"Jeff,
Live like they did 100 years ago!!!!!!
Few clothes, hung on hangers and hanging from bar more sideways than in the modern closets.
Wlad "
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Old closet issue
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Wladyslaw Warnenczyk Nov 16, 2011.
Looking for staircase
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Jeff Starkey Feb 2, 2010.
Advice needed for shower enclosure for a clawfoot tub
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Jeff Starkey Feb 7, 2010.
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Phil replied to Jeff Starkey's discussion Old closet issue"And if you do it, then be sure to very carefully lablel the removed wooden door and attach all removed hinges etc. to that door and put it in a dry part of the attic or basement. Maybe include the removed bar and hardware in the same…"
jane replied to Jeff Starkey's discussion Old closet issue"I would mind tremendously. My stuff would end up on a chair rumpled and hidden...
But I do not live there so it doesn't matter.
If you plan to sell the house any time soon, no closet might be a deterrant to a potential buyer."
Jeremy Graves replied to Jeff Starkey's discussion Old closet issue"The closet space in my house is limited in all but our master bedroom. The other bedroom closets are 14 inches deep and about six feet wide. I've collected many hooks from the closets and removed the old rods and knobs that were used to hang…"
Linda replied to Jeff Starkey's discussion Old closet issue"I have the narrow closet issue. I know people were much smaller at the turn 20th century, used hooks for clothes (I can feel the covered over holes in the molding) and didn't have as many clothes as we do now. We only have two closets (small…"
Phil replied to Jeff Starkey's discussion Old closet issue"@Jane: I hid in the far right of my wife's closet once for hide and seek, and no one ever found me hidden behind her dresses. Another hiding place is so top secret, that not only have I never been found there in extended family games, but I…"
jane replied to Jeff Starkey's discussion Old closet issue"hangers weren't invented until about the early 1900's. Before that people used hooks, drawers, trunks.
I grew up in a house with long skinny closets. Mine had a 2' wide door, was about 8' long and 16" deep. It had a pole…"
Chris replied to Jeff Starkey's discussion Old closet issue"Phil,
Do you have a small bedroom that you can convert into a walk-in closet? I had the same situation in my 1912 four-square; one bedroom didn't even have a closet, so we converted a small bedroom or sewing room into a walk-in closet. Worked…"
Phil replied to Jeff Starkey's discussion Old closet issue"I have 2 shallow closets at our 1895 house, along with an even more shallow pair of wardrobes. Each is used differently, so I will describe the four strategies with a level of detail that is sure to bore anyone without closet and storage issues. We…"
Sean Maher replied to Jeff Starkey's discussion Old closet issue"Maybe shelves that go into the far ends and can slide out into the open middle? Good question."
Jeff Starkey posted a discussionOld closet issue
Folks: A neighbor asked me for advice with an issue she is having with a closet at her house. When I checked it out I was amazed! The closet is extremely wide and narrow. If you try and place clothes hangers in it in the traditional fashion you can't get the door shut! It looks like the previous owners just placed hooks on the wall and used it in that fashion. Don't know how in the world they obtained access to the extreme left and right sides of this space! Need some insight on how we could…See More
Jeff Starkey replied to Jeff Starkey's discussion Advice needed for shower enclosure for a clawfoot tub"Dear Lair:
Thanks for the information! It definately gives me something to think about as I tackle room #4 which is located directly beneath the upstairs bathroom.
Thanks!
Jeff Starkey"
Lair Tienter replied to Jeff Starkey's discussion Advice needed for shower enclosure for a clawfoot tub"The flow is pretty good but the plumbing was all redone in copper 10 years ago. In most old houses I think the poor flow is due to lack of water pressure.When we took out the old 3/4" galvanized pipes it was not possible to insert a pencil…"
Jeff Starkey replied to Jeff Starkey's discussion Advice needed for shower enclosure for a clawfoot tub"Dear Lair:
Thanks for your reply. A question that I have is, " How is the shower flow from the head?" I have found from various customer reports that some systems have nothing more than a feeble "rain shower" flow from the…"
Jeff Starkey replied to Jeff Starkey's discussion Looking for staircase"Stephen:
House is insured for a frame construction of the period 1895-1905. Just got done with another room that had alot of plaster damage. This is the third room that I have repaired the plaster. I fortunely had the opportunity to have the…"
stephen beattie replied to Jeff Starkey's discussion Looking for staircase"even way over here in australia i can see the wood is oak, probably american or english oak, how olds your house? any way traditional genus.In oz it is not native however readily available and im sure its the same in the states. Phil is spot on any…"
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