Wednesday 31 July 2019
Pro2Pro Live: Preparing a Bathroom for Tile
Join Kevin O'Connor (@kevinoconnortoh) and Tom Silva (@tomsilvatoh) live from our Westerly project. The two will go over how the master bathroom was designed and how it has been prepared for tile. They'll also answer your questions during this livestream. This livestream will run on Wednesday 7/31 from 5 pm to approximately 5:30 pm. #ThisOldHouse #AskTOH SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse About This Old House TV: This Old House is the No. 1 multimedia home enthusiast brand, offering trusted information and expert advice through award-winning television, a highly regarded magazine, and an information-driven website. This Old House and Ask This Old House are produced by This Old House Ventures, LLC and are presented on PBS by WGBH Boston. Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseIG Tumblr: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTumblr https://www.youtube.com/user/thisoldhouse/
This Old House | Winchester House [S24, E1] | Full Episode
We're just 17 days away from our big 40th-anniversary TV special on PBS! Celebrate with us! For a limited time, watch select episodes for free. This is the Season 24 premiere, which originally aired in 2002. This series premiere episode is available FREE for a limited time in celebration of TOH's 40th anniversary! To view the rest of Season 24, get a FREE trial membership to TOH Insider. Learn more https://bit.ly/2XEaAPf #ThisOldHouse #AskTOH SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse In this episode:Healthy but tired, the 1920's Colonial Revival in Winchester got an improved kitchen and master suite, an updated heating plant, and a cosmetic freshening inside and out. Like a freshly pressed shirt, the Colonial Revival house that we documented in , pleases the eye with crisp edges and smooth surfaces. Nearly nine months of reworking its innards and skin have given the building a sharpness of detail it hasn't had since it was built in 1922. Yet it avoids a just-out-of-the-package feeling because so much care was taken to restore the original materials rather than replace them with new: instead of a shirt brought home from the store, it's an old favorite just back from the laundry. When we started on this TV show project with owners Kim Whittemore and Bruce Leasure back in April, a common comment from the sidewalk out front was, "Why renovate? It looks fine from here." Up close, however, the imperfections hinted at deferred maintenance and the simple effects of age: tired asphalt roof shingles, alligatored and peeling paint, rot around the sunporch. Those jalousie windows on the porch weren't too appropriate, either. Inside, became stronger: cracked plaster, mysterious soot marks in the living room, an even more mysterious roll in the upstairs floor, and a dated kitchen whose shape and size were off just enough to preclude a simple change-out of cabinets and appliances. About This Old House TV: This Old House is the No. 1 multimedia home enthusiast brand, offering trusted information and expert advice through award-winning television, a highly regarded magazine, and an information-driven website. This Old House and Ask This Old House are produced by This Old House Ventures, LLC and are presented on PBS by WETA Washington, DC. Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: https://ift.tt/2ROpRve Tumblr: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTumblr https://www.youtube.com/thisoldhouse This Old House | Winchester House [S24, E1] | Full Episode
Should You Take Laxatives When Fasting? | Fasting & Cleanses
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Tuesday 30 July 2019
This Old House | Manchester House [S23, E1] | Full Episode
We're just 18 days away from our big 40th-anniversary TV special on PBS! Celebrate with us! For a limited time, watch select episodes for free. This is the Season 23 premiere, which originally aired in 2001. This series premiere episode is available FREE for a limited time in celebration of TOH's 40th anniversary! To view the rest of Season 23, get a FREE trial membership to TOH Insider. Learn more https://bit.ly/2XEaAPf #ThisOldHouse #AskTOH SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse In this episode:On New England's north shore, This Old House gives grand rebirth to a once-stately, uniquely American Shingle-style house by the sea. Call it the Big Kahuna by the Sea. Our Manchester project was the longest and most ambitious renovation we've ever undertaken with homeowners: about 10 months and $1.5 million. But what a payoff. The McCues' 1883 house, aptly described at the beginning of the project as looking like "a motel in Hyannis" (translation for non-New Englanders: "an unadorned shingled box"), is now once again the seaside beauty it was at the turn of the century, when the original Shingle-style building was done up in Colonial Revival finery. As usual, general contractor Tom Silva provided solutions to two of the most vexing challenges the original building posed. From the day they moved in, the McCues had been troubled by the low ceiling heights on the first floor, especially in the living room that overlooked the sea. The feeling of being squashed was no doubt exacerbated by the original room's narrowness (see floor plans), and architect Holt was quick to address part of the problem by proposing an expansion of the room into one large space to hold the kitchen and the living room. That meant removing a bearing wall. Enter Tommy. First he engineered a steel and wood flitch beam (Steeling the Show), inserted like a giant needle through a hole in the side of the house one dramatic afternoon. That opened the room up, but what about the low ceilings? As we all discussed the pros and cons of raising the ceiling or lowering the floor, Tommy quietly worked out a way to strengthen the ceiling joists with thin steel sheets and shave off the joist bottoms, gaining nearly 3 inches of room height. They proved to be a crucial few inches, giving the room a feeling of height while preserving the floors below and above. About This Old House TV: This Old House is the No. 1 multimedia home enthusiast brand, offering trusted information and expert advice through award-winning television, a highly regarded magazine, and an information-driven website. This Old House and Ask This Old House are produced by This Old House Ventures, LLC and are presented on PBS by WETA Washington, DC. Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: https://ift.tt/2ROpRve Tumblr: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTumblr
Paint Brushes from Scratch
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Monday 29 July 2019
This Old House | Charlestown House [S22, E1] | Full Episode
