DSC_0305.jpg http://i16.photobu...

Congratulations on your new [big] old house. I'm going through paint color selection right now, too. I was so excited to get rid of the dull tan color on all of the walls, but I had no idea how difficult of a choice it would be for me to settle on the colors I do want! After about a dozen paint colo...

I've read a lot of online tutorials about patching plaster by drilling into the lathe, etc., etc., etc., but I haven't found a lot of helpful information about what to do when there's no lathe behind the plaster. I have an outer wall in my dining room that's in desperate need of some plaster work, b...

You pulled down an entire room of wallpaper in an evening? Because I will be green with envy if that is the case! Yes! I bought a wallpaper steamer from Lowe's (~$55.00) and was able to get it all down in about 4-5 hours. I didn't believe the steamer was going to work as well as the clerk said it w...

Thanks, Don. I've got someone coming out to take a better look at it. The previous owner said he tried to seal a section of the box gutter to remedy that leak, but I guess he didn't quite get it. I wasn't planning on doing anything to the middle room with the bad wallpaper in it so soon, but I disco...

Has anyone ever had issues with box gutters backing up and causing ceiling leaks? http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b37/kafalk/DSC_0238.jpg http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b37/kafalk/DSC_0237.jpg I knew about this from the inspection report, but we had such an unusually dry summer that no-one was ...

Is your inside transom glassed? Is the outside glassed transom simply a storm window? The floor covering you have peeled up is vinyl the looks like wood? Seems like it might have been less expensive to refinishe the original floor rather than to cover it?! Yes, they are both glass. The outer transo...