Secret asked:

My boyfriend and roommates live in an old beautiful house from mid-1800′s. However, there are a lot of things wrong with it, very little furniture, bad paint jobs, etc. It has SO much potential. Being college students, short on funds and uneducated in interior design, I want to take a stab at applying for one of these shows (but not Extreme Home Makeover, as they prefer underpriviledged families). Thanks!

CHRISTOPHER C asked:

It is a disused purpose built chimney that runs from the ground floor to the room above. It is positioned against the wall which adjoins the next property. If possible how difficult a job is it for an untrained hand.

What is the going rate for a professional builder to remove it?

Thanks

Brad25 asked:

My office walls have a mid-level molding that separates it. On the bottom I have a brown wall paper and the top is painted. Well my business partner wanted a deep brown on top so we tried it and it does not look good at all, so the question is how I fix it with out repainting the whole office again. What I was thinking is a maybe a light brown mixed with glaze over the top to give it a kind of faux look. But the problem is with faux jobs the light paint is usually the base coat, so has anyone had any experience with the top layer being the light coat instead of the dark coat. THANKS
Brad