We're just 19 days away from our big 40th-anniversary TV special on PBS! Celebrate with us! For a limited time, watch select episodes for free. This is the Season 22 premiere, which originally aired in 2000. This series premiere episode is available FREE for a limited time in celebration of TOH's 40th anniversary! To view the rest of Season 22, get a FREE trial membership to TOH Insider. Learn more https://bit.ly/2XEaAPf #ThisOldHouse #AskTOH SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse In this episode:This Old House heads back to the city for the renovation of an 1865 Second Empire-style brick townhouse in Boston's historic Charlestown neighborhood. In the fall of 2000, This Old House returns to the city for the expansion and renovation of newlyweds Dan and Heather Beliveau's home on Bunker Hill Street in the historic Boston neighborhood of Charlestown. Built in 1865, the Beliveaus' townhouse is a three-story brick building in the Second Empire style, with carved brownstone lintels, a second-floor bay window overlooking the street, and a mansarded third floor. A victim of only the most benign form of neglect, the house's interior contains most of its original detail, including marble mantels, plaster ceiling medallions, a handsome main staircase, and a set of mahogany pocket doors that still work perfectly. Nonetheless, time has taken its toll, and the building's antiquated systems, tired windows, and kitchens and baths from the 1950s will need replacement. About This Old House TV: This Old House is the No. 1 multimedia home enthusiast brand, offering trusted information and expert advice through award-winning television, a highly regarded magazine, and an information-driven website. This Old House and Ask This Old House are produced by This Old House Ventures, LLC and are presented on PBS by WETA Washington, DC. Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: https://ift.tt/2ROpRve Tumblr: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTumblr This Old House | Charlestown House [S22, E1] | Full Episode https://www.youtube.com/thisoldhouse
How to Control Road Rage | Anger Management
Want to get a grip on your Anger? Check out these resources: Beyond Anger: How to Free Yourself from the Grip of Anger: http://amzn.to/1VFo0CA The Anger Workbook: http://amzn.to/1FXmxpi Anger Management For Dummies: http://amzn.to/1VFokRC The Cow in the Parking Lot: A Zen Approach to Overcoming Anger: http://amzn.to/1QZTMcb Anger Management for Everyone: Seven Proven Ways to Control Anger: http://amzn.to/1Om49ro Watch more Anger Management videos: https://ift.tt/2Yx0pQP I'm Dr. Ryan Fuller, and I'm going to talk to you a little bit about how to control road rage. So road rage is a very serious issue in America and other countries as well. It's responsible for all kinds of property damage in terms of auto accidents but also even homicides. So people do get seriously injured and even killed as a function of road rage. In a way, someone with high anger, who's put in a very heavily trafficked area with time constraints, is really the perfect recipe for aggressive behavior. And so if we look at some of the potential triggers for someone who has anger management issue, putting them in a vehicle that's already dangerous, which means if something goes wrong, there might be property damage to their vehicle or someone else's, creates an experience of anxiety and fear, because there's a threat to loss of property. So it makes anger very likely. The second component is oftentimes people struggling with anger or illness have very strong demands about how other people are meant to behave and follow the rules in a high sense of a need for control. So again, a heavy commute with a lot of other people on the road makes this a very difficult situation for someone with high anger to manage and navigate. So I recommend a few things. One, it's a very simple technique called "The Three P's", which is predict, plan, and prepare. When I shared this with one of my clients some years ago, she shared with me, it was the first time I've heard it, that failing to plan is like planning to fail. And the one thing is that most of us have a fairly regular commute pattern. In which case, we have a pretty good idea that traffic might, in fact, exist in that particular time, in that particular path. What we want to do is be realistic about that and make sure that we at least take the urgency and the time constraint out of the equation. And that means leaving plenty of time so that there's a cushion in case there is traffic. So the first step is try to change what you can by predicting ahead of time, making an appropriate plan to leave early, and maybe even preparing for a potential traffic jam by bringing audio book along or something like that. We certainly don't want you to be engaged in, you know, particular behaviors that might distract you from driving. At the same time, we need you to make sure that you are realistic that you might be stuck in traffic. And while you're there, we want to make sure that you're not ruminating and resenting the person next you and the fact that you're going to be late. The second is we want you to prepare ahead of time some sort of realistic, coping statements so that if someone does in fact cut you off, they're slowing down, or someone's tailgating you, that you in fact practice rehearsing rational coping beliefs about that situation instead of something irrational that going to simply exacerbate the problem and make you angrier and possibly aggressive. So some good things to keep in mind is one, usually, another person on the road is not really out to get you. In fact, they're thinking very little about you. What they're really thinking about most of the time is where they need to go and what they need to do. Now that can be upsetting, but it's critical. If someone is at risk for road rage, they don't personalize the issue by assuming hostile intent on the other person's part. Instead, try to cope by thinking something like, "Well this is unfortunate they are acting this way, but it doesn't have much to do with me. It probably says more about his or her behavior. What I need to do is take a deep breath, calm myself down, and focus on my goals, which is getting safely to the next destination." So two main things I recommend for people with road rages: First - predict, plan, and prepare, especially if it's a commute you know well. And that might mean bringing something else along like an audio book to calm yourself down. Second - to prepare the kinds of coping statements that might help you realistically cope with the situation as opposed to personalizing it and making it worse than it is.
Gordon Ramsay's Ribeye Recipe | The F Word
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Sunday 28 July 2019
This Old House | Billerica House [S21, E1] | Full Episode
We're just 20 days away from our big 40th-anniversary TV special on PBS! Celebrate with us! For a limited time, watch select episodes for free. This is the Season 21 premiere, which originally aired in 1999. This series premiere episode is available FREE for a limited time in celebration of TOH's 40th anniversary! To view the rest of Season 21, get a FREE trial membership to TOH Insider. Learn more https://bit.ly/2XEaAPf #ThisOldHouse #AskTOH SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse In this episode:Steve Thomas visits a home in Ipswich Massachusetts that a homeowner restored after a fire even though Norm and Steve said it couldn't be done. Tom Silva shows Steve his new van and trailer then tells him that his brother Dickie's home burnt down. They go see the fire gutted home then offer to help Dickie rebuild. All of us at This Old House remember where we were when the news came that Dick and Sandy Silva had lost just about everything in a raging house fire. It was early spring of 1999, and the show was finishing up the Key West project. It didn't take us long to join the rest of our Boston-area friends in the trades as everyone pitched in to put the Silvas back under a new roof. Ten months later, we all cheered at the Billerica wrap party when Dick announced that he had just received a certificate of occupancy from the town; the family would be back in for Christmas. It was a great moment: a victory of hard work over tragedy. About This Old House TV: This Old House is the No. 1 multimedia home enthusiast brand, offering trusted information and expert advice through award-winning television, a highly regarded magazine, and an information-driven website. This Old House and Ask This Old House are produced by This Old House Ventures, LLC and are presented on PBS by WETA Washington, DC. Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: https://ift.tt/2ROpRve Tumblr: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTumblr
