Top Fire Places Reviewed » mirror http://www.topfireplacesreviewed.com Fireplace Design, Mantels, Electric Fireplaces, Gas Fireplaces, Modern Antique Fireplaces and More... Sun, 10 Apr 2011 13:55:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Moms: What does your DREAM home look like? http://www.topfireplacesreviewed.com/moms-what-does-your-dream-home-look-like.html http://www.topfireplacesreviewed.com/moms-what-does-your-dream-home-look-like.html#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:15:11 +0000 Fire Places

I say there are 2 dreams homes, one you know you’ll never have and the other you’ll have to work hard for and be patient to eventually have it.

My dream home I know I’ll never have is 5 bedroom historic (colonial or victorian home) and is 2 stories with the last bedroom way at the tip of the house in it’s own little space. There would be 2 stairways leading upstairs, meaning a space in between. The top of the stairway will have rails, of course, and will be very spacious to put 2 chairs with a table, lamp and a mirror. The master suite would have a garden bathtub and a shower, his and hers sink and a walk in closet, one side for me and the other for my husband. Maybe our room would have a fireplace and the dining room would be huge to fit a dinette of 8 people. Lots more but here’s a link to explain it all:http://www.nestlein.com/FlyerFolder/Historic_Home_1104_Church_Street.htm

I would still want a historic house that I’ll work to have one day when I’m over 30 years old but it would be 4 bedrooms and of course not as big and not a huge yard etc. It’ll cost much more less as well, thinking of getting a fixer upper and converting it to what I want. What is yours???

http://www.nestlein.com/Greenville_NC/Historic_Home/Historic_Homes_Greenville_NC.htm


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I’m trying to think of features of old homes, such as victorian, and here’s what I’ve come up with. If you can tell me more that you know of, that would be great! Thanks

-Wood bench built into a wood stairway, and the seat of the bench opens up for storage.
-Crown molding between wall and ceilings
-Wood detailing on stairway/crown molding/fireplace area
-Built in bookshelves/china cabinets with glass doors
-Wood floors
-Built in furniture such as an armoire, built in draws, built in vanity with built in mirror and built in drawers.


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]]> http://www.topfireplacesreviewed.com/old-home-features.html/feed 1 What is the best way to hang a heavy picture on a wall? http://www.topfireplacesreviewed.com/what-is-the-best-way-to-hang-a-heavy-picture-on-a-wall.html http://www.topfireplacesreviewed.com/what-is-the-best-way-to-hang-a-heavy-picture-on-a-wall.html#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:07:22 +0000 Fire Places

The picture is actually a somewhat heavy mirror about 2 ft wide & 3 ft high. I don’t know how much the picture weighs. The wall is actually over a fireplace in a very modern home. I would guess that the wall is dry wall.

At first I suggested those picture-hanging kits consisting of a nail & a hook (maybe use 2 to accomodate the weight). My mother (it is her house) feels that "molly" bolts would be better. Molly bolts are these plactic gizmos that you hammer into a drilled hole and hold a screw which you hang the picture on.

Forgive me if my terminology is incorrect.


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]]> http://www.topfireplacesreviewed.com/what-is-the-best-way-to-hang-a-heavy-picture-on-a-wall.html/feed 13 How do you hang pictures from the trim of older houses? http://www.topfireplacesreviewed.com/how-do-you-hang-pictures-from-the-trim-of-older-houses.html http://www.topfireplacesreviewed.com/how-do-you-hang-pictures-from-the-trim-of-older-houses.html#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:13:57 +0000 Fire Places

I live in a Victorian style home built in 1900. The walls are made of horsehair plaster and I know that those don’t take too well to nails… but that the trim has a lip designed for hanging pictures like in the olden days. However, with time this has become less and less, and I would like to hang a mirror above the fireplace nail-free and I have wire, but I’m not sure what other piece of hardware I would need in order to use this technique.


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]]> http://www.topfireplacesreviewed.com/how-do-you-hang-pictures-from-the-trim-of-older-houses.html/feed 3 Looking to sell marble and wood fireplace mantles, wondering what they're worth. Probably 100+ years old? http://www.topfireplacesreviewed.com/looking-to-sell-marble-and-wood-fireplace-mantles-wondering-what-theyre-worth-probably-100-years-old.html http://www.topfireplacesreviewed.com/looking-to-sell-marble-and-wood-fireplace-mantles-wondering-what-theyre-worth-probably-100-years-old.html#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 19:16:11 +0000 Fire Places

The house that we’re renovating is circa 1850′s. The marble fireplace surrounds a decorative metal forced hot air duct that is no longer connected. The downstairs has a carved oak wooden mantel with mirror.


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]]> http://www.topfireplacesreviewed.com/looking-to-sell-marble-and-wood-fireplace-mantles-wondering-what-theyre-worth-probably-100-years-old.html/feed 2 Antique Newspaper Clippings? http://www.topfireplacesreviewed.com/antique-newspaper-clippings.html http://www.topfireplacesreviewed.com/antique-newspaper-clippings.html#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 06:28:41 +0000 Fire Places

Today I found antique newspaper clippings inside my fireplace, behind a mirror. It is from when T. Roosevelt was in office between the years of 1901-1909. They are headed " Roosevelt Hints Permanent NYA" and " New Deal Scouts Advise President" Dated August 21 but no year . Im trying to find out how much they may be worth and who i can contact!


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