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October 08, 2010
Here’s a tip you can use to shingle your own roof. Have a starter course at the edge of the eave, laying the shingles upside down. Trim one-third off your first shingle, so that your joints will ...
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August 08, 2010
Replacing a light fixture with a ceiling fan can bring comfort and energy savings to the home.
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August 08, 2010
Bob meets with Mark and Ryley to install some pine shiplap panelling in the basement room.
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August 08, 2010
Bob and Ryley install a new pre-hung shiplap pine door, which they build themselves, in the shop.
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August 08, 2010
Bob discusses landscape with John Sears, landscape contractor.
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August 08, 2010
Bob discusses landscaping and the stone terrace with Ruth Foster, landscape consultant. They stand in the diamond shaped courtyard with a series of diamond shaped planters. The first is filmed ...
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August 08, 2010
Starting with the original interior cottage portion of the home, now a guest suite, Bob reviews the furnishing of the house. Borrowing a bit from Victorian ingenuity, the designer used decorative ...
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August 08, 2010
Bob confers with framing contractor Larry Landers, as Larry and his crew assemble the front porch framework on the ranch house remodel at Lake Cochituate, Mass. Larry explains the type of roof ...
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August 08, 2010
In his grand finale here in Malibu Beach, Bob take us on a tour of the tiled courtyard with palms and fountain. We get a surprise visit from "Home Improvement’s" Tool Time Girl, Pamela Anderson ...
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August 08, 2010
Bob visits Drayton Hall one of best example of Georgian Palladian Architecture in the US. It may have survived the Civil War by posing as a Small Pox Hospital. Drayton Hall, a National Trust ...
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August 08, 2010
Bob goes furniture shopping at Sears with the homeowners and a designer in New Hampshire.
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August 08, 2010
Bob takes us on a field trip to Millford Plantation, a spectacular Greek Revival governor’s mansion with echoes of the Civil War still ringing through its halls.
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August 08, 2010
Bob joins Tom Strangfeld of Weston Nurseries and landscape architect Kristian Fenderson to walk the property and discuss the planting selected for the Medford home. They begin at the rock garden ...
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August 08, 2010
Bob takes a final moment to give a quick demonstration of the BobVila.com Paint Designer. Available exclusively at BobVila.com, the paint designer allows users to start with their house type, ...
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August 08, 2010
Kevin Callahan from Sears joins Bob to talk about the new Kenmore air conditioning condensers that will be installed. The condensers are Energy Star rated and have a life expectancy of over 15 ...
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August 08, 2010
Bob takes a visit to Casco, Maine to learn more about the Hancock Land Company’s sustainable forestry operation. Patrick Moore from Greenspirit Enterprises joins Bob to explain how the forests of ...
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August 08, 2010
Bob visits the McLellan House in Portland Maine, which is part of the Portland Museum of Art. Curator Jessica Nicoll joins Vila for a tour of the Museum’s $8.6 million restoration project. ...
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August 08, 2010
Interior designer Leslie Curtis shows off another of her decorating ideas in the dining room. She’s chosen to frame a sample of an historic wallpaper pattern. The frames were created by Ron and ...
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August 08, 2010
Bob re-visits The Winterthur Garden and Museum, this time touring the Chinese Parlor with curator Pauline Eversmann. The Parlor is actually a combination of three rooms, chosen specifically to ...
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August 08, 2010
Bob and Chris Vila work their way to the back of the apartment, through the hallway with its Victorian wallpaper, past the closet with original built-ins, and into the bedroom with high ceilings ...
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