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• November/
  December 1995 Issue No. 3

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  • Editor Spotlight

    
    Scott Omelianuk, Editor of This Old House magazine, began his long relationship with home improvement at age 15, when he started working after school as a carpenter's gopher. After years of jobsite toil and practical jokes—including being s
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    More Editor Bios:

    • Alexandra Bandon
    • Amy Hughes
    • Mark Powers

• New TV Project—Salem, Massachusetts

  Features

  The Basic Bathroom Renovation

  By Pamela Hartford

  A Living Fence of Evergreens

  By Ken Druse

  Build the Perfect Bookcase

  By Jeanne Huber

  What is the Siding Hiding?

  By Thomas Baker

  The Right Screw for the Job

  By Jeanne Huber

  How Marble Comes from the Mountain

  By Peter Lemos

  Wallpaper History

  By Stephanie Woodard

  Saving Old Windows

  By Thomas Baker

  Around the house

  Tools

  Reciprocating Saw

  The contractor's favorite weapon
  By Mark Feirer

  Fittings

  Choosing a Toilet

  What nobody else will tell you
  By William Marsano

  Tools

  Getting it Straight

  A lesson on levels from This Old House
  By Stephen Petranek

  Technique

  Chimney Fix-up

  Reporting and reflashing to keep the water out
  By Thomas Baker

  Equipment

  A Clean, Well-lighted Place

  Inside the New Yankee Workshop
  By Scott Landis

  Finances

  How to Buy a Wreck

  Where to turn when your mortgage banker pales.
  By William Marsano