Tag: house
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How to Make a New Key for an Old Mortise Lock
Create a fresh key to open all the antique locks in your house
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9 Creative Low-Cost Upgrades From Our Favorite Bloggers
In the fertile imaginations of home-design bloggers, every cramped kitchen, dull wall, and beat-up countertop turns into an opportunity for reinvention
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Same Kitchen Space, More Storage
New cabinets and a smart layout take this vintage space into the 21st century
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How to Retrofit Cellulose Insulation
In this video, This Old House general contractor Tom Silva explains how to install cellulose insulation
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11 Foolproof Decorating Tips
Tips for freshening up your home’s interior—without breaking the bank
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What Really Happens in a House Fire
It only takes half a minute for a small flame to turn into a full-blown life-threatening fire. Learn how you can best protect your home, your loved ones, and your own life
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How to Install Crown Molding
In this step-by-step video, This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows the best way to add decorative trim to the joint between wall and ceiling
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Finding and Restoring Hidden Plaster Details
In an act of upside-down residential archaeology, the This Old House TV crew reveals—and rebuilds—historical plaster details entombed above a false ceiling
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Photoshop Redo: Retro Ranch Gets Reworked
A more interesting roofline and an upgraded entry improve the profile of a 1970s raised ranch