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85How to Refinish Floors - Step-by-step Illustrated Guide
If your wood floor is looking worn and in need of repair and refinishing, you can do it yourself much less expensively than hiring it done. As long as you understand the process and the tools used you can successfully refinsh your wood floor and increase the value of your home.
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78How-to Repair Plaster
Many people get nervous about learning how to repair plaster. One of the most unsightly things that can happen in a historic home is the cracking of the original plaster. It is a repair that most people can do with some patience.
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94Build or Restore a Home, Which is Best for You?
In today's economy it can be a difficult decision between buying a new home and restoring an older structure. Think it through with the tips in this article.
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90How To Faux Grain Wood
Learn the basics of making cheap wood trim look like fine grained wood Tips and supplies list
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81Historic & Vintage Window Styles
If you have ever wondered what that cool looking window on the neighbor's victorian house was called look no further. Historic windows defined, dated, and expained.
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85Restoring and Maintaining Antique Heart Pine Floors
Heart pine is the wood from old growth trees. Most of it was long leaf pine. Old growth trees are estimated to have been 300 years old in the late 1800's/early 1900's. They are defined as "first generation" lumber
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78Marye Audet:Acquiring Your Dream House
The hubs including in this group include not only creative ways to aquire your dream house, but also how to decide whether to build new or restore. If you are still dreaming of your homestead, read these first.
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76Marye Audet: Building & Remodeling Hubs
Links to some of the building and remodeling articles by marye Audet on hubpages
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80Family Fun: Thoreau Farm Field Trip
Thoreau's farm is restored and open for field trips and tours. This 1730s house is being restored with faithful detail to accuracy and LEEDS practices
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74Home Improvement Stores
By using stores that specialize in architectural salvage you are really involved in the ultimate recycling project! Finding the items you need to complete your projects can be a time consuming thing as you head to the home improvement store, shop, carry heavy items, and then wait in line to pay. Shopping for these same items online may cost a little more but the savings in time and patience can be enormous. Be sure to ask questions, understand the return policies, and check to make sure you are
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