The Historic Preservationist

This episode talks about bare wood, paint, wax, oils, shellac, oil varnishes and Swedish finishes and polyurethanes.

This episode explains the Beaux Arts Style emphasizing its more than a style and how it was applied to mansions and municipal buildings.

This episode helps us use and understand latex paint in historic architecture.

This episode talks about painting preparation, preparing the surface, scrapping, repairing, washing, caulking, priming and painting.

The hows and whys that farmers paid to have their brick homes decorated with patterned pattern gabbled ends.

Compare and contrasting styles.

Perry uses the Edith Wharton Home from the early 1920, the Mount as an example of good preservation practice in stucco restoration. First, finding the formulas, how to handle big cracks and little cracks and how to achieve a marble smooth finish.

This episode revisits wall paper styles of the early 20th century and explains how and why taste change. In addition, Perry explains how the first wall paper was reproduced in Paris France in the late 17th century.

This episode explains how to undo old putty, create glass that fits, how to embed and place panes and bevels and paint.

For 100 years the style of American architecture that has followed the Georgian Kings perfect proportions, proper window placement and cornerstones are just a few of the factors that make up this eye appealing architecture.

This episode explains how to remove and replace damaged wooden shingles.

This episode explores the development and publishing of Sheraton’s book, Cabinet Makers and uphoterers drawing book.

Publication of the cabinet makers and upholsterers guide, Hepplewhites shield back chair, sofas and sayers a rich selection of tables, cellarettsattes and knife-boxes

This episode talks about curved carpentry, curling and keying and laminating trim.

This episode explains any defeats to look for prepainting, cleaning the house, failing wood surface and the importance of a primer. Also Perry takes a few questions from his podcast followers.

This episode explains how Robert Adam studying the classical order of Italy’s antiquaty changed the design world dominated by Thomas Chippendale.

This episode expounds on Chippendales professional life and the development of the three episodes of the director and how they related to other design book authors of the day.

This chapter delineates how the second continental congress met to lay out the articles of independence.

This episode explained how the Canadians secured Juno Beach and how other allied forces landed on Sword beach.

This episode places us right at the end of the 3rd quarter of the 17th century , defining what decorative arts and accessories were like. Then leads us through the changes these objects incurred, through William and Mary through George III.

Perry takes us on a journey explaining how to replicate missing pieces of ornamental wood carvings.

Perry explains why lime water is necessary on historic structures, it provides a more poisons joiunt to relieve moisture from the inside of the house.

Perry takes us through the process of producing handwrought nails, wire nails and cut nails.

This episode contains measures designed to punish Boston for its tea party. The first accidental shots were shot at concord and Lexington.

This episode talks about when it’s time to strip, sanding and grinders, chemical strippers, water/media blasting and mechanical removers.