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Bob meets with flooring specialist Mary Docker and looks at Amtico, a new flooring product from England. New to the U.S market, the floor is a vinyl p...
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| | Antique Reproduction Lighting Fixtures, Granite Countertop, and Reclaimed Floor
House four of the Elmwood project. New lighting arrangements, granite countertop and finish the reclaimed pine floor.
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| | Architect Project Plans and Door Demolition
Work gets started as Greg Rochlin presents architectural plans and demolition begins, revealing an old pocket door.
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| | Architect Tour of the Home
Looking at the completed kitchen and family room remodel in the Miami suburb of Kendall, Bob meets with the architect, who explains how the space came...
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| | Back Porch and Kitchen Tour
Bob takes a look at the back side of the Habitat for Humanity house and the kitchen.
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| | Base Cabinet Installation
Bob continues in the kitchen with Brad Brewster of Princeton Custom Cabinetry, representatives for LesCare Cabinets. Brewster shows Bob how the three ...
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| | Bob Tours the Almost Completed Plymouth House
Bob tours a basement recreation room that has recently been remodeled. The walls, ceilings, and floors have all be restored. The living room has been ...
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| | Brownstone Kitchen and Butler's Pantry
The huge space that is the kitchen of the Manhattan Brownstone has received its finishing details. Basaltina stone covers the counters, island, desk a...
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| | Building and Installing Cabinets
Bob confers with carpenters David Ives and Bob Ryley as they construct and install cabinets in the Loft Project in Boston.
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| | Butcher Block Countertop and Crackle Painting
Bob and Ryley install a butcher-block countertop in the kitchen, and the decorator shows Bob how to make a "crackle" finish.
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| | Cherry Cabinet and Kitchen Island Installation
Gam Danziger from Craftline Cabinets reviews the assembly of the contemporary Cherry kitchen cabinets being installed in the penthouse apartment. The ...
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| | Completed Kitchen Tour
Bob tours the completed kitchen at his Cambridge home. The Sub Zero refrigerators have been customized in one area using the same bead board design as...
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| | Condo Design Ideas with DD Allen
DD Allen shows off her updated 600-square-foot retreat in Downtown Miami. Originally a one-bedroom condo, she invites Bob to step up into her studio b...
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| | Constructing Kitchen Cabinets and Shelves from Surell
Bob and Ed Weller check out the kitchen pantry and the open shelves made of Surell. A unique pantry shelving system is used to maixmize the kitchen st...
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| | Convection Oven Installation
Bob joins electrician Larry Dana in the kitchen of the Quechee farmhouse as he installs the Kenmore Elite 30" self-cleaning convection oven. The oven ...
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| | Cook Center Installation
Bob helps Kevin install Kitchen Aid Oven and Kohler Pro cook center.
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| | Corian Kitchen Countertop Installation
Ryley meets Steve Wilkinson in the kitchen to install the Corian counter tops.
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| | Creating a Swag Window Treatment
Finally, we tour the kitchen and dining area of the finished house with the designer. And she teaches Bob how to create a swag for a window treatment.
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| | Custom Kitchen Cabinets and Drawers
Thomas Bump of Fine Custom Cabinetry shows Bob the Maple and hardwood panel cabinets that were built specifically for the Brownstone kitchen. The floo...
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| | Cutting a Valance Pattern
In Naples, Florida, Bob helps Al Stiles build a jig valence over a kitchen window to match the decorative stiles on the kitchen hutch.
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| | Cutting the Granite Countertop
Bob visits with David Ingram of Aldrich Stone and they cut a granite counter top with a cook-top cutout.
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| | Demolition in Action: Taking Down a Wall
The demolition crew has removed all the old cabinets, fixtures, and electrical boxes in the kitchen before knocking down the divider wall to make room...
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| | Discussing Architectural Ideas for the Miami Condo
Bob Vila and project architect Michael Pierce brainstorm ideas for this small condo with a great view of Biscayne Bay. The condo, a collection of clos...
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| | Discussing the Silestone Countertops
Dick Deshant from Counter Intelligence gives Bob the lowdown on the new countertops. They will be made of Silestone, which has the best qualities of g...
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| | Energy Star Appliances
After the countertops are in Bob meets with Ren Anderson of NREL to look at the Energy Star appliances.
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| | Exploring the New Kitchen and Master Bedroom
Bob checks out the kitchen and master bedroom with the designer.
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| | Final Tour of the Completed First Home in the Project
Bob takes us on final tour of this Elmwood neighborhood project. The homeowners, Luke and Jane, have decorated and Bob reviews the area's new features...
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| | Final Tour of the Completed Interior
Charleston, SC interior designer Carolyn Griffen gives Bob a final tour of the I'On project house.
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| | Finishing the Countertops
Brad Brewster of Princeton Custom Cabinetry shows Bob how the counters are rolled to apply consistent pressure once they have been glued to the unders...
