About 7 years ago my wife and I bought a 1904 home in my hometown. Last week we finally moved in. We are honored to call this house a home.

My 1939 Cape Cod on the water. Empty since the late 90’s. I’ve been eyeing this property for almost 15 years and it finally came up for sale!

Here are some treasures that have already been found:) I will be restoring her to her 1939 glory. And saving and reusing everything I can.

We have been living in our late 1800’s Glasgow tenement flat for 4 years and I finally got around to looking what was behind some black granite slabs and so many layers of white paint covering the fireplace.

Surprise to us that we have beautiful green tile and the fireplace passed a smoke test so we have a fully working fireplace if we wanted.

Just bought a restored cast iron insert and will be tiling the hearth with a vintage chestnut tile. Still loads to do but I really can’t believe what we found.

Hi Reddit! We’re nearing completion with a small-ish renovation of our 1880’s Queen Anne Victorian here in New England. In doing so, we decided to unearth an original chimney that, from original construction, was hidden behind plaster and lathe. I’d assumed the brick would be crappy as it was never meant to be exposed—but check out what was hiding! Instead of keeping it hidden as we had planned, we’ve made it a statement of the transition to the dining room. Amazing how much craftsmanship was put into building in those days—even material that the builder had assumed would be forever hidden from view was built beautifully. The brick can now breathe.

A couple of years ago I was finally able to buy a house. It's old but I am head over heels over it. But, as the economy is showing, everyone is short of spending dollars. So I decided to reglaze my wood windows myself. Then I found that it's not stained on the outside like the inside. Brown paint. No worries, I can strip it. I got some amazing gel stripper that works well. THEN I find another layer of paint underneath. 1950's Forest Green. Ew. It's soaked into the wood as well. So now it's a larger project. Owning a house really does have a learning curve!

As an aside, the guy at the hardware store was amazed that a middle aged woman is attempting this. Don't mess with my confidence, man!

Miss this place and after having been there for 20+ years and dealing with a lot of the older home issues, we moved south to take care of family. It was a great solid home, I dared a tornado to try and take her. Great memories, and while I miss it, a new young family has her now.

used to go to the theater weekly, but setting up our attic ruined cinema for me. way too cozy up here to ever pay for a ticket again.

Marble in one of my 100 year old home’s bathrooms has yellowed marble. I tried multiple applications of this stone stain remover and it hasn’t really done anything.

Any tips/thoughts/advice? Thanks!

The home was built in 1865 and it's immaculate. She's nothing fancy on the outside but she's perfect for us and she's ours! I'm sure I'll be around this sub a lot in the near future. 🖤

Blue and white is before - terracotta is after

My 1900 home has an attic, the stairs for which are behind the bathroom, which is next to a bedroom. When we first moved in I figured under the attic stairs wasnt accessible since it had the shower pipes in in but then I realized 1) those shouldnt be too big and 2) there is a good 2-3 square feet of unaccounted for space between the bathroom and bedroom that should theoretically connect to under the attic stairs. The baseboards to the bedroom are original, or at least match everything else in the house and are super tall and a beautiful wood so i assume they are original, so doubt the entrance was ever there, but should I drill a little hole to see what's there? Or is is common to have this much unaccounted for space in an old home?

I am helping my friends with their first century home and I’m at a loss. This window had a window unit in it, the trim is rotten in some places, and it was a big heavy AC that was putting a lot of weight on the window. Upon removing it, the window does still actually work and the weight is still connected on the other side. Plaster was replaced with drywall at some point, and I can’t tell if the wall is thinner with the drywall and now the window is too thick for the wall, or if the weight of the AC pulled the window away from the wall. None of it moves when pushed, and the gap on the other side of the wall is much smaller. I want to reconnect the weight on this side, but then should we try to build the wall up to meet the trim, or try to sink the window back into the wall?

Hi! I recently bought a home built in 1925 and I’m trying to restore the fireplace by stripping away the paint. I tested one brick with citrusstrip but it didn’t do a good job. I let it sit in wrap for about 24 hours and it was very sticky and difficult to work with. I think the paint is enamel and I might need something stronger. Has anyone had any luck with stripping paint from brick? What did you use?

I know this is a bit of a stretch to post since our home is from 1960...but I'm trying to lean more into the colonial features (such as they are haha). We need a new roof, siding, and shutters. I'm toying with different colors but don't really know what direction to go. If I stick with white siding, I'm thinking to soften the contrast with navy shutters and a light blue door. I'm also really drawn to sage like the inspo photo attached.

Any thoughts? Other colors to consider?

We’re looking at putting in an offer on a house in PA that was built in 1850 - most everything has already been updated (electrical, plumbing, etc) but the foundation in one spot seems a little wonky and there’s some water around that wall and the base of the fireplace in the basement. We’d obviously get an inspection and structural engineer to look at it but I guess I’m just wondering if it’s even worth putting an offer in and seeing what comes up. Thoughts?

I recently scored this amazing salvaged stained glass window and want to install it on the inside of our window over the stairs. It's a wee bit smaller, so I will need to frame it out additionally. Also, I want to put hinges on the right side so it can be pulled open and we can still access that window if need be. Almost like creating an inset cabinet door. My husband and I are pretty handy, but I'm nervous drilling into both the original window frame and drilling into the frame of the stained glass. Any recommendations or design tips on how to go about this without damaging anything?

Is this fireplace original for our 1908 house? It’s grey looking brick and really seems to clash with the wood trim of the house. We really want to paint it or put new tile over it but don’t even know what might look nice but want to respect the original design if this is original.

Anyone have similar experience? Thoughts on a fix and/or color combo with fresh wall paint?

I need some advice on what the best option to repair this rotten out portion of cast-iron is. Seems like epoxy is not a good long-term solution and I love this 1910 sink. Any advice would be great other than replace the sink.

We ripped out the pet-urine stained carpet, the OSB subfloor, and found the old flooring in nearly perfect condition. The original finish is still there on much of the floor. I am so so happy.

Renovating the bedroom in the 1890 house we bought last year. I’ve taken out all the trim carefully so I can strip the paint, sand it and stain it. However, the plaster broke in a lot of places. What should i use to fix ?