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Hi, I've been a member for a long while but not active for several year. The houses I've owned until recently all reflect my passion for old house: An 1870s farmhouse outside of Cincinnati, an 1896 brick and stone twin in Philly, a 1950 hand-build fishing cottage with lots of wonderful mid-century d...

My house has heart-pine flooring throughout, and I need to put flooring in the dining room, kitchen, and a connected hallway. I have decided to put prefinished hardwood, bamboo, or engineered hardwood throughout the three connected spaces. My question is, does anyone have suggestions about what to i...

I got this Electrolux: http://www.electroluxappliances.com/kitchen-appliances/ranges/gas/ew30gf65gs Looks like the MSRP has gone up a couple hundred since I bought it. Would I have ever paid over $2500 for a stove? Absolutely not - just not in my budget. But I absolutely LOVE it. LOVE. Not just beca...

I'm not a huge fan of stainless but my new stove is stainless because it had every feature I wanted (double oven, convection, five burners, continuous grill, excellent consumer reports rating) and through a fluke I managed to get it for $1000 when the MSRP is $2400. At that price, I would have taken...

I promised my 6yo granddaughter that she could paint her room in my 1930's farmhouse with arts and crafts pretensions, and she wants more than anything to paint it orange. I told her that I'd allow it if I chose the exact shade, but I'm having trouble finding something that doesn't feel as if it's g...

... you have a date planned with someone who seems really wonderfully compatible in many delightful ways, but you're more excited about and impressed by the fact that she has years of contractor/construction experience and once did nothing but drywall and plaster for six months with an old-school pl...

... you begin dating someone who is pretty darn amazing on so many levels, who owns a fantastic 1920's duplex with beautiful original and unpainted woodwork, and who has done some great work on that house and the several other old houses that she owns as investment/rental properties, and the only re...

A great condition set of metal cabinets. PINK metal cabinets. And a terrific sink. http://burlington.craigslist.org/hsh/2915889410.html http://images.craigslist.org/5L55N65Ff3G73Id3Fac3m9483f03eeba91a6c.jpg http://images.craigslist.org/5K85F85X23I83Fa3Jfc3md0f7ec4b46681737.jpg http://images.craigsli...

Thanks for the link! The biggest issue I have when looking at pics is that they all seem to be bathrooms MUCH larger than mine (which doesn't take much!!). I checked the measurements and mine is just over 45 sq ft, plus the walls are only 6.5 ft high which makes it feel even smaller. It's just hard ...

Way, way, way back here on the forums is a post where not only did I brag about the cost of the hex tile (less than $14 a box instead of $50+) on a return shelf at Lowes but I also laid it out on our living room carpet and posted the picture here. I think that was in 2009 :oops: Oh puhleeze, that's...