From: BobVila on Fri, Oct 08 2010 11:01 AM

Bob takes a final moment to give a quick demonstration of the BobVila.com Paint Designer. Available exclusively at BobVila.com, the paint designer allows users to start with their house type, then mix-and-match exterior color combinations to get the desired look. Online visitors can save project...

From: BobVila on Fri, Oct 08 2010 9:08 AM

Bob Vila shows a before-and-after demolition view of the kitchen and main living areas of the Miami Beach condo. Bob walks us through the open, loft-like space of the condo now that walls, cabinets, and finishes have been removed. Bob also looks at the former kitchen with its close walls, wallpa...

From: BobVila on Fri, Oct 08 2010 9:05 AM

Bob meets with Mark Gallivan from Sears HVAC and Brent Morin from Morin Mechanical Services to review the heating system installation at the modular home project. The high efficiency, state of the art Hydro-Air system uses components of a traditional boiler, humidifiers, variable speed fans, ele...

From: BobVila on Fri, Oct 08 2010 9:01 AM

Bob Fulmer from Harraseeket Restoration, Inc. joins Bob on the roof of the breezeway to install a double-lock standing seam copper roof. Before installing the copper, a plywood deck is applied, followed by a layer of bituthene for moisture resistance and then a resin paper slip sheet. The resin ...

From: BobVila on Fri, Oct 08 2010 9:00 AM

Bob returns to Winterthur in Delaware’s Brandywine Valley. Vila and Winterthur's Pauline Eversmann first visit the Tappahannock Room circa 1740. Highlights from the display include a chest thought to be the first deliberate acquisition in du Pont's American furniture collection. Also on...

From: BobVila on Fri, Oct 08 2010 9:00 AM

Jack Walters from Just Irrigation is on site putting in a RainBird sprinkler system. Bob catches up with him as he is at work in the Elizabethan-style garden. Walters uses a machine called a "pipe-piper" to lay the pipe in the ground, without having to dig trenches. Next, he attaches the fixture...

From: BobVila on Fri, Oct 08 2010 9:00 AM

The interior of the Miami condo is complete and ready for a getaway. In this small apartment, less than 1,000 square feet, it was important to select and place items that would maximize space rather than cluttering it. Bob points out the chrome and glass bar that was built into a recessed niche....

From: BobVila on Fri, Oct 08 2010 8:59 AM

Bob and Chris Vila work their way to the back of the apartment, through the hallway with its Victorian wallpaper, past the closet with original built-ins, and into the bedroom with high ceilings and a door to the back balcony. They are joined by architect Brian O’Keefe who shows the plans for th...

From: BobVila on Fri, Oct 08 2010 8:53 AM

Bob and Ryley install a new pre-hung shiplap pine door, which they build themselves, in the shop.

From: BobVila on Fri, Oct 08 2010 8:53 AM

Starting with the original interior cottage portion of the home, now a guest suite, Bob reviews the furnishing of the house. Borrowing a bit from Victorian ingenuity, the designer used decorative and furniture pieces from antique stores, salvage yards, second hand stores and even Bob?s attic. Al...

From: BobVila on Fri, Oct 08 2010 8:52 AM

Bob ends his tour on laid back East Chop with a 300 square foot home on a large piece of wooded land. The home was moved from the Methodist Campground about 15 years prior to the tour and was improved with a porch. Alan points out the feature of the home from the antique trim and fireplace to a p...

From: BobVila on Fri, Oct 08 2010 8:52 AM

Bob visits Drayton Hall one of best example of Georgian Palladian Architecture in the US. It may have survived the Civil War by posing as a Small Pox Hospital. Drayton Hall, a National Trust historic site in Charleston, South Carolina. Completed in 1742, the historic plantation house stands maje...

From: BobVila on Fri, Oct 08 2010 8:51 AM

Bob confers with framing contractor, Larry Landers, as Larry and a crew member install 1x8 v-groove pine on the ceiling of the new front porch at the Lake Cochituate ranch remodel. Bob Explains the cuts on the wood that give it an old fashioned look. To insure the porch ceiling will hold up to t...

From: BobVila on Fri, Oct 08 2010 8:51 AM

Bob visits a Sears Catalog home with Jean Hannan, the owner.

From: BobVila on Fri, Oct 08 2010 8:51 AM

Bob goes furniture shopping at Sears with the homeowners and a designer in New Hampshire.

From: BobVila on Fri, Oct 08 2010 8:50 AM

Bob visits Walden Pond and the site of the cabin built by Henry David Thoreau who is considered the father of conservation. Bob also visits a re-creation of the cabin and an actor that portrays Thoreau.

From: BobVila on Fri, Oct 08 2010 8:49 AM

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 Bob’s kitchen.

From: BobVila on Fri, Oct 08 2010 8:48 AM

Bob kicks off the Studio City, California, project by meeting Gavin and Michelle Langley, happy new homeowners of a vintage Sears kit house. They have lots of plans for preserving both the historic and sentimental values of the house. Bob revies the proposed architectural plans discusses the pre...

From: BobVila on Fri, Oct 08 2010 8:48 AM

Bob tours the front vestibule, highlighting the beautiful stencil work done by Kim Sweet. The stencil work replaced moldings in many homes of this nineteenth century era. The stencil work is not just on the wall but extends to the ceiling. This small vestibule will take the artist four days to c...

From: BobVila on Fri, Oct 08 2010 8:47 AM

John Marran of Energy Kinetics and heating expert Frank Iadarola review the System 2000 boiler system that will supply heat to the hydronic floors and units at either end of the garage. The sytem has various stages to allow for quick heat and controllers to monitor the temperature of the hydronic...