Tom, Your magazine idea sounds great!! I will keep watching to see if there is anything I can do to help contribute. My house isn't as old as some of the other...
Hi Barbara Thank you I hope once I get the magazine setup and a system worked out it will be much easier. Since when I get busy again in the shop I will just...
Jan, Does your group deal with just veggies or flowers too? Can I get the link? I've found one so far, but they seem to deal mostly with vegetables and are...
Hi all I got the first issue of the online magazine up and online. You can see it at http://www.myvictorianhouse.com/magazine.html if you like it please email...
Jan - I wish you could post some pictures of your house! I don't think I've ever seen a Victorian as old as yours. And I am so sorry the last owner sold all...
Would you be interested in doing an article for the next online magazine about your trip exchanging plants? I am sure the readers would love to hear about it....
Hi Jan I was wondering if you would like to do any article on using heirloom plants for the next issue of the online magazine? Maybe it can include some links...
Tom, This is WONDERFUL--sure you don't want to go bi-weekly-LOL! You even answered a question I've been trying to remember to ask. I've been thinking about...
Hi Marci Thank you. I think I will pass on the bi-weekly..lol If you get a gas and vapor respirator they will purify the air and cut the odor. If start...
Tom, excellent work! I've just now had a chance to look it over but plan on going back later and being more thorough. I love that kitchen in the article on...
Our house has that awful 1970's-era textured type of ceiling in the sitting room/reception room, living room and dining room. On HGTV I've heard it referred to...
Hi Kim Thank you I am busy working on the next issue already I got like dozen of ideas for articles for the future. I am working in an antique auction article...
My favorite stories are my gardening stories. I'd love to share them with you. - -- In historichomes@yahoogroups.com, "Tom" ... the ... free ... during ... and...
Hi kim I have not taken it off but I have fought with it when I use to paint houses. It does hate moisture I know when I had to paint a textured ceiling I had...
That would be great you are welcome to email them either to my yahoo email or you can use my email on my website. It would be great to have them in the next...
Tom, yes it does help immensely.. Sometimes I'll be sitting in the living room and look up at that textured ceiling and think "yuck"... I am going to get rid...
Deirdre - there are photos on the "photos" pages of this group. Take a look. Under "Jan C." It is an old wreck in those photos but we now have paint on the...
Like Tom said.....a Hudson sprayer and a putty knife are all you need. Oh, and the ability to work overhead. ~Ruth ... think "yuck"... I ... may ... wallpaper ...
Please be aware that some textured ceiling material contained asbestos. You should have it tested before ripping it out. -- --Race Dowling 1907 Queen Anne ...
Popcorn texture was very popular in the 70's and 80's.......tiny styrofoam balls mixed with liquified mud(rarely mixed w/paint) and applied with a spray...
Ruth, our popcorn/cottage cheese ceilings were definitely done in the late 70's or early 80's. The owner, who lived in the house when this was done, lives not...
I removed what we had - in our upstairs hall. I had noticed some of it would come off when I tried to paint it, so I got it wet and used a putty knife to...
I have 2 or 3 brass light switch mechanisms if anyone wants them. We just took them out and replaced with push button ones. They are old and not perfect but...
I had it on the ceilings and walls of multiple rooms! We used a wide tile scraper and scraped it off dry. We then followed up with a fine sandpaper on an...
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