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April 2011 Blog Posts (3)

windows

Can anyone tell me how much it would cost to restore our original 1925 windows? Just need a ballpark if anyone knows or who had done it.

Thanks

Added by Laura Mosoriak on April 18, 2011 at 7:31am — No Comments

Go Figure!!!! Since moving into my Arts and Crafts Home, here at Lawrencetown Beach, I've been researching my home and the "movement" to be confident that any changes I make are in keeping with the home's historic qualities.

I will be spending my summer doing something in the kitchen; but over the past 2 days, we finally "broke out" a wall.

Prior to this, in order to get to the pantry, I've had to leave the kitchen, walk through the keeping room, down the…

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Added by Aileen Reid on April 13, 2011 at 7:02am — 1 Comment

Foursquare attic finishing

Does anyone out there have experience turning the attic of an American Foursquare into a master suite? My home is a 1928 2000 sq ft home. The attic is a walk-up accessed by a door in the upstairs hallway. It's the typical pyramid shaped space found in foursquares. I am uncertain whether there is enough space since on all sides the vertical space is diminished by the roof sloping down. Looking for advice on how to determine whether I have enough space to make it work without losing the integrity… Continue

Added by Victoria J. Norton on April 5, 2011 at 1:34pm — 1 Comment