Saturday 27 July 2019
This Old House | Watertown House [S20, E1] | Full Episode
We're just 21 days away from our big 40th-anniversary TV special on PBS! Celebrate with us! For a limited time, watch select episodes for free. This is the Season 20 premiere, which originally aired in 1998. This series premiere episode is available FREE for a limited time in celebration of TOH's 40th anniversary! To view the rest of Season 20, get a FREE trial membership to TOH Insider. Learn more https://bit.ly/2XEaAPf #ThisOldHouse #AskTOH SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse In this episode:The show kicked off its 20th anniversary with the renovation of a sprawling 1886 Queen Anne-style Victorian in the Boston suburb of Watertown, Massachusetts. Our Watertown Victorian finally got her paint and paper, but not until seven months of intensive surgery had come to a close. Problems that had been apparent from the start--crumbling chimneys, a wet basement, paint-caked siding, antiquated systems, a confusing floor plan--were quickly joined by nasty surprises. A sodden back lawn that couldn't grow a lawn. Flues in need of new linings. An optimum floor plan reconfiguration that called for removal of a chimney, two fireplaces, and all three staircases. Inadequate insulation. And the termites, whose visits over the years necessitated costly sill replacement and the removal and reconstruction of all three porches. Costs added up as quickly as the days went by, yet through their nervous sweat homeowners Christian and Sue remained committed to doing right by their new house. They understood the importance of getting the fundamentals right, so that the trimmings would have a proper base. As Christian said, "I'm going to be carried out of here feet first, so I want a house that will last a lifetime—and then some." About This Old House TV: This Old House is the No. 1 multimedia home enthusiast brand, offering trusted information and expert advice through award-winning television, a highly regarded magazine, and an information-driven website. This Old House and Ask This Old House are produced by This Old House Ventures, LLC and are presented on PBS by WETA Washington, DC. Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: https://ift.tt/2ROpRve Tumblr: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTumblr
Friday 26 July 2019
This Old House | Milton House [S19, E1] | Full Episode
We're just 22 days away from our big 40th-anniversary TV special on PBS! Celebrate with us! For a limited time, watch select episodes for free. This is the Season 19 premiere, which originally aired in 1997. This series premiere episode is available FREE for a limited time in celebration of TOH's 40th anniversary! To view the rest of Season 19, get a FREE trial membership to TOH Insider. Learn more https://bit.ly/2XEaAPf #ThisOldHouse #AskTOH SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse In this episode:With the help of Julia Child, Marian Morash, Ethan Allen and Laura Ashley, to name a few, This Old House turned an Antique Colonial farmhouse into a dream house. "Everywhere we go, the number one thing people always ask is, 'When are we going to see your houses on the show!' Well, with our Milton project, viewers finally got their chance..." When This Old House opened the doors to its 19th season on PBS, it wasn't a new set of homeowners welcoming viewers, but the show's host and master carpenter. In a dramatic twist, the series' producers turned the tables on the This Old House team by putting the whole cast in the homeowner's shoes. Their challenge: to turn an antique Colonial farmhouse and its classic red barn in Milton, Massachusetts, into their vision of a "dream house" and a This Old House Show House. It wasn't the first time that This Old House assumed the role of both renovator and homeowner. When the series premiered in 1980, producing station WGBH purchased a dilapidated Victorian in Dorchester, Massachusetts—and the rest is history. Eighteen years later, the public was invited to visit the house that America's favorite home team renovated, before it was sold on the open market. About This Old House TV: This Old House is the No. 1 multimedia home enthusiast brand, offering trusted information and expert advice through award-winning television, a highly regarded magazine, and an information-driven website. This Old House and Ask This Old House are produced by This Old House Ventures, LLC and are presented on PBS by WETA Washington, DC. Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: https://ift.tt/2ROpRve Tumblr: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTumblr
About Memory Expert Barry Reitman | Memory Techniques
Forget Something? Beef up your memory with these products: Unlimited Memory: How to Use Learning Strategies to Learn Faster: http://amzn.to/1ZhQd79 The Memory Book: The Guide to Improving Your Memory at Work: http://amzn.to/1GyJ4DK Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering: http://amzn.to/1R1vC0U The Memory Jogger 2: Tools for Continuous Improvement: http://amzn.to/1Oo5pMt Memory Improvement: How To Improve Your Memory In Just 30 Days: http://amzn.to/1Oo5pMt Watch more How to Improve Your Memory videos: https://ift.tt/2Y9V1Uk My name's Barry Reitman. I'm the author of Secrets, Tips, and Tricks of a Powerful Memory, which is a book and a 4-CD set. They work well together. You can listen in the car during those wasted hours that you spend commuting to work, or going to school, or wherever it is. And when you get home, you might want to look a little bit more closely. So open up the book. The chapter numbers are the same. And most of the materials is the same. It can work together. I've always had an interest in doing parlor tricks, memory tricks, card tricks. So I was aware of things like how to remember a long list. I wasn't always very good at it. And then an event happened. April 2008, I was in my office. My best customer called. I do equipment financing. And he said, "Barry, I spoke to my partner, and we want to go ahead with the contract that you and I negotiated yesterday. Right to the penny, the dollars and cents. Everything is fine. Please prepare a contract." And I said, "Josh, I'm in a rush. I'm raising out of the office now," which I was, "and my desk is a mess," it always is. "Do me a favor. Send an email to my secretary, Roseanne, with exactly those terms and conditions, and dollars and payments and everything else. And I'll tell her to watch for that email and prepare a contract while I'm gone." What I didn't tell Josh is that I not only didn't remember the terms and conditions, and dollars amounts that we had negotiated. It was much worse than that. I didn't remember and could not reconstruct having been on the phone with him the day before. That was my wake up call. I had to take those few cute little tricks that I knew, and make it into my life using these things, and learning how easy it is to picture things to remember them. That's what I do. So now, I lecture, I write, I do stage presentations. I teach people how to remember. And I got to tell you, the toughest part of my job is showing them that it's really easy. Don't hold back. It's really easy. My book, there are other good books. My websites, memoryshock.com, or powerfulmemorysecrets.com. My book, my CDs, and others. Go to Amazon. Take a look at what's available. Read the reviews. Read the reviews about mine. Read the others. But whatever you do, get started. Because what I guarantee you, what I promise you - this stuff is easy.
