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The Scott brothers said that the front patio, which they expanded and covered with terra-cotta tiles, is their mom's favorite spot. They bought a red oak door versus a white oak for budget ...
Tommy and Frank work together to install a new interior door in an existing opening. Kevin finds tile installer Roger Dutcher giving the fireplace a much needed facelift, using handcrafted tile from a 100-year-old pottery only a few miles away. At the Rehabbed & Ready project, Darrick gives Kevin a tour of the nearly complete house.
A specialist from the E.K. Perry Paint Company demonstrates the art of sponge painting in Weatherbee Farm's living room. Artisan Jeannie Serpa shows us the art of painting in the faux marble technique. Wallpaper is hung in the nursery and Jeff Hoskings refinishes a floor.
Inside, tile goes down in the kitchen and around the fireplace. Norm visits a housing development where because most of the homes are below the flood plain, houses must be raised up to meet code. Back at the house, Steve talks to Margaret O'Donnell Blue, the 76-year-old owner of the house, and takes a final tour of the completed kitchen with ...
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Beautiful wooden garage doors go in, and we get a tour of their construction, installation and operation. In the kitchen, Dick Silva begins installing the new cabinets, while our master carpenter visits a converted woolen mill, where a local cabinet maker is building the Silvas an entertainment center out of rare and beautiful tiger oak.
The fireplace mantel or mantelpiece, also known as a chimneypiece, originated in medieval times as a hood that projected over a fire grate to catch the smoke. The term has evolved to include the decorative framework around the fireplace , and can include elaborate designs extending to the ceiling.
Above the fireplace is a bas-relief sculpture, [50] [292] which is made of cast concrete. [50] [288] There is a skylight on the ceiling above the living room's fireplace. [143] [288] [295] The room has oak furniture as well; [296] the backs of the armchairs are sloped at the same angle as the walls, and the tables have torcheres that illuminate ...