The City of Stone’s iconic kullë houses have a new ally in GlobalGiving, an online fundraising site that is harnessing the power of social media to raise funds for charitable projects around the world. Adventures in Preservation’s restoration of a kullë house in Gjirokastra, Albania, is one of the projects competing in GlobalGiving’s Open Challenge [...]
In this installment of his Voices of the Past V-log, John Leeke demonstrates using steam to remove heavy paint build up from wood surfaces. Steam paint removal softens the paint film so it can be more easily scraped away. It works well with the heavy paint buildup commonly found on the exterior of older buildings during house restoration and historic preservation projects.
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