Historic Preservation Carpenter Paul Cutting rescued this abandoned house and restored it into a working home, using parts from over 23 houses. He recommends using salvaged hardware (and we think it's a great solution for sprucing up old cabinets and dressers, too).
• The Star: Paul Cutting is an Historic Preservation Carpenter from Decorah, Iowa. He has documented over 160 log homes and keeps a blog covering his reconstruction work here. He recently won an award for documenting log homes from pioneer times.
• The Music: This song is called "If You Want it We Got It" and is an instrumental version of a sweet song off of the album "Honest Mistakes" by Pete Miser. The full version is available for listen and purchase here.
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I'd love to buy some of the hardware he has in "boxes and boxes"! I've got an old house and I can't seem to find good hardware. Is contact info available? Also, what a great tip about the gas grill black matte spray paint. It looks so right for the hardware and its cost effective.
Here is his contact info: http://troutriverloghouse.com/contact/ - hope you get in touch! He's wonderful!!
Hardware tools used for making this is used to give it effective strength.Online Hardware store provides these online to make your doors effective.