Post by RossTO on Aug 10, 2013 11:00:44 GMT -5
Bit of a rant here, but have you ever noticed with beautiful older homes (70 or more years old) that have wonderful solid wood baseboards, trims, doors, and windows are being ruinated (my word... merging ruined and renovated). All of a sudden, all those doors, windows, and the trim ends up in a dumpster headed for the landfill and what was removed is being replaced with pressboard and/or MDF. All in the press to 'modernise' the homes. All the fretwork and gingerbreading (those wonderful bits that are used to decorate corners and archways) is also ending up in the dumpster. All that lathe and plaster goes there too, to be replaced with drywall. Drywall can get moldy (health issues) and plaster... well guess what, it doesn't mold (for the most part). Are we really renovating our older homes... or are we ruinating them?
