Blog Post Categories
- Architectural Conservation (20)
- Architectural Salvage (4)
- Artifact Restoration (5)
- Barn Restoration (3)
- Commercial Entrances (3)
- Custom Staircases (2)
- Decorative Painting (4)
- Dismantling (8)
- Earthquake Retrofitting (1)
- Events (1)
- Exterior Painting (5)
- Fine Art (12)
- Flooring (7)
- Furniture (5)
- Kitchen Remodeling (2)
- Landscaping (4)
- Lighting Restoration (2)
- Log Cabin (1)
- Masonry Construction (3)
- Masonry Restoration (11)
- Millwork (12)
- New Construction (8)
- Ornamental Plaster (6)
- Reproduction (13)
- Roof Restoration (9)
- Soundproofing (3)
- Stained Glass (6)
- Steeples and Towers (10)
- Stonework (20)
- Timber Framing (3)
- Uncategorized (2)
- Window Restoration (16)
- Wrought Iron (3)
Tags
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Automobile
- Barns
- Basement
- British Columbia
- Calamine Windows
- California
- Canada
- Cast Iron
- Cemeteries
- Church Restoration
- Clocks
- Colorado
- Columns
- Connecticut
- Cupola
- Delaware
- Dismantled Materials
- Doors
- Fireplaces
- Florida
- Hong Kong
- Illinois
- Indiana Limestone
- Industrial Chimneys
- Landscaping
- Louisiana
- Lumber
- Maine
- Manuals and Catalogs
- Marble
- Maryland
- Masonry Pizza Oven
- Masonry Pizza Ovens
- Massachusestts
- Massachusetts
- Metal Fabrication
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Montreal
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- Oregon
- Ottowa
- Pennsylvania
- Period Prints
- Quarry
- Roofing Slate and Tile
- Sculpture & Wood Carving
- seismic retrofitting
- Soundproofing
- Statuary
- Steeplejacks
- Stone Fabrication
- Stone Masons
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Tools
- Toronto
- Tower Bells
- Vehicles
- Vermont
- Victoria
- Virginia
- Wallpaper
- Washington DC
- Waterproofing
- Weathervanes
- Window Restoration
- Wisconsin
- Wood Carving
- Wrought Iron
Search this site
Corbett Research Group
1-413-586-4748
Category Archives: Window Restoration
From Wood Window Sash to Face Masks: Adaptive Business Solutions During COVID-19
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses are shifting their priorities in order to survive. Some businesses are agile, seeing opportunities to rethink how they can contribute during this time. Weston Millwork, in Weston, Missouri, has stepped up … Continue reading
Posted in Reproduction, Window Restoration
Leave a comment
Historic Texas Community Building Gets Extensive Rehab
The recent restoration of the Casino Hall in La Grange, TX, was a big deal for Fayette County. Built in 1881 by German immigrants, the building was originally a school, but has since served as a fire station, city hall, … Continue reading
Posted in Architectural Conservation, Reproduction, Window Restoration
Tagged Doors, Texas, Window Restoration
Leave a comment
Regional Historic Millwork
Pre US Civil War buildings have a particular look, something that makes you look twice to make sure that you are seeing what you think you are seeing. The reason for this is that there was little standardization of millwork, … Continue reading
Window Restoration in Historic 1922 California Bungalow
All 33 windows of this classic 1922 California bungalow were restored, rather than replaced. Home Window Repairs, of Ventura, did the work and said that the owner felt that these windows were such a defining element of the home that it … Continue reading
Curvy Queen Anne and Her Curved Glass Windows
Not sure about the English royal family, but in American architecture, the Queen Anne style is the last gasp of the Victorian, bridging the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century. As with many last gasps, it … Continue reading
Reproduction Curved Crown Moldings, for Queen Anne Residence.
Native Woods Restoration Carpentry of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania did the restoration of this 1880 Queen Anne residence. In particular, reproduction of these distinctive curved “ovolo” crown moldings required a great deal of patience. Period architects and carpenters were not afraid of … Continue reading
Restoration or Replacement of 900 Lead Came Windows.
Lead came glazing is familiar to everybody when used in stained glass but less familiar is its use in conventional glazing, in which it performs very well. When this collegiate gothic structure was built in the early part of the … Continue reading
Sympathy With Original Historic Fabric Key to Wood Window Conservation
These 1820’s wood window sash needed an understanding friend and found one in Donnie Hayward of D. Hayward Restoration of Greenfield, MA, who prescribed a delicious and healthy sounding recipe for renewing the original exterior wood after almost two centuries … Continue reading
Sleuthing Lost Architectural Details for Historic Downtown Theater
Designed by native Texas architect Alfred C. Finn and built in 1925, The Simon Theater had seen many changes and alterations in the interim. The goal of a recent restoration was to return the facade and street level interior spaces … Continue reading
Recreating Thoreau’s Eighteenth Century Birthplace, Piece by Piece
The birth place of Henry David Thoreau in Concord, Massachusetts was in very poor condition, though it did retain many early 18th century elements as well as later Federal and Georgian upgrades. The intent was to turn it into a … Continue reading
buildingartisansguild 