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Before milling machines became common in the 19th Century, hand tools were used to make wood look smooth and flat.  Gauged Flooring ...

I recently returned from Venice and am eager to return to this city of delightful details. Giant door knocker on weathered door. ...

Today we talk about a tiny treasure, the penny-round, or penny tile.  Penny-rounds became popular around 1900 as Victorian homes added them ...

No matter what the age, size or style of a building, masonry work can be essential to proper restoration. These two terms, ...

The Dictionary of Building Preservation, written by our own Ward Bucher, defines them as a set of drawings that accurately record an ...

At the Preservation Maryland Phoenix Rising event, my guest Rick Brown asked me if I had considered writing an Appendix to the ...