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Owners Restore the Primary Bathroom in Their 1879 Victorian While Trying to Preserve the Character That Survived
Renovating a bathroom in an 1879 Victorian home means walking a careful line: modernize enough to make the space livable, without erasing the character that made the house worth restoring […]
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Family Opens a Long-Sealed Space in Their Victorian House and Asks Viewers What the Hidden Room Could Have Been Used For
Somewhere in the walls of Eden Kim’s Victorian home, a room had been sealed off long before her family moved in. Rather than guessing alone, she opened it up on […]
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Victorian Homeowner Turns Old Floors Into a Dramatic Diamond-Stain Pattern and Says the Series Drew More Than 10 Million Views
Old, worn floors are usually treated as a problem to be refinished away. Alexa turned hers into the centerpiece of her Victorian home instead, staining them into a dramatic geometric […]
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New Victorian Homeowner Discovers Lead Paint Beneath “Literally Everything,” Turning a Dream Renovation Into a Safety Reality Check
Owning a dream Victorian home comes with a certain aesthetic fantasy, and Grace’s got interrupted fast. Not long into her renovation, she discovered lead paint underneath what she describes as […]
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Homeowner Brings Original Victorian Stairs Back to Life, Keeping Their Age Visible Instead of Making Them Look Brand New
Most staircase refinishing projects aim for a like-new look. One homeowner deliberately went the other direction, bringing her original Victorian stairs back to life while keeping their age visibly intact […]
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Renovators Open the Walls of a 115-Year-Old Mansion and Find Hidden Voids, Century-Old Pipes and Layers Left Untouched
Before any cosmetic restoration could begin on a 115-year-old mansion, the renovators behind it had to find out what was actually hiding inside its walls. What they found included hidden […]
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New Owner of a 100-Year-Old Family House Finds an Untouched Loft Filled With Cases and Plans to Open It Without Damaging Anything
Caitlin’s new house is 100 years old, and one part of it appears to have been left completely alone for most of that time: a loft filled with old cases […]
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Treasure Hunter Finds Hidden Stairs Leading to a Massive Apartment Inside a House More Than 100 Years Old
A Detroit property explorer says he found something far bigger than a typical hidden nook while investigating a house more than a century old: concealed stairs leading to what he […]
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Woman Tears Down a Wall in Her 100-Year-Old Dutch House and Finds the Original Pocket Doors Still Hidden Behind It
Mira feared the original pocket doors in her 100-year-old Dutch house had been lost for good, removed or destroyed at some point over the decades. Then she tore down a […]
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Family Restores a 1903 Victorian Without Painting the Parlor Woodwork, Scraping Layers of Wallpaper to Keep Its Original Character
Restoring a 1903 Victorian for a modern family usually means choosing between preserving original character and making the space feel current. The Katt House found a middle path over a […]