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Renovating or restoring a house is hard work. Trying to maintain the essential character of a house, especially if it is a historic property, can be difficult. One area that is often overlooked is the windows. It is not enough to match the number of panes and the general size of the window. Modern windows [...]
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Before the Black Death, or plague, Europe was divided into rigid guilds of craftsman. Because there were more people wanting to work than their was work for craftsman, territory was rigidly marked out. There was no such thing as vertical product integration, where one shop did everything to produce a product. This was true even [...]
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Palm Beach County has a courthouse built in 1916. Plans were made to demolish it after a new courthouse was built across the street. Instead, the courthouse was restored. First, it had to be unearthed. Buildings had been built that wrapped around it. These buildings were demolished after any original items from the courthouse, or [...]
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So you bought an older home, and you want to do some work on it. The first thing you need to decide is whether you are going to restore it or renovate it. Renovating is work done to redo the kitchen, for example, without regard to how the house looked when it was first built. [...]
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The Italians have intarsia. The English have wainscoting. The French have boiseries. These are elaborately carved pieces of molding set as the stiles in panel and stile walls.
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New Orleans has always had a large number of historic buildings. The French Quarter is a show piece of historic preservation. Other parts of the city also have historic buildings. All of these buildings give New Orleans its’ unique character. However, historic buildings are often hard to maintain due to their age. They may be [...]
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Good Millwork has over 10,000 molding profiles. Sometimes, though, a special molding is needed to restore a historic building. The items needed for the Steamboat Gothic House in Huntsville, Alabama are a case in point.
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Good Millwork provides lumber for projects all over the world. Sometimes that distance means we do not get to see what is done with our products. In that case, we rely on our customers to send us pictures of before and after. In one case, we provided a large order of maple moldings so that [...]
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Restoring Historical Homes and Renovating Houses instead of building new and using reclaimed wood for both new construction and home remodeling seem to be somewhat more resistant to the recession. As the economy continues to struggle, some want to stop historic restorations and others to focus on them to lead us out of the recession. [...]
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For many people, the art of historical property renovation is a labor of love which brings the ultimate in job satisfaction, fulfilment and rewards. Our cultural heritage is rich and diverse, and it makes sense to preserve our history as well as possible, salvaging our buildings against the ravages of time. If you are about [...]
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