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| | First Floor Framing
Bob reviews the construction layout of the first floor. The old kitchen was ripped out for a staircase to the second floor and a foyer with coat close...
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| | Fitting Custom Countertops
John Spellman of Cape Cod Counter Works shows Bob the installation of the shop-made laminate counters in one of the Mashpee, Massachusetts, homes. The...
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| | Home Lighting Controls
Penny Henderson of Lightolier discusses the home's dimmer switch system and the benefits of controlling lighting for different scenarios and demonstra...
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| | House Four: New Kitchen Plan, Demolition, and Reclaimed Pine Flooring Prep
House four of the Elmwood project. Kitchen and bath remodel at the home of Mark and Christina Macheska. An overview of the problems and solutions, dem...
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| | House One: Tour Gothic Carpenter-style Home
The first Elmwood project in Providence, RI. Kitchen and bathroom needs a full remodel. Bob tours the house and discusses the new proposed kitchen lay...
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| | Installation of the Marble Kitchen Countertop
Bob and Chris Vila enter the penthouse apartment to look at the installation of the kitchen countertops. This particular kind of Italian marble-like s...
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| | Installing a Granite Countertop and Kitchen Cabinets
Bob talks with Jim Azerome who installs a granite countertop and Mike Burk who installs the kitchen cabinets and drawers.
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| | Installing a Moen Filter Faucet
Carlos Leuchtmann of Blue Ridge Plumbing installs the Moen filter faucet in the kitchen. Unlike other filters, the Moen faucet has the filter cartridg...
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| | Installing a Soapstone Kitchen Counter
Bob discusses the new kitchen soapstone countertop with Todd Allen—how to care for it and how it was installed to create the reveal—and then shows how...
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| | Installing Affordable Kitchen Cabinets
Bob is in the kitchen of one of the Mashpee, Massachusetts, affordable homes where the kitchen cabinets are being installed. Bob is joined by Jim Wago...
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| | Installing Cherry Cabinets
Bob is in the final I'On development home for Cherry cabinet installation, Northland refrigerator and wine storage system.
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| | Installing Corner Cabinets
Carpenter Paul Anderson joins Bob to hang the Wellborn corner cabinets in the kitchen. The cabinets have some interesting features such as the tambour...
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| | Installing Crown Point Kitchen Cabinets
Ryley and Pat are installing the Crown Point cabinets in the kitchen. First step is to unpack cabinets and spread them out and eyeball where they are ...
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| | Installing High-Gloss Laminate Cabinets and Surell Countertops
House ten of the Elmwood project. Cabinetry and countertops are brought in for this third floor remodel project.
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| | Installing Kitchen Cabinets
Bob confers with cabinetmaker Brian Comeaux as he installs the kitchen cabinets built in his shop for the Studio City bungalow.
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| | Installing Kitchen Cabinets
Todd Allen and Jim Shiels explain how they deal with the idiosyncrasies of a 100-year-old house as they install the first of the Heritage cabinets in ...
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| | Installing Kitchen Cabinets
The new kitchen space in the Miami condo has been opened up and brightened. Bob meets with LesCare cabinet representative Brad Brewster, of Princeton ...
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| | Installing Molding on the Corner Cabinets
Paul Anderson is attaching the pre-finished crown molding around the Wellborn kitchen cabinets. Each section is miter-cut, and then dry-fit to ensure ...
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| | Installing Solid Maple Kitchen Cabinets
Kenneth Carmode of WW Wood Products joins Bob as their Sequoia cabinets are installed in the kitchen of one of the Mashpee, Massachusetts, affordable ...
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| | Installing the Dishwasher and Garbage Disposal
Plumbing and heating contractor Doug Buchanan is ready to install the Kenmore Elite dishwasher. The dishwasher has a very clean design with the electr...
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| | Installing the Farm Sink in the Kitchen
The Kohler "Dickinson" sink in the Quechee home's kitchen has the look and feel of an old-fashioned farm sink. It's enameled cast iron and it seems to...
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| | Installing the Kitchen Cabinet Hardware
Bob meets with Mark Van Sickle from Merillat who is installing hardware on the new semi-custom kitchen cabinets. The Merillat cabinet doors and face f...
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| | Installing the Marble Kitchen Countertop
Evan Zgonis and the crew form Olympia Marble and Granite are on site, installing the marble countertops in the kitchen. The slabs weigh about 300 poun...
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| | Installing the Medicine Cabinets
Bob is in the master suite once again where Charlie is putting finishing touches on the Robern medicine cabinets. The inside of the cabinets are mirro...
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| | Installing the Stainless Steel Kitchen Countertop
Bob observes Bob Watts who welds together a stainless steel kitchen counter on site.