Thursday 25 July 2019
This Old House | Nantucket House [S18, E1] | Full Episode
We're just 23 days away from our big 40th-anniversary TV special on PBS! Celebrate with us! For a limited time, watch select episodes for free. This is the Season 18 premiere, which originally aired in 1996. This series premiere episode is available FREE for a limited time in celebration of TOH's 40th anniversary! To view the rest of Season 18, get a FREE trial membership to TOH Insider. Learn more https://bit.ly/2XEaAPf #ThisOldHouse #AskTOH SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse In this episode:The This Old House crew transformed a small 1887 Victorian cottage into a summer home with year-round capabilities. Most people can only fantasize about someday creating their perfect island getaway. In spring and summer of 1996, we were able to bring viewers along as we escaped to the charming New England island of Nantucket, where we helped Bostonians Craig and Kathy McGraw Bentley turn their folk-style Victorian into a year-round retreat. We were drawn to Nantucket both to cover a challenging renovation project and to tell the story of a seaside paradise preserved, but fighting to hold on to its historic character. A building boom has turned this tiny island into a microcosm of the mainland. It is grappling with all of the quality-of-life issues that larger communities across the country are facing—traffic congestion, runaway real estate prices, historic preservation and zoning versus development, land use versus environmental protection, and what to do with a landfill that's reached capacity—but, given the island's size, these battles seem all the more intense. About This Old House TV: This Old House is the No. 1 multimedia home enthusiast brand, offering trusted information and expert advice through award-winning television, a highly regarded magazine, and an information-driven website. This Old House and Ask This Old House are produced by This Old House Ventures, LLC and are presented on PBS by WETA Washington, DC. Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: https://ift.tt/2ROpRve Tumblr: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTumblr https://ift.tt/2JQq2nB This Old House | Nantucket House [S18, E1] | Full Episode
Wednesday 24 July 2019
This Old House | Salem House [S17, E1] | Full Episode
We're just 24 days away from our big 40th-anniversary TV special on PBS! Celebrate with us! For a limited time, watch select episodes for free. This is the Season 17 premiere, which originally aired in 1995. This series premiere episode is available FREE for a limited time in celebration of TOH's 40th anniversary! To view the rest of Season 17, get a FREE trial membership to TOH Insider. Learn more https://bit.ly/2XEaAPf #ThisOldHouse #AskTOH SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse In this episode:A neglected circa 1784 Federal rejoined the ranks of other historic homes in Salem, Massachusetts. Our 1995 main project in the historic seaport city of Salem, Massachusetts, began with a departure from our normal Boston-area house-hunting procedure, which gives precedence to the house rather than the location. This time, we picked the city before choosing the house. As executive producer Russell Morash explained, "We were so impressed by the rich history and architectural fabric of this great old New England city, our hope was to find a fixer-upper that reflected both qualities." After touring Salem's housing market with a local realtor, we found the perfect candidate, a classic Federal-style house, circa 1784, with an attached Victorian-era rental unit that had been on the market for two years. Located in the heart of the city's historic McIntire district, so named after native son and famed American architect and wood craftsman Samuel McIntire, the house boasted two mantelpieces carved by the master himself. After falling in love with the house, we learned of prospective buyers Deborah and Kevin Guinee, who had been interested in it for several months. A young couple with two preschool-aged children and another on the way, they were hoping to move up from their small six-room home on a neighboring street. With two living units and a total of 19 rooms, the house offered a smart way for them to finance a larger home. About This Old House TV: This Old House is the No. 1 multimedia home enthusiast brand, offering trusted information and expert advice through award-winning television, a highly regarded magazine, and an information-driven website. This Old House and Ask This Old House are produced by This Old House Ventures, LLC and are presented on PBS by WETA Washington, DC. Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: https://ift.tt/2ROpRve Tumblr: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTumblr
How to Read the High Priestess Card | Tarot Cards
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Tuesday 23 July 2019
This Old House | Acton House [S16, E1] | Full Episode
We're just 25 days away from our big 40th-anniversary TV special on PBS! Celebrate with us! For a limited time, watch select episodes for free. This is the Season 16 premiere, which originally aired in 1993. This series premiere episode is available FREE for a limited time in celebration of TOH's 40th anniversary! To view the rest of Season 16, get a FREE trial membership to TOH Insider. Learn more https://bit.ly/2XEaAPf #ThisOldHouse #AskTOH SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse In this episode: Steve begins the season at the country's oldest wood-frame house: the Fairbanks House in Dedham, Massachusetts, built in 1636. He then goes to the season's project house (and the oldest house the show has worked on): a 1710 colonial in Acton, Massachusetts, owned by Terry and Sima Maitland. Though suffering from bad sills and much settling, its real problem for this family of five is lack of space. The Maitlands' $150,000 budget will barely cover an addition, and Norm and general contractor Tom Silva advise them to "let sleeping dogs lie," and not attempt to correct many of the original house's problems, which would soak up that amount and more. In the spring of 1994, we took on our oldest house yet, a c. 1710 Colonial in Acton, Massachusetts. Known as the Knight-Forbush Homestead, it was Acton's oldest home as well, built by one of the town's first settlers and later inhabited by a sergeant who fought in the nearby Battle of Lexington and Concord in 1775. Though the house looked big from the outside, inside it was anything but. Factor in a gargantuan center chimney stack, ceilings well under seven feet, Terry and Sima Maitland and their three young children and the space disappeared quickly. From our first walk-through—when the Maitlands sheepishly revealed the dishwasher they had to store in the dining room for lack of space in the kitchen—it was clear the house needed a sizable addition, and one that was very sympathetic to the homespun charm of the existing building. About This Old House TV: This Old House is the No. 1 multimedia home enthusiast brand, offering trusted information and expert advice through award-winning television, a highly regarded magazine, and an information-driven website. This Old House and Ask This Old House are produced by This Old House Ventures, LLC and are presented on PBS by WETA Washington, DC. Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: https://ift.tt/2ROpRve Tumblr: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTumblr
Can You Brew Soy Beans into Beer?
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Monday 22 July 2019
This Old House | Belmont House [S15, E1] | Full Episode
