The Historic District

To me dismantling and moving it is like restoring a classic car by melting it into scrap metal to use in building a replica

Local officials want to preserve the cabin and move it to a different location. They say it will have to be carefully taken down by hand and put back together somewhere else. Why does this almost always have to be a thing? To me the location and foundation of a building are as much a part of the hi...

the light looks Chrome to my eye. Chrome plating was not invented until the 1920s - it doesn't wear so easily as nickel so your wear spots may point to it being the softer metal. Hold it side by side with known chrome and the difference should jump out. I have all nickel in my bathroom - I love it b...

Willa wrote:It's chrome over brass..

Interesting, it looks much older in style than that!

Have you spoken with a marble floor specialist? I'm wondering if the floor just needs a good sealing

https://flooringsourcetx.com/blog/marbl ... le-sealed/

http://www.nalboor.com/advice/why-you-s ... floor.html

Go for the more expensive version of the repros, they have a more authentic "snap". I have been using repro push buttons for over 10 years no problems at all over half my house has them now. Find good (or new old stock) fac eplates on ebay (often cheaper than repro, and way more authentic)...

For a similar price you can pick up a large Jiffy clothes steamer used on ebay - if you are willing to wait

For a few days I seriously considered going and buying this place

I would not paint the brick - a black sheet metal, or brass (if you want fancy) to cover it

And assuming the east flue is our living room (I think it is), the water should fall all the way down to the shelf above the firebox on the first floor. It seems like it would take some strange physics for it to be driven through the side of the chimney. If one of those flues was really clogged, ma...