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| | Installing Vinyl Flooring
Bob and Jim Kogut talk about the custom inlays that are being inserted into the new vinyl flooring. Ed Janecek tapes down a sheet of white vinyl floor...
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| | Kitchen Appliances and Finishes for Brooklyn Apartment
Bob tours the kitchen. Pointing out the complementary use of materials from Cherry Craftline Cabinets to stone counter tops, as featured in Show 1409,...
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| | Kitchen Cabinet Design
Darcie Miller from Wellborn Cabinets is here today to talk about the kitchen's design. The kitchen is built around the center workstation, where the c...
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| | Kitchen Cabinet Design
Bob visits with Richard Marks to discuss the built-in-place kitchen cabinets. Richard explains the floorplan and appliance placement.
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| | Kitchen Cabinet Installation
Bob is joined by John Wellborn, from Wellborn Cabinets, and carpenter Paul Anderson for the kitchen cabinet installation. Wellborn clamps cabinet sect...
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| | Kitchen Cabinet Installation
Bob meets with Charlie who has all the cabinets in place except for a final one that will go on one side of the new Thermador range. Charlie explains ...
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| | Kitchen Cabinet Installation
Bob goes into the kitchen where John Tasker with Aristokraft shows the cabinets for the project and then Sam Cousins goes over the installation of the...
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| | Kitchen Cabinet Installation
Bob meets with Pat Malone, the cabinet installer from the Boston Design Center, as Pat installs the kitchen cabinets at the ranch house remodel on Lak...
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| | Kitchen Cabinet Styling and Installation
BobVila meets with Dave Boniello from Simplex Industries to discuss the custom kitchen being installed at the factory in the modular home. Boniello po...
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| | Kitchen Demolition
Contractor/carpenter Cortney Lofton shows Bob the original kitchen cabinets. They discover a few spots of original paint during the demolition process...
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| | Kitchen Design and Appliances in the Miami Condo
The kitchen is set for company, but the counters are clean and uncluttered. Appliances in white complement the adjacent living space in this open-plan...
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| | Kitchen Design in a Small Space
Bob discusses the kitchen layout with designer Amy O'Haire, then visits her showroom, Classic Kitchen Designs. Amy explains the factors involved in pl...
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| | Kitchen Internet Appliance
Brent Thompson from IceBox joins Bob in the kitchen to talk about a new Internet appliance. The IceBox is an information, communication, and entertain...
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| | Kitchen Plumbing Installed
The final connections are made to the new kitchen appliances including a garbage dsiposal and gas stove.
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| | Kitchen Recessed Lighting Installation
Bob shows the lighting layout for the kitchen and how it will integrate into the ceiling. The electrician, Steve Bradley, explains that the high-hat b...
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| | Kitchen Space Design
Bob joins homeowner Julie Graham and Merillat rep Faith Allen to discuss the new Merrilat kitchen that Julie has planned. Merillat has developed a ne...
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| | Ligna Laminate Material Installation in the Kitchen
Bob joins Ed Weller, who is working on a kitchen addition. Laurinda Spear has designed a banana leaf partition that Ed's crew will be making out of a ...
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| | Luxury Kitchen Appliances, Finishes, and Cabinetry
Bob and Chris Vila are in the huge kitchen of the Manhattan Brownstone with floor-to-ceiling cabinets and oversized elements that take advantage of th...
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| | Mounting Overhead Cabinets
Bob is back in the kitchen with Brad Brewster of Princeton Custom Cabinetry for the installation of the overhead hanging cabinets. Brewster shows Bob ...
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| | Opening up the Kitchen Space
Bob points out the original backplastering in the corner of the room. As the room was to be covered in bead-board wainscot, plaster was applied to the...
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| | Oven Hood and Shelving Installation
Bob and Ryley install an resturaunt quality Braun oven hood vent to compensate for the lack of exhaust outside the building. The fan is equipped with ...
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| | Placing Windows on a Home's Façade
Bob discusses "fenestration" which is the placement of the windows and then meets Bob with Ryley to install a Marvin thermopane window with true divid...
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| | Plaster Repair Over Drywall
Bob interviews Mike Casas, a plastering contractor doing plaster repair over drywall and metal lath over wood lath.
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| | Preconstruction Home Tour
Bob tours the interior of the home with homeowner Paul Paresky. Starting in the Master bedroom Bob points out the view of Lake Cochituate from the lar...
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| | Project Update on the Patio and Kitchen
Bob meets with the contractor, Ed Weller, for a project update. The patio is well underway and the landscaping is beginning. A stone bbq grill is star...
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| | Refrigerator Features Review
Before leaving the kitchen, Bob takes a peek inside the Kenmore Elite side-by-side refrigerator. It features a wide open plan with everything visible....
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| | Replacing the Kitchen Windows
Bob and general contractor Ron Gan go into a former bedroom, which is being converted into a kitchen. An existing large window is being bricked up wit...
