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- Mon Mar 23, 2015 8:00 pm
- Forum: WavyGlass: Old House Discussions
- Topic: years from now 1990's McMansion restoration
- Replies: 34
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Re: years from now 1990's McMansion restoration
20 years ago I painted moms harvest gold fridge white with auto paint, it worked great ! that fridge is still working but now white is again the new rage and stainless steel is getting to the end of it's craze, so my prediction is we will be painting stainless appliances white,or maybe bright color...
- Mon Mar 23, 2015 5:25 pm
- Forum: WavyGlass: Old House Discussions
- Topic: Our historic district website
- Replies: 11
- Views: 759
Re: Our historic district website
Why would you get complaints? It's not illegal to take pictures of a house from a public road. I certainly didn't or never intend to ask owners permission to do write up about their houses.
- Mon Mar 23, 2015 3:12 am
- Forum: WavyGlass: Old House Discussions
- Topic: Our historic district website
- Replies: 11
- Views: 759
Re: Our historic district website
Thank you(sorry if I'm invading Matts's thread here) We have quite a lot of info on many houses in East Boston(collected by few enthusiasts over the years) But it's all on paper so it's quite a feat to publish it. At the same time we have our hands busy - east Boston is quickly gentrifying and our h...
- Sun Mar 22, 2015 9:43 pm
- Forum: WavyGlass: Old House Discussions
- Topic: Our historic district website
- Replies: 11
- Views: 759
Re: Our historic district website
Great job! I can't wait to read more about each house.
Funny enough, a little over a month ago, I started something very similar for our historic district in Boston: http://www.historiceaglehill.org
Funny enough, a little over a month ago, I started something very similar for our historic district in Boston: http://www.historiceaglehill.org
- Fri Mar 20, 2015 8:50 pm
- Forum: WavyGlass: Old House Discussions
- Topic: years from now 1990's McMansion restoration
- Replies: 34
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Re: years from now 1990's McMansion restoration
All the laminated/sawdust wood members starting to delaminate and fall apart as adhesives fail.
- Thu Mar 19, 2015 7:41 pm
- Forum: WavyGlass: Old House Discussions
- Topic: Do you regret buying your old house?
- Replies: 35
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Re: Do you regret buying your old house?
Hi Everyone, I'm a longtime reader, but decided to register to chime in on this. I've had my 1850s house for 4 years now and I haven't had a single regret. My house is not very fancy or anything(and also quite little of original detailing remains), but it still feels so much grander than typical mod...