There is a critical shortage of heritage professionals who perform Building Pathology on the vast stock of older houses and commercial buildings across Canada and the United States.
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The Eastlake Movement | House Spotting
Eastlake – is it a man, a piece of furniture or an architectural design style?
Off-Grid Living
Saturday, December 12th, 2020 Is it possible to live off-grid? Just ask Kyle, who has lived off-grid for many years
Wooden Scaffolding
When I was young and foolish, I would climb ladders and walk ridgepoles on three-and four-storey houses without a care and without fear.
The Outhouse: A Brief History
Outhouses are, after all, a very large part of our history.
Making Keepers
I am sure our readership is aware of my passion for antique hardware, to wit, I have become a collector of early Suffolk and Norfolk latches, with a few interesting Tudor and Elizabethan era pieces.
Even More Wallpaper Woes
In our previous article entitled “Wallpaper Woes,” where we gave our best advice to repair plaster walls after the removal of many layers of wallpaper.
Butlers Pantry: A New Old Trend
Recent trends in the creation of a fine kitchen are to create, or repurpose a butler’s pantry.
A Closet Solution
Many people who own traditional houses have one thing in common, the total lack of closet space!
Water-Based Paints Of Old
Paint has had a very long history as is evident in cave paintings and the Egyptian Hieroglyphs, and in the colourful 200-year-old armoire you purchased while on vacation in rural Quebec.
For The Love OF Wooden Columns
More and more terribly executed repairs are being perpetrated on original verandah, portico, or porch posts and columns in Canada each day.
A Wooden Dado
In the mid to late 18th century, lath and plaster walls were devised to hang beautiful hand-blocked wallpaper.
Protected: A Structural Sill Replacement
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Antiquities: Primitives, Design Essentials
I am a personal admirer of primitives. I am not talking about new items that are just made to look old, rather the items that are very old, very simple and of very high museum quality.
How To Choose Furniture For Your Heritage Home
Restoring the “envelope” of an historic building requires many skills. Not only does the restorer need to know about the various trades, but must also approach them from a historical perspective.
Old Home Living House One: Siding
In this issue of Old Home Living we decided to tackle the siding on Old Home Living House One in Brantford, Ontario.
Circa 1842
Stroll up the path, past some barns and a split rail fence, until you see a clapboard house with a cedar roof, a few feet from the shore of Lake Erie.
The Bedroom
It has taken almost one thousand years for bedrooms to evolve into those which we see today.
Wallpaper Woes
Many people who live in century houses come across, in some cases, dozens of layers of wallpaper on walls and ceilings.
Circa 1835 Ireland House
Exceptional for many reasons, Ireland House is a valuable historic structure – an architecturally intact farmstead – which remained in continued use by one family for five generations.
A Wooden Box Latch
You will find all sorts of interesting things when you dismantle an old building.
Ready For Another 200 Years
Somehow the universe guided us to this old house. Vacationing here as children, we never dreamed that one day we would own it.
Crafted In Wood
The woods of the Colchi, in Pontus, [in modern day Turkey] furnish such abundance of timber, that they build in the following manner.
10 Ways To Bring Spring Into Your Home
Yes, you have heard it again and again. To some people, clutter is cozy, but to others, clutter sucks away energy.
Painting A Raised Panel Door
Recently we restored an early six-panel wooden door. When it came to painting it, we found the task not as easy as one may think. If you paint across the grain, the finished product looks terrible.
Painted Brick? What to do?
Many times I come across houses that have been painted and many of our subscribers ask what to do with the painted bricks and in some case, how you can remove the paint from the brick?
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