We're just 26 days away from our big 40th-anniversary TV special on PBS! Celebrate with us! For a limited time, watch select episodes for free. This is the Season 15 premiere, which originally aired in 1993. This series premiere episode is available FREE for a limited time in celebration of TOH's 40th anniversary! To view the rest of Season 15, get a FREE trial membership to TOH Insider. Learn more https://bit.ly/2XEaAPf #ThisOldHouse #AskTOH SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse In this episode:The restoration of this 1907 Shingle-style Victorian included the removal of asbestos siding and overhaul of a kitchen. In the fall of 1993, after sifting through nearly 200 proposals, we joined with homeowners Lauren and Dean Gallant for one of our favorite projects: the renovation of their 1907 Victorian in Belmont, Massachusetts. Two things made this one a winner. First, the original beauty of the Shingle-style building emerged dramatically from behind bad foundation plantings, gray asbestos siding, cooked asphalt roofing, clunky replacement trim, corroded triple-track storm windows, 1950s kitchen cabinets and dull wallpaper. Cliche as it may sound, this truly was a case of the ugly duckling becoming a swan. Second, the Gallants pitched in with untold hours of sweat equity and an enthusiasm, backed with careful research, for their house's heritage and original look. Their hard work not only saved them money, but put their stamp on the job. About This Old House TV: This Old House is the No. 1 multimedia home enthusiast brand, offering trusted information and expert advice through award-winning television, a highly regarded magazine, and an information-driven website. This Old House and Ask This Old House are produced by This Old House Ventures, LLC and are presented on PBS by WETA Washington, DC. Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: https://ift.tt/2ROpRve Tumblr: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTumblr
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Sunday 21 July 2019
How to Install Smartside Siding Part 2 | Pro2Pro | This Old House
Recorded live from the jobsite of our 2019 Idea House in New Canaan, Connecticut, TOH Host Kevin O’Connor meets up with lead carpenter Gordon Jacobsen of Karp Associates to install a building material called Smartside Siding. LP SmartSide Siding [https://bit.ly/30FTFO6] #ThisOldHouse #AskTOH SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse Pro2Pro: A network of pro content creators compare field notes in every category of the trades, from carpentry and framing to landscaping and plumbing, and everything in between. Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: https://ift.tt/2ROpRve Tumblr: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTumblr How to Install Smartside Siding Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/user/thisoldhouse/
This Old House | Lexington Ranch [S14, E1] | Full Episode
We're just 27 days away from our big 40th-anniversary TV special on PBS! Celebrate with us! For a limited time, watch select episodes for free. This is the Season 14 premiere, which originally aired in 1992. This series premiere episode is available FREE for a limited time in celebration of TOH's 40th anniversary! To view the rest of Season 14, get a FREE trial membership to TOH Insider. Learn more https://bit.ly/2XEaAPf #ThisOldHouse #AskTOH SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse In this episode:Host Steve Thomas starts off the new season by revisiting the Haggers at Kirkside in Wayland. The lawn has come in, and the place looks great. Then it's off to Newton, where a developer has found it economically sound to buy up tired little ranches and upgrade them radically—the idea the show will explore this season. In Lexington, Steve meets Brian and Jan Igoe, and their children Brennan and Sarah, in the ranch house they've lived in for the past nine years. They want to expand it, and Norm, Richard Trethewey, and Tom Silva agree that the basic structure is sound and can be added onto without the need for repair first. Steve and Norm tell the Igoes they'll help them on their project. In 1992, we were looking for a tired ranch-style house and for homeowners taxed for space and fed up with the ranch layout and look. Brian and Jan Igoe—and their house—fit the bill. Wood-framed, built in 1958, it sat on a sloping one-third acre in quiet, leafy Lexington, Massachusetts. The Igoes, with their two young children, couldn't afford a larger house nearby and, attached to their neighborhood, schools and Little League, they balked at the idea of moving out of town. Renovation was the logical answer, but this would not be your standard rehab. The Igoes shared with us the good fortune of working with noted Cambridge-based architect Graham Gund, winner of more than 30 local and national architecture awards. Cited for his facility with post-Modern style and a certain playfulness with forms and details, Gund was intrigued with the idea of transforming a building built in one of the most common, and maligned, American house styles. About This Old House TV: This Old House is the No. 1 multimedia home enthusiast brand, offering trusted information and expert advice through award-winning television, a highly regarded magazine, and an information-driven website. This Old House and Ask This Old House are produced by This Old House Ventures, LLC and are presented on PBS by WETA Washington, DC. Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: https://ift.tt/2ROpRve Tumblr: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTumblr
Saturday 20 July 2019
This Old House | Wayland House [S13, E1] | Full Episode
We're just 28 days away from our big 40th-anniversary TV special on PBS! Celebrate with us! For a limited time, watch select episodes for free. This is the Season 13 premiere, which originally aired in 1991. This series premiere episode is available FREE for a limited time in celebration of TOH's 40th anniversary! To view the rest of Season 13, get a FREE trial membership to TOH Insider. Learn more https://bit.ly/2XEaAPf #ThisOldHouse #AskTOH SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse In this episode:The historical renovation of "Kirkside," an 1815 Colonial Revival-style home, included new septic and heating systems; a new roof and chimneys; and the repair of the master suite. Reviving an elegant survivor was the assignment of the season, and This Old House approached the task with one eye on history and the other on practicality. Kirkside, an 1815 National Historic Register home in Wayland, Massachusetts, needed basic repairs and systems upgrades from rooftop to basement floor. The renovation effort expanded the dark and cramped kitchen, refurbished the four—season porch, master bedroom and ballroom, and restored the house's historic paint scheme and portico. Owners Chris and Joan Hagger had inherited the massive home from his parents, who had run an antiques business out of it for years. They and their two young sons loved the idea of living in a piece of history, but the building's problems were daunting and getting more so with each new inspection. This Old House hoped that with some help, and some discipline, the Haggers would get a good start in their new stewardship of this historic house. "This was like a dream come true," said Hagger. "I got to participate in a television show I've watched for many years, while at the same time restoring my family's home." About This Old House TV: This Old House is the No. 1 multimedia home enthusiast brand, offering trusted information and expert advice through award-winning television, a highly regarded magazine, and an information-driven website. This Old House and Ask This Old House are produced by This Old House Ventures, LLC and are presented on PBS by WETA Washington, DC. Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: https://ift.tt/2ROpRve Tumblr: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTumblr
Friday 19 July 2019
How to Install Smartside Siding Part 1 | Pro2Pro | This Old House
Recorded live from the jobsite of our 2019 Idea House in New Canaan, Connecticut, TOH Host Kevin O’Connor meets up with lead carpenter Gordon Jacobsen of Karp Associates to install a building material called Smartside Siding. LP SmartSide Siding [https://bit.ly/30FTFO6] #ThisOldHouse #AskTOH SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse Pro2Pro: A network of pro content creators compare field notes in every category of the trades, from carpentry and framing to landscaping and plumbing, and everything in between. Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: https://ift.tt/2ROpRve Tumblr: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTumblr How to Install Smartside Siding Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/user/thisoldhouse/
This Old House | Concord Barn [S11, E1] | Full Episode
