The end of April 2018 marked the 7th birthday of Old Town Home and is a milestone of sorts in our time as bloggers. Seven years! I think Internet years are like double dog years.Since we're talking dog years, it is very appropriate that our blog is seven (or one...
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Protecting your finished surfaces, especially flooring, when working on a project is as old as house projects themselves. From drop clothes to old carpet, pretty much every option has been tried and each has their pros and cons when it comes to keeping paint, dust, scratches, liquid, tools, boots, and...
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Seeing a project come together is one of the most gratifying aspects of DIY renovation.We've been working on trying to improve our little first floor bathroom for a while now, and it finally feels like we're starting to get to the home stretch. I can't begin to tell you how...
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Last week we gave you a rundown of our progress in bringing our first floor bathroom's antique heart pine flooring back to life.It had been hidden beneath poorly installed tile for many years, so we knew there'd be some repair necessary. The end result was a floor that needed to...
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Antique heart pine is amazingly resilient, but restoring it has long been intimidating to me.Over the last several months we got to see our house's heart pine floors go through a true transformation when they were refinished, but they were largely in good shape already.
But today I want to share...
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