Wow: flowery wallpaper, mirrored closet doors, and track lighting with huge cans: you can't get much more 80s than that.
@jeffreylarson85333 жыл бұрын
as a Painting Contractor, spraying that fridge made me smile
@moonverine6 ай бұрын
Poor Norm caught Bob's cold from the previous episode.
@johnanonyimous500727 күн бұрын
42 years later we know better
@LD9user5 ай бұрын
Bob: "If it will fit." Norm: "If??? Pfft."
@whitelion11113 жыл бұрын
Tom the landscape designer, I definitely remember him, he was on many of the shows
@steverone76233 жыл бұрын
He was the O.G. Before Rodger but actually Rodger was working for him at the time, you can see him from time to time in the background working
@rawbacon3 жыл бұрын
Tom died in 2018.
@whitelion11113 жыл бұрын
@@rawbacon oh ok, didn't know that
@jockbeems47983 жыл бұрын
wallpaper was the way to go from 1975 to 1990 or so. now everyone has to remove it to paint the walls.
@softshoes3 жыл бұрын
You need a longer hand saw Norm. The legend of Norm begins.
@62ejo3 жыл бұрын
Wonder what it looks like today how it has lasted????
@drewberry81412 жыл бұрын
Great show like how you learn something every episode
@dombogchi3 жыл бұрын
Main entrance looks like the rear alley entrance of a restaurant with that wooden curtain hiding a garbage bin. In fact the whole modification plan wasn't successful right from the beginning.
@kraleigh54672 жыл бұрын
So just looked this up on Zillow...it's grown a second story! And windows on facade changed, suggesting a different floorplan now. But the converted garage wing and Bob's front door/connector still present. Also now has shutters so more of a traditional look than the early 80s contemporary face-lift they were going for here. But frankly it looks odd. Not really balanced. Biggest shock? House was worth about $89,000 when Bob was finished...Zillow says it's worth $890,000 now! 🤯
@sprayguy67 Жыл бұрын
Love to see that what is the listing address?
@thesaexplorer Жыл бұрын
@@sprayguy67 36 Robinson rd woburn, MA
@fnhwk Жыл бұрын
I looked at it too. I'd guess it went under a total remodel when the 2nd story was added. I doubt most of Bob's hideous 1980s updates are still present in that home.
@troydavidson3585 Жыл бұрын
Some of the suggestions the gentleman made about the outside trees and shrubs were not instituted from the photos
@robertdussia66506 ай бұрын
@@troydavidson3585 actually they were, if you were to check Google Maps steetview and look at the 2007 photo most of the landscaping mentioned in the last episode looks to have been completed. Those were changed when the second floor was added.
@rawbacon3 жыл бұрын
Interesting little woods and hill out back, I wonder what was beyond it.
@allclevernamesgone3 жыл бұрын
Oh man... Imagine hand nailing your hardwood floor... Guess that's why all the trades has massive arms back then.
@degenwow2 жыл бұрын
these were called muscles back then ..
@patirvin-bz9pg2 ай бұрын
My father was a 5'5" carpenter who retired in 1975. All the neighborhood boys were in awe of his forearms. When I see all the power tools now in use, I feel sad that he had to work so hard.
@fp54952 жыл бұрын
I would have saved money on all that needless wallpaper, plus the installment cost, and put it towards a brand-new picture window, new front door, and new fridge instead. Who decided on all that wallpaper? No one was wall papering anything but kitchens and bathrooms in 80s.
@thesaexplorer3 жыл бұрын
6:59 Bob's voice cracks haha
@Travelwelly3 жыл бұрын
Just here for the opening music
@davidwells2983 жыл бұрын
Better than the knew stuff xylophones and power chords
@greyman4193 жыл бұрын
It just hits different
@irish890553 жыл бұрын
Never cared for it much...
@wyldebill41782 жыл бұрын
Those tiny front windows looks bad in any era
@tscoffey13 жыл бұрын
TOH sure was big on wallpapering everything back then. I bet the next person that had to remove it wasn’t so thrilled.
@irish890553 жыл бұрын
Not too big a deal if it was sized or primed...
@dalesworld13084 жыл бұрын
This was shot in 1982 and it looks like 1972.
@277kne4 жыл бұрын
I would like to know the numbers on this house. Don't like the front windows. Could have added a picture window or casement to the front of the garage. I have a Ranch style house like this with woods in the back. I had small and up high windows in the back. Replaced them with bigger windows. I put smaller windows on the side where the neighbors garage is.
@codym88974 жыл бұрын
Hey Various Vids, do you have all 13 This Old House episodes from 1980, featuring the Dorchester project?
@johnjp58834 жыл бұрын
Really like Bob Villa, but don't care for the street view of that home and all different window arrangements.
@bfsgman4 жыл бұрын
It's an odd looking house for sure.
@HipsterDoofus1004 жыл бұрын
I like him too. I don’t get all the hate
@TheNemosdaddy4 жыл бұрын
@@HipsterDoofus100 He's an arrogant jackass.
@samwise24393 жыл бұрын
@@TheNemosdaddy Sure doesn't act like it in the show and that's all I care about.
@craig19742 жыл бұрын
Per Google maps the current owners built on top of the house the last 10 years. The narrow master bedroom window was later eliminated, and the same original picture window was brought back.
@degenwow2 жыл бұрын
This Old House was built by This Old People.
@glazierEd3 жыл бұрын
Nor my got the Colombian shniffles. Bobby thinks it’s “NIFTY” I love these antiques
@ShakespeareCafe4 жыл бұрын
This is a Levittown nightmare
@morlamweb4 ай бұрын
Very interesting to see a coal-burning stove showcased as an enrgy-saving feature. It'll put out a lot of heat, but it's far from the cleanest way to heat that room. Nowadays it'd likely be a mini-split ductless system, or a wood or pellet stove, or an electric space heater.
@irish890553 жыл бұрын
Dats a long saah...
@warrenwills32514 жыл бұрын
Those windows on the front of the main section of the house are a mess.
@ShakespeareCafe4 жыл бұрын
I lost it when he started painting the fridge with a sprayer. Home Depot sells fridges for a few hundred
@robstephens4 жыл бұрын
He isn't spraying it correctly. You are suppose to keep the spray gun parallel to the surface being sprayed - he is swinging the gun in an arc which causes the paint to be applied a nonuniform thickness.
@pajeeper4204 жыл бұрын
Not in 1982 they didn't
@msmith47003 жыл бұрын
Of course this was back in the day when you just didn’t throw something out if it was working.. today’s refrigerators are cheaper but don’t last as long
@AlBeebe2 жыл бұрын
@@robstephens he then did a second pass vertical which while longer, did the job
@craig19742 жыл бұрын
In the early 80's there were not really any super stores where they sold furniture, appliance's, and electronics all under the same roof. Also there were not many home improvement stores that sold appliances back then. Bob was trying to save money by having the old fridge painted. 75 dollars for a repaint was pretty cheap then.
@irish890552 жыл бұрын
No more hoi poloi houses on this show....$$$$$
@2003jsciarrino3 жыл бұрын
Norm must have been on coke he was sniffing like crazy