Tag: restoration
Restoration Work at Mount Vernon Reveals New Insights About George Washington
WETA Arts puts a spotlight on the recent large-scale restoration work done at George Washington’s Mount Vernon. Washington’s sprawling estate is a persevering symbol of our first president’s life story, and this renovation has revealed new insights about...
A Masterclass in Redevelopment and Preservation
The iconic Palace Theatre is back in the spotlight, and its journey is a masterclass in redevelopment and preservation!
How Clarinets, Bagpipes, Pianos, and More Are Made
Those How It's Made background tracks are music to our ears as we take an inside look at the creation of various instruments!
The Discovery and Restoration of Leonardo da Vinci's Long-Lost Painting "Salvator Mundi"
Leonardo da Vinci is one of history's greatest artists and thinkers. Only about 15 of his paintings are known to exist and one was thought to be lost forever.
Opening up the Soane
The story of the restoration of Sir John Soane's Museum in Lincoln's Inn Fields. Filmed over a period of 6 years, it traces the research, the discoveries and the skills that made transforming this magical place possible.
Amazing Restored Variety Show from the early 1940s
A variety show with 4 acts from the early 1940s.
House Tour: We Bought This Abandoned 1897 Victorian at Auction
Take the tour of the latest member of Our Restoration Nation's family and learn our plans for this home, the two other homes on the property and the 3 acres in Monticello, Arkansas. Stay til the end for our early restoration efforts for this amazing prope...
I Bought An Abandoned Victorian Mansion - 1 YEAR UPDATE
A year full of surprises, knowledge, growth, love, a little bit of failure and a lot of man hours.
Man Restores Pilgrim Home from 1665 to its Original Glory
Doug Towle considers old homes his children. The lifelong bachelor has spent much of his adult life restoring antique buildings, including one of his most recent: a 1665 Pilgrim house that had been in the same Billerica, Massachusetts, family for 12 gener...
50 Years Ago, This Was a Wasteland. He Changed Everything
Almost 50 years ago, fried chicken tycoon David Bamberger used his fortune to purchase 5,500 acres of overgrazed land in the Texas Hill Country. Planting grasses to soak in rains and fill hillside aquifers, Bamberger devoted the rest of his life to restor...
1871 Candy Drop Roller Restoration
Restoring a drop candy roller machine made by Thomas Mills & Bro. The machine is made of heavy cast iron and the rollers are bronze. Start by sandblasting it to remove the rust, then powder coating to bring it back the shine and finally making lots o...