We're just 30 days away from our big 40th-anniversary TV special on PBS! In the meantime, take a stroll down memory lane with Bob Vila, as he introduces The Concord Barn. This series premiere episode is available FREE for a limited time in celebration of TOH's 40th anniversary! To view the rest of Season 11, get a FREE trial membership to TOH Insider. Learn more https://bit.ly/2XEaAPf #ThisOldHouse #AskTOH SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse In this episode:This Old House returns for its 11th season with master carpenter Norm Abrams, who introduces the series' new host, Steve Thomas. Steve and Norm survey the new project: an 1835 barn in Concord, MA, and talk to the homeowners, Lynn and Barbara, who want to dismantle and rebuild the barn and live in it. The start of our second decade on the air, 1989, was memorable for two reasons. Steve Thomas joined the team as our new host that spring, and we embarked on what remains for many of us the most remarkable project we've ever taken on. Steve's new job was to help lead viewers through the dramatic conversion of a mid-19th-century timber-frame barn into a new dwelling for its owners, Lynn and Barbara Wickwire. The Wickwires had lived for 12 years in the Victorian farmhouse on the property, raising a family but always looking dreamily at the old red barn out back, thinking of the day they might, somehow, turn it into a home. The task was daunting to contemplate, certainly, since the barn had not been particularly well-maintained over the years. The Wickwires knew they would need help and had in fact written to TOH two years prior. When the show began searching for an "adaptive reuse" project, the letter came out of a file, a site visit was arranged, and soon thereafter, we were in business. Lynn, at the time an associate dean at a local community college, recalls being a little nervous-about the barn project as well as the prospect of having it all unfold on television. But he and Barbara, a special-needs tutor at the high school, were convinced that if they were going to realize their dream, this was the way to do it. About This Old House TV: This Old House is the No. 1 multimedia home enthusiast brand, offering trusted information and expert advice through award-winning television, a highly regarded magazine, and an information-driven website. This Old House and Ask This Old House are produced by This Old House Ventures, LLC and are presented on PBS by WETA Washington, DC. Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: https://ift.tt/2ROpRve Tumblr: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTumblr
This Old House | Jamaica Plain House [S12, E1] | Full Episode
We're just 29 days away from our big 40th-anniversary TV special on PBS! In the meantime, take a stroll down memory lane with Steve Thomas, as he introduces the Jamaica Plain House. This series premiere episode is available FREE for a limited time in celebration of TOH's 40th anniversary! To view the rest of Season 12, get a FREE trial membership to TOH Insider. Learn more https://bit.ly/2XEaAPf #ThisOldHouse #AskTOH SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse In this episode:This Old House collaborated with Boston's Public Facilities Department on the renovation of an abandoned triple-decker, creating a home and two rental apartments for a first-time home buyer. The scene was not an appealing one: The once-proud triple-decker stood unoccupied and slowly dying at the end of a dead-end street. Its rear porches were falling off, the windows were beyond repair, the asphalt siding was awful and the interior stank of cats. Thankfully, its prospects started looking up as TOH joined forces with an innovative Boston urban rehabilitation program and work began to bring this 100-year-old structure back from the brink. Before the City of Boston's Public Facilities Department instituted its Residential Development Program, tax-foreclosed properties like our triple-decker were seized by the city and sold at auction, a practice that encouraged speculation and discouraged development. The program, which is still in place, works like this: abandoned and foreclosed houses and lots are sold to first-time buyers and small contractors, the kind of people that are likely to stay with their new investment. After selling the property for as little as one dollar, the department helps the homeowner by arranging for government subsidies to pay part of the rehabilitation costs and assisting in other finance and loan matters. It also aids in securing reliable contractors and assigns an on-site manager to ensure a successful rehabilitation. About This Old House TV: This Old House is the No. 1 multimedia home enthusiast brand, offering trusted information and expert advice through award-winning television, a highly regarded magazine, and an information-driven website. This Old House and Ask This Old House are produced by This Old House Ventures, LLC and are presented on PBS by WETA Washington, DC. Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: https://ift.tt/2ROpRve Tumblr: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTumblr
Dealing with Your Kids' Sibling Rivalry | Child Anxiety
No child should suffer depression and anxiety without help, seek professional help for you and your child and here’s some resources for educating yourself along the way: Freeing Your Child from Negative Thinking: http://amzn.to/1jOAGeu How To Get Unstuck From The Negative Muck: http://amzn.to/1Pj1b7O Depression and Your Child: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers: http://amzn.to/1LiG97G What to Do When You're Scared and Worried: A Guide for Kids: http://amzn.to/1jOAOuH What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety: http://amzn.to/1JThS2M Watch more How to Deal with Child Anxiety & Depression videos: https://ift.tt/2JN5D1u I'm going to talk about how to deal with your children's sibling rivalry. Now I think those two words often go together. I think those two words often go together in a sentence. As long as there are siblings, right away there is rivalry, because once there is more than one child in a family, two things happen: there is competition for attention, and there is just competition, because basically, children, when the rivalry is going on, it's often about wanting approval and attention from that person that's most important, and that's a parent. And then the other thing is that's going on is there is competition by who is better, and that's all about the social world that they are now born into when there is more than one of them. And so you're stuck with trying to figure out both of those things. First, recognize that they just want you. Even when they're doing things that seems like bad behavior, it's what we call "negative attention-seeking," because they're trying to get all of you all the time. And you don't always realize that "No," that yelling, whatever it is, it's getting you in their life, and they like that, because then you're focused on them. So you need to think about how to change that part of the behavior so it's more positive, and that you're paying attention to when they are getting along and making sure that you're praising them for good sibling behavior. The other thing is realize that some of sibling rivalry is a great testing ground for life, because you go out of your family and there are other people. They are bigger. They are stronger. They are different than you. You have a boss, and you're working with other colleagues. So kids need to learn how to get along with someone else on the playground, in the office, and just in life. So you don't want to rush in and solve all of those squabbles, because it's going to teach them "Somebody else will fix it for me." So sometimes you have to sit back and give them skills and have them talk it out, work it out, share. Give them all those tools and strategies that they are going to need later on. Sometimes they give in for the better good of the other person. Sometimes they go last instead of first. Sometimes they take turns. And so you have to think about if there is something that's physically destructive, if they're hurting each other too much, in terms of their bodies or their emotions, then yes, you need to be the one to protect all of your children from each other. But if not, you want to sometimes pause for a minute and think, "Maybe they can work this out," because you know what? You weren't there. They are going to argue about who started it and "She started it" and "He started it," and you can't always win. So sometimes what you want to do is "You guys try to work it out and let's see how that happens" and other times, it's "Okay, you're both getting put to your room, because I can't tell who was right and who was wrong," and other times, you just go in and protect and then give them those skills for later on, when you're not around, to make sure that they can solve their problems.