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| | Restructuring the First Floor
Charlie Tomaszewski uses a Craftsman palm nailer while installing the final joist hanger. This now completes the restructuring of the of the kitchen/f...
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| | Retrospective of 11 Historic Restoration Projects in the Elmwood Neighborhood
Bob recaps the entire Elmwood project. It was a community effort on may of the houses and great pains were made to adhere to the historic look of the ...
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| | Review of the House Project Plan
Bob meets Arquitectonica's Laurinda Spear, an architect who has come up with some eye-catching and very tropical ideas for the project. Due to local z...
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| | Review of the Interior Decorating in the Kitchen and Sunroom
In the kitchen, a neutral paint palette allows for striking contrasts. Bob looks at the mix of stainless steel and black Kenmore Elite Energy Star app...
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| | Reviewing the Demolition Plan for the Miami Condo
Bob Vila meets with architect Michael Pierce from DD Allen and Associates on the Balcony of the Biscayne Bay Condo. Pierce addresses the demolition as...
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| | Reviewing the Kitchen and Layout of the Ranch-Style Home
Bob meets plumber Charlie Delvecchio of Cape Plumbing at the ranch-style affordable home in Mashpee, Massachusetts. Delvecchio shows Bob the Moen sing...
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| | Reviewing the Kitchen Appliances
Bob tours the restoration on the governor's mansion in VA and visits the "first kitchen" where Todd Graves with GE appliances shows Bob the Halogen ov...
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| | Reviewing the Unfinished Kitchen
Bob and the carpenter show the new staircase in the entry hall. The carpenter had to create wedge shaped stairs to provide headroom for the staircase...
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| | Shaker-Style Mural Painting
Bob checks in with artist Polly Forcier from MB Historic Decor to get an update on some of the home's decorative painting. Forcier is working on a Col...
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| | Stamped Metal Ceiling and Medallion Kitchen Cabinets Installed
House four of the Elmwood project. Replacing ceiling with a metal ceiling and Medallion cabinets install.
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| | Steel Kitchen Table
Bob Vila meets with contractor Ed Weller, who explains how the steel-framed kitchen table will support a surface of Surell and also how the table will...
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| | Stripping Paint off an Antique Cabinet
Bob works with the homeowners who are stripping old paint off an antique cabinet. They discuss the chemicals used to loosen the existing paint and not...
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| | Templating Options for the Countertop
Brece Rupolt of Northern Marble & Granite meets with Bob to discuss the countertop template that needs to be made before cutting. Brece makes his temp...
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| | The Kitchen and Butler's Pantry at Elm Court
The butler’s pantry of Elm Court mansion has a larger footprint than some US homes. At times up to 38 footmen would whisk in and out of the dining roo...
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| | Tour of Barnacle House in Dade County
Bob takes a tour of The Barnacle House, one of the first homes built in Dade County, to see how early settlers built to deal with the heat.
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| | Tour of Redesigned Kitchen and Bath in House Four
House four of the Elmwood project. Bob tours the finished kitchen, bath remodel project.
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| | Tour of the Completed Kitchen
Bob tours the open-plan kitchen with its Merillat cherry cabinets and salvaged green breakfast nook-the only remaining feature from the original kitch...
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| | Tour of the First Floor Framing
Bob tours the newly opened up first floor of the house and the turns his attention to the little family room addition. The wall has been bumped out a ...
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| | Tour of the Home Layout
Bob discusses the layout of the house and its past modifications, including a new kitchen, dining, and entertainment areas.
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| | Tour of the Home's Interior
We move out of Miami center to Kendall, where we meet Teresa Lopez, owner of a cramped 25-year old tract house in need of more living space. Bob tours...
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| | Tour of the Remodeled Kitchen
Mark Herndon, executive chef of the Virginia governor's mansion gives Bob a tour of the newly remodeled kitchen facility.
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| | Tour of Yuca Restaurant
Bob treats us to a tour of a heavy-duty, no-nonsense kitchen at Yuca, one of Miami's favorite Cuban-American restaurants. Bob explores the various dis...
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| | Traditional Hardwood Flooring from Carlisle
Don and Kerry Carlisle from Carlisle Restoration Lumber visit the project house to discuss the custom flooring being installed in the kitchen area. Ol...
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| | Walk-Through and Salvage Before Interior Demolition
Bob and Chris Vila review the spaces and fixtures in the New York Brownstone prior to demolition. In the pink kitchen, 50s cabinets with interior ligh...
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| | Widow Blind Installation
Bob visits with Dave Wahtera and looks at Grabers Crystal Pleat honeycomb window blinds.
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| | Working on the Mahogany Deck and Kitchen Appliances
Bob Ryley does some work on the mahogany deck and kitchen appliances, lighting and cabinets are examined.
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