Stripping Painted Furniture
HIDDEN BENEATH half a dozen layers of crackled paint is a beautiful hardwood table. After the stripper is brushed on, chemicals do the hard work. Before After MAKE REPAIRS before refinishing. After disassembling the table, Maxwell fixes a split ... [... more]
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Distinctive Doors
Closet remodeling typically focuses on adding shelving, a second clothes rod, storage drawers, shoe racks and other interior improvements. By taking it one step further — replacing existing closet doors — you can make the closet space more ... [... more]
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Cut the Clutter
Closet Systems should be customized for the user. If you store luggage with your clothes, put suitcases and suit bags on the floor or top shelf, as shown. You've probably complained more than a few times that you don't have enough closet space in ... [... more]
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Making Sure the Paint Tint is Right for a Room
Worried about buying the wrong color? According to the University of Massachusetts's Product Stewardship Institute, consumers waste almost $1 billion a year on paint they can't live with, either tossing it or painting over it. Since colors tend ... [... more]
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The Principles of Smart Closet Design
There are essentially two types of closets: those you can walk into and those you can't. Reach-in closets pose the biggest challenges, not the least of which are the doors used to access them. If there's room, a swinging door is the best option ... [... more]
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Bed Bug Battler's Checklist
Yes, This Old House editors can suffer from bedbugs, too. And when I told friends, family, and anyone riding the same elevator, you'd have thought I was confessing to having mononucleosis, The Kissing Disease. But there's nothing literally or ... [... more]
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Closet Control
Growing up in the 1950s, architect Duo Dickinson clearly remembers what lay inside his father's closet. "He had about 12 gray suits, a few ties, some white shirts—and that was it," he says. But those days — when a closet could be outrigged with [... more]
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The Instant Extra Bedroom
After: The new wall affords Michaela Hardy and Cara Hardy privacy without total isolation. Before: Michaela and Cara's beds were tucked under the sloping ceiling side by side. Nearly 16 feet wide and 16 feet long, the attic room shared by Cara ... [... more]
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Rooms To Grow
A trundel bed like this Ethan Allen unit will accommodate children until they're ready for college. List price is $1,580 as shown. Skateboards make great shelving—simply mount one or more on the wall with shelf brackets. Skis or oars are ideal ... [... more]
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How to Build a Headboard and Footboard from Bifold Doors
Assembling the top requires a passing familiarity with how to install crown molding Maybe you've noticed something as you head in to plunk down on your pillow-top each night: Your bed's just a gussied-up mattress, and it's making the whole room ... [... more]
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How to Paint Doors, Windows, and Walls: Overview
Interior painting isn't an overly arduous activity, but you'll likely work up a sweat Most people think they know how to paint, and usually the results are pretty good. But for painting contractor John Dee, "pretty good" isn't good enough. [... more]
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