Thursday 18 July 2019
This Old House | In and Around Boston [S6, E1] | Full Episode
We're just 35 days away from our big 40th-anniversary TV special on PBS! In the meantime, take a stroll down memory lane with Bob Vila, as he introduces the Season 6 in and around Boston, MA. This series premiere episode is available FREE for a limited time in celebration of TOH's 40th anniversary! To view the rest of Season 6, get a FREE trial membership to TOH Insider. Learn more https://bit.ly/2XEaAPf #ThisOldHouse #AskTOH SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse In this episode, Hidden Asset:Rob and Jennifer were already home improvement veterans when This Old House stopped by to expand the master bedroom of their 50 year-old classic Cape Cod cottage. A hidden asset made the work easier: an unfinished attic provided space for a master bathroom, bigger closets and a balcony overlooking the backyard. All of the renovations were housed in a shed dormer that brought the attic roof in line with the house's main roof. Throughout the demolition, homeowners Rob and Jennifer lent a hand, helping not only to construct the addition but also to knock down its cost. Under the tutelage of our master carpenter, they learned how to properly demolish walls, tear off roofing, frame the new addition, drywall, plaster, shingle, tile, run wires, lay pipe and install carpeting. Their hard work paid off in the form of a spacious, light filled suite in keeping with the humble character of their home. From a second-story suburban expansion to the redecoration of an urban apartment, This Old House took a whirlwind home improvement tour of the Boston area during its sixth season, rolling up their sleeves alongside homeowners to design, budget, build and decorate five different remodeling projects. About This Old House TV: This Old House is the No. 1 multimedia home enthusiast brand, offering trusted information and expert advice through award-winning television, a highly regarded magazine, and an information-driven website. This Old House and Ask This Old House are produced by This Old House Ventures, LLC and are presented on PBS by WETA Washington, DC. Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: https://ift.tt/2ROpRve Tumblr: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTumblr
This Old House | The Newton House [S2, E1] | Full Episode
We're just 39 days away from our big 40th-anniversary TV special on PBS! In the meantime, take a stroll down memory lane with Bob Vila, as he introduces the Season 2 project in Newton, MA. This series premiere episode is available FREE for a limited time in celebration of TOH's 40th anniversary! To view the rest of Season 2, get a FREE trial membership to TOH INSIDER. Learn more. https://bit.ly/2XEaAPf #ThisOldHouse #AskTOH SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse In this episode: The Newton House, a 19th-century hilltop home in Newton, MA, was designed by Victorian architect H.H. Richardson. The challenge is to convert this abandoned structure into five modern condominium units, while preserving architectural integrity. Bob Vila talks with Norm Abram about how to achieve this balance. In the housing crunch in the early 1980s, single-family homes were snatched up so quickly-and at such prohibitive prices-that developers began to look for alternative forms of housing, transforming triple-deckers, downtown brownstones and even old factories into condominiums. This Old House joined the fray when it stepped in to rescue the long-neglected and often-vandalized Bigelow House, a sprawling historic mansion in Newton, Massachusetts. Designed by famed Victorian architect Henry Hobson Richardson as a summer house for Dr. Henry Jacobs Bigelow in 1886, the large, rambling Shingle-Style house commands a magnificent view of the surrounding countryside. The property, which fell into disrepair when it was abandoned in 1973, found new life as a set of five condominiums with extensive grounds and a sunny interior courtyard. In addition to the main house, the This Old House crew converted a woodshed, ice house, stable and barns from storage and haylofts into livable condominium units with modern amenities. Details like eyebrow windows, hayloft windows and a cupola remained constant reminders of the historic building's past, as modern amenities such as central heat, electricity and telephone service arrived at the house for the first time. Because the house was designed for summer use, the crew also added blown-in cellulose and rigid polystyrene insulation, storm windows and energy-efficient heating and cooling systems, including solar collectors and wood stoves. About This Old House TV: This Old House is the No. 1 multimedia home enthusiast brand, offering trusted information and expert advice through award-winning television, a highly regarded magazine, and an information-driven website. This Old House and Ask This Old House are produced by This Old House Ventures, LLC and are presented on PBS by WETA Washington, DC. Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: https://ift.tt/2ROpRve Tumblr: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTumblr
This Old House | The Dorchester House [S1, E1] | Full Episode
We're just 40 days away from our big 40th-anniversary TV special on PBS! In the meantime, take a stroll down memory lane with Bob Vila, touring our very first turn-of-the-century house in Dorchester, MA. #ThisOldHouse #AskTOH SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse This series premiere episode is available FREE for a limited time in celebration of TOH's 40th anniversary! To view the rest of Season 1, get a FREE trial membership to TOH INSIDER. https://bit.ly/2XEaAPf In this episode: Host Bob Vila welcomes us to Dorchester, MA, and the series This Old House. The series will reveal the many steps involved in rehabbing an old house into a family home. Rehabbing is a combination of restoring and renovating, from demolition to decoration. This single-family residence was built around 1860 in a style that was very popular in the Victorian era. Real estate appraiser John Hewitt helps Bob appraise the house. They survey the condition of the exterior, including the mansard roof, clapboards, windows, gutters, garage, and foundation. They assess whether or not the features are worth repairing or replacing. The house is situated on a quarter acre of land next to Saint Peter's church, which was built in 1870, and across the street from the first meetinghouse of Boston. Thirty years ago, the owner, a doctor, built a new entrance, which is in good shape. Inside, they look at the condition of each room. The ceilings are in poor shape and will need to be replaced. The fireplaces can be cleaned and repaired. The woodwork all matches in the old entryway and can be kept. The kitchen is a good size but will need a complete makeover. The bedrooms on the second floor are large and sunny. The bathroom is a disaster. The third floor is partly redone, and a caretaker will occupy it while the home is being rehabbed. John appraises the home for $16,000 to $17,000 in its current condition. Real estate broker John Crosby describes the home's biggest selling points as well as the weaknesses. Down in the basement, John Hewett assesses the condition of the copper pipes and a crawl space under the kitchen. The electrical box needs a major update for safety. The heating system needs to be replaced. About This Old House TV: This Old House is the No. 1 multimedia home enthusiast brand, offering trusted information and expert advice through award-winning television, a highly regarded magazine, and an information-driven website. This Old House and Ask This Old House are produced by This Old House Ventures, LLC and are presented on PBS by WGBH Boston. Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseIG Instagram: https://ift.tt/2ROpRve Tumblr: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTumblr
Wednesday 17 July 2019
What Is Smartside Siding? | Pro2Pro | This Old House
Recorded live from the jobsite of our 2019 Idea House in New Canaan, Connecticut, TOH Host Kevin O’Connor meets up with lead carpenter Gordon Jacobsen of Karp Associates to discuss a building material called Smartside Siding. #ThisOldHouse #AskTOH SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse Pro2Pro: A network of pro content creators compare field notes in every category of the trades, from carpentry and framing to landscaping and plumbing, and everything in between. Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: https://ift.tt/2ROpRve Tumblr: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTumblr What Is Smartside Siding? https://www.youtube.com/user/thisoldhouse/
This Old House | Lexington Bed and Breakfast [S10, E1] | Full Episode
