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Dan Cooper writes for many architecture and antiques magazines, and is currently finishing a book on the architecture of Albert, Righter and Tittmann, to be published by The Vendome Press in the fall of 2009. He is also president of Cooper's Cottage Lace, LLC and is the United States representative of Enterprise Weaving Ltd., an English firm that specializes in historic Wilton and Brussels carpets. He is also the proprietor of Cottage Lace , which sells Arts and Crafts Lace Curtains.

Called on The Carpet

By: Dan Cooper, Contributing Writer
In: Old House History, house styles, old house construction, old house musings, old house terminology, old houses

A series of posts that address historic floorcoverings in the late 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. Full disclosure: I consult on and provide carpets for historic houses, museums and state capitols. This article may appear self-serving, and while it is, my words will hopefully clear up some misconceptions about historic floorcoverings. Part One Q: What is the most historically appropriate floorcovering for houses built between the years of ...

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May

A Good Shellacking

By: Dan Cooper, Contributing Writer
In: Old House History, home improvement tips, old house construction, old house musings, old house terminology, old houses

This week’s post is a song of praise to my favorite wood finish: Orange Shellac. Riveting, huh? Bear with me… We all have certain things that we lay claim to being a connoisseur of, be they wines, audio equipment, or Star Trek episodes, and for me, it’s wood finishes. Having spent my adult life staring at and trying to successfully apply all of them, from beeswax to water-based urethanes, I’ve found ...

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May

Tool Lust. Or the lack thereof…

By: Dan Cooper, Contributing Writer
In: home improvement tips, old house construction, old house musings, old houses

As mentioned in a previous post, there are countless instances when I’ve witnessed A Guy, meaning a male old-house civilian who ordinarily couldn’t load a stapler, stop dead in their tracks when faced with a department store tool display. Show them a shiny new table saw, and in their minds, they’ve suddenly become a woodworker. Tools trigger some primitive, instinctual reaction in Guys, and the same is true for guns; ...

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Other Posts:
Get Your Greek On
Brimfield Rising
Called On The Carpet V
Called On The Carpet IV
Called on the Carpet III
Called on the Carpet II
Called on The Carpet
A Good Shellacking
Tool Lust. Or the lack thereof…
Don’t Do it Yourself: 5 Jobs You Should Sub-Out
Within These Walls
The Story of a Room
Five Easy Strips
95 Percent Finished
Ménage a Trois
Your Sister is A Scab