The vintage Lane Acclaim line of furniture seems to have been very popular in mid century America. We speculate that — much like the popular Drexel Declaration line – the design of Lane Acclaim appealed to Mrs. America because it was a good com…

Get ready for some big bathroom news: We have just confirmed that, indeed, plumbing fixture manufacturer Gerber still produces one model of pink toilet and sink. The toilet is low-flow. Pam wrote about this company a while back in her story Gerber to…

The Admiral Tele-Bar cost $895 in 1951 – the equivalent of $10,000 today. Do you love the look of vintage TV sets, but actually want to watch be able to use them to watch the full range of programming available today? Greg and Tammy found a rare an…

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I have a Grasshopper zero turn mower with a Kohler 21 HP gas powered engine. The engine drains the battery when in use so I'm guessing the rectifier/voltage regulator is bad.. :confused: Not sure where the rectifier is, took a quick look today and c…

Hi, I am in process of installing a timer on my pool pump (it is currently wired to a toggle switch. Both the power supply line and pool pump have a black, white and green wire. If my understading is correct, the black wires are the hot wires and sho…

I'm having issue with 1832 panel and 5501 keypad. I was programming everything and as soon as I was setting up Motion on zone 6. My installer code locked. Now I can't make any changes. Does this mean I need to get a new panel or can I just get a repl…

I've had a lot of my issues solved on these forums through others' posts, but this mower is presenting a real challenge. Mower is a Craftsman LT 1000 with a 17 HP OHV Briggs and Stratton engine. To start, the starter solenoid sparked and the mower…

We recently bought a house with an elevator, which has stopped working. Fortunately, we have a full-service contract. Unfortunately, when the elevator guy showed up, he said the contract does not include the doors that open to get in/out of the ele…

A love of restoring junk to its former glory led a professional Porsche driver to build this incredible garage. The 3,981-square-foot space is dedicated solely to his collections; everything in here was trashed at some point but now shines after care…

Putting up a wall was anything but easy a century ago. Once you framed a wall or ceiling out of wood and were ready to close it in with a finished surface ready for paint or paper, you'd first nail on small strips of wood called laths, then put on se…

Using clever DIY methods, Craigslist bargains and materials from big-box stores, interior design couple Percy Bright and Tara Mangini have fashioned a gorgeous custom style for their three-story, early-20th-century row house in South Philadelphia. Th…

This homeowner called interior designer Lisa Konjicek-Segundo of Olive Juice Designs at the last minute, or rather, the last trimester, to transform a junk room into a nursery. They didn't have time for custom or back orders, so they found...

As someone who has been subscribing to the Paleo diet for a while, I find that I'm often asked by people who are trying it out for the first time what they should eat on a day-to-day basis. When I think about it, I realize that it's much harder to fi…

This 64-square-foot kitchen in Melbourne might not be terribly small, but it certainly felt that way with a big swinging door and massive brick wall blocking off any open space. The couple who live here wanted to reveal the room's potential, and hire…