Renovating the hallway

[pilarandmike]

When we worked on our house (built I think, 1941)... I salvaged bits of walpaper and linoleum and cut them to fit small photo frames and hung on tha wall for art.

I love your house by the way :) Thinking about the history of it, I have a big enameled pot that was made in England in the 1800's and now here it is in central Texas still being used!

[1993cobras]

looks good for being free free shit is the best

[charitonfarmer]

lol, a man after my own heart. i was waiting to see if you would say that, dry wall screws and ring shank nails, i wish i had the patent on those, then i would be saying what recession, lol.

sorry i could'nt resist that one, and oh one thing more Elmer's glue it may not fix everything, but it never hurts to try :)

[charitonfarmer]

duct tape and bailer twine, every man knows you need that in every tool box you own,lol. if you cant fix it with duct tape then it can't be fixed, every jack of all trade knows that, "im just joking" dont mind me.

[HomesteadAcres]

lol but theres one more thing drywall screws! you can do almost anything with them

[BLynchCAN]

Have to watch this again later.

[bearsagainstevil]

its not vinyl its linoleum which is a linseed oil product made with wood flour or cork dust on a canvas or burlap backing ,it used to be very popular before mineral oil based products like vinyl .

they started making it in the 1860s and you do get some great patterns , its very durable .

my house is just victorian my sisters house is 17th century my mothers old house was really old and a hang out for pirates and in the family for several hundred years back to the 16th century

[HomesteadAcres]

nice info thanks

[Speaksforthetrees]

Wattle and daub (or wattle-and-daub) is a building material used for making walls, in which a woven lattice of wooden strips called wattle is daubed with a sticky material usually made of some combination of wet soil, clay, sand, animal dung and straw.

[Speaksforthetrees]

4 layers of Vinyl ,ouch

My trade is/was carpenter , i did my floor at home all downstairs ,is prime Canadian maple 2 " boards.

My speciality is Victorian inframe cabinetry , although i do a lot of shakers style furniture also ,mostly fitted kitchens ,Hand made or as close as you get in 2009 .

I can drive machine to and class 1 HGV as ive done civils works also , but now i just cake make with kitchens .

[Bokoo143]

that's very interesting, I wonder who all lived there...it looks great, thanks

[HomesteadAcres]

well we know of 5 familys when i went to pay the taxes once the lady said that her great uncle owned it once one day ime going to go to the library and cheak the records they will give us all the dates and owners

[BLBMZ]

I like duct tape, comes in all colors too...lol.

[HomesteadAcres]

i like standard grey myself

[bcarbaugh]

I love that horsehair plaster it looks awsome and you can nail right to it.

[Lynchian74]

I hope its not built on a ancient burial ground!

[HomesteadAcres]

well one never realy knows i heard that even peoples relitive were once burried on ther own property possible before this house was built

[beast12101]

looks great bud

[haserterr]

Mr Homesteader, Please be careful when doing anything i n your home, Asbestos is a terrible thing I know fist hand I have lost 2 parents to this deadly horrible disease so please wear your mask! P.S. I love your videos.

[HomesteadAcres]

thanks for the tip

[lllraverslll]

meassure twice cutt once ;)

[lllraverslll]

funy you mention europe and our houses yes you are right i was thinking the same thing that time for a house is nothing. regardless every good build house will gain in age and history eventully. Old houses have alot more flair

[singful]

aspestos is great stuff i got a box if it.

[odeswx]

i'd love to see that how to vid. Keep you the good work!

[glassman1313]

Put up that how to vid. I would really like to see that. The hall way looks like its coming along fine.