We're just 31 days away from our big 40th-anniversary TV special on PBS! In the meantime, take a stroll down memory lane with Bob Vila, as he introduces The Lexington Bed and Breakfast. This series premiere episode is available FREE for a limited time in celebration of TOH's 40th anniversary! To view the rest of Season 10, get a FREE trial membership to TOH Insider. Learn more https://bit.ly/2XEaAPf #ThisOldHouse #AskTOH SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse In this episode:A two-family home in Lexington, Massachusetts, was converted to a bed and breakfast with a 2,400-square-foot addition and a handicapped-accessible in-law suite. The spring of 1988 saw us joining up with homeowners Mary-Van and Jim Sinek to build an addition onto their home in Lexington, Massachusetts. The project became known as the "B&B job," since one major component was adding three extra bedrooms and baths for the Sineks to rent out as bed-and-breakfast accommodations. Another crucial aspect was creating an in-law's suite for Mary-Van's elderly mother, complete with handicapped-accessible bedroom and bath. When Jim's employer relocated the couple to Massachusetts from Rochester, New York, they found that real estate prices in the metropolitan Boston area had "gone through the roof" — even for modest homes. Jim, an engineer, and Mary-Van, a veteran do-it-yourselfer, purchased the house with the goal of making the housing help to pay for itself by renting out one unit (or converting it into a condominium) and generating additional income from the bed-and-breakfast operation. About This Old House TV: This Old House is the No. 1 multimedia home enthusiast brand, offering trusted information and expert advice through award-winning television, a highly regarded magazine, and an information-driven website. This Old House and Ask This Old House are produced by This Old House Ventures, LLC and are presented on PBS by WETA Washington, DC. Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: https://ift.tt/2ROpRve Tumblr: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTumblr
How Common Is Autism? | Autism
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Tuesday 16 July 2019
This Old House | Westwood House [S9, E1] | Full Episode
We're just 32 days away from our big 40th-anniversary TV special on PBS! In the meantime, take a stroll down memory lane with Bob Vila, as he introduces The Westwood House. This series premiere episode is available FREE for a limited time in celebration of TOH's 40th anniversary! To view the rest of Season 9, get a FREE trial membership to TOH Insider. Learn more https://bit.ly/2XEaAPf #ThisOldHouse #AskTOH SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse In this episode:The crew renovated and restored of the 1785 Weatherbee farm in Westwood, Massachusetts, adding a new 16' x 40' kitchen and family room. Kicking off its ninth season, This Old House tackled the restoration of Weatherbee Farm, a 200-year-old rambling farmhouse in Westwood, Massachusetts, 13 miles southwest of Boston. The new owners of Weatherbee Farm could thank Weatherbee Yankee spirit—"use it up, wear it out, make do or do without"— for a property full of architectural momentos: Federal-style windows, a Greek-Revival doorway and the Colonial Revival mantelpiece in the sitting room off the old kitchen. The challenge was how much of the old to save, and how much of the new to construct to suit the needs of 20th century homeowners with a growing family. Owners Bill and Cynthia Dromgoole, who purchased the home in the spring of 1987, explained that Weatherbee Farm was passed down through generations of the Weatherbee family since its construction in 1785. The original Weatherbee homestead was sturdy, with thick hand-hewn log rafters, hefty corner posts and clapboards with beveled ends. Remodeled in the mid-1800s in the popular Greek Revival style, the two-and-one half story clapboard home features a full-length front porch with delicate columns; a slate roof; original six-over-six windows; a granite foundation; an unfinished ell; a parlor, living room, dining room and kitchen downstairs, and four bedrooms and a bath upstairs. About This Old House TV: This Old House is the No. 1 multimedia home enthusiast brand, offering trusted information and expert advice through award-winning television, a highly regarded magazine, and an information-driven website. This Old House and Ask This Old House are produced by This Old House Ventures, LLC and are presented on PBS by WETA Washington, DC. Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: https://ift.tt/2ROpRve Tumblr: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTumblr
Monday 15 July 2019
This Old House | Reading House [S8, E1] | Full Episode
We're just 33 days away from our big 40th-anniversary TV special on PBS! In the meantime, take a stroll down memory lane with Bob Vila, as he introduces The Reading House. This series premiere episode is available FREE for a limited time in celebration of TOH's 40th anniversary! To view the rest of Season 8, get a FREE trial membership to TOH Insider. Learn more https://bit.ly/2XEaAPf #ThisOldHouse #AskTOH SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse In this episode:This Old House introduces viewers to a half Cape in Reading, Massachusetts. Most suburban houses built in the 1940s and 1950s don't have great architectural or historic value, but they are often an economical choice for first time homeowners. This proved to be the case with the first project of This Old House's eighth season, a 40-year-old Cape Cod-style home in Reading, Massachusetts. Homeowners John and Claire fell in love with the traditional lines and unspoiled quality of this two-story clapboard-sided "gem" on a quiet side street and purchased the Cape in early 1986 as their first home. But the lovely house was not without its problems, including an out-of-date, cramped kitchen and a living room too small for comfort. The two bedrooms on the second floor were small and dark; steeply sloping walls reduced the already-limited space. Overall the interior layout of the house needed revision in order to create a smoother flow of traffic and provide more living space. However, this half Cape (a Cape-style house in which the front door and chimney are placed to one side of the house and two windows occupy the other half) was built with expansion in mind, as evidenced by the parcel of open land beside it. After defining the house's problems—and potential—with John and Claire, the crew worked with architect Scott Finn to develop a plan to fill the homeowners' needs while preserving the unspoiled, authentic feel of their Cape. The plans kept the half Cape's traditional boxy proportions while enlarging it to a full Cape with a central entrance to replace the awkward side entry. About This Old House TV: This Old House is the No. 1 multimedia home enthusiast brand, offering trusted information and expert advice through award-winning television, a highly regarded magazine, and an information-driven website. This Old House and Ask This Old House are produced by This Old House Ventures, LLC and are presented on PBS by WETA Washington, DC. Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: https://ift.tt/2ROpRve Tumblr: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTumblr
How to Say "Where Are You From" in Greek | Greek Lessons
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Sunday 14 July 2019
This Old House | Newton Victorian [S7, E1] | Full Episode
We're just 34 days away from our big 40th-anniversary TV special on PBS! In the meantime, take a stroll down memory lane with Bob Vila, as he introduces the Season 7 in Newton, MA. This series premiere episode is available FREE for a limited time in celebration of TOH's 40th anniversary! To view the rest of Season 7, get a FREE trial membership to TOH Insider. Learn more https://bit.ly/2XEaAPf #ThisOldHouse #AskTOH SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse In this episode:This Old House constructed a freestanding addition to a Victorian cottage in Newton, Massachusetts. Linda Helfet loved her 1880s Victorian. The house was filled with historic detail inside and out, from the porch's intricate spindles through the etched-glass front doors to the staircase's newel post and balustrade. But her 20th-century family was outgrowing the tiny rooms built for late 19th century life. The dining and living rooms did double-duty as game, craft and entertaining rooms. In the summer, her family could enjoy the spacious deck that she and her husband built themselves. But come winter the family had to cram itself back into the too-small house while the cold weather lasted. They needed more room. But Linda wasn't ready to give up her historic home in favor of a more spacious modern one. She came to This Old House looking for a way to add on without destroying the house's historic appeal. For expert advice, This Old House turned to Sara Chase from the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. She revealed that the house's design combined two different Victorian styles: Stick, whose exterior ornamentation suggests the framing elements underneath; and Queen Anne, whose details are pure decorative flourishes that give the house a playful touch. Sarah recommended that Linda keep four principles in mind as she contemplated an addition. First, she should make sure that the new roof slope was in harmony with the main house's steeply pitched roofline. Next she should keep an eye on the addition's overall scale and proportions; the main house was relatively narrow for its height and any addition should echo these characteristics. Also she should remember that the size and placement of windows and doors should be proportional to the size of the house. Finally, she should make sure the materials used on an addition complement the original, wooden house. A concrete or brick addition would look out of place. About This Old House TV: This Old House is the No. 1 multimedia home enthusiast brand, offering trusted information and expert advice through award-winning television, a highly regarded magazine, and an information-driven website. This Old House and Ask This Old House are produced by This Old House Ventures, LLC and are presented on PBS by WETA Washington, DC. Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: https://ift.tt/2ROpRve Tumblr: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTumblr
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