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If you notice the following things happening to you, you too may be on a home improvement show. And just like that - poof - the routine was gone.Īs a service for you, reader, I've put together this list. Then our home was selected as a project for This Old House. We had our routine: got up in the morning, got the kids to school, went to work, ate dinner, repeat.

In most ways we were a pretty typical family. SeptemFour Ways to Know You're on a Home Improvement Show More Posted by Malcolm Faulds | Categories: Arlington Italianate 2013-2014 | | Comments (4) Then they installed some wooden I-joists. They started by reinforcing the existing walls and removing the old roof. The goal was to build out a master suite a walk-in closet and bathroom will go into the new space. Once Tom's crew rebuilt the foundation, they were able to build over the office. More Posted by Heather Faulds | Categories: Arlington Italianate 2013-2014 | | Comments (2) This beautiful discovery exceeded our expectations. Tom Silva cut away a piece of the dining room ceiling so that we could get a sneak preview of our 141 year old ceiling. We were really excited (and slightly worried) about what we would find. A large part of this vision included removing the drop ceilings that were added to the first floor many years ago. One of the goals of the renovation was to create a more open feel to the home while preserving the character and charm of the period. More Posted by Malcolm Faulds | Categories: Arlington Italianate 2013-2014 | | Comments (2) About a week later I visited the site and saw how Tom scratches this kind of itch. I couldn't get much more out of him that day, but I knew he had an itch to scratch. We were about a month into the project and he was quiet. I knew something was on Tom Silva's mind. More Posted by Malcolm Faulds | Categories: Arlington Italianate 2013-2014 | | Comments (8)
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We went with the flat stock profiles, and handed the design over to Tom and Norm to take a crack at making them on site.

Personally I liked the way the Geometric scheme picked up the angles of the house, but I was overruled. Here are the four options he came back with. So we asked our architect, David Whitney, to work up some options for a railing (or balustrade). It had many lovely details, but the front porch was a bit bare. We had long felt that our house was missing something in the front.
