This Old House | Pining for Old Pine (S41 E10) | FULL EPISODE

Norm uses old pine from a local sawmill to make a coffee table. Mauro teaches apprentice Kathryn to whitewash the knotty pine paneling. Tommy and Jeff build a pergola for the deck. Kevin helps with a shutter assembly. Electrician Ben shows apprentice De’Shaun how to light the pergola.
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Kevin is on the Westerly jobsite and takes a look at the final touches happening on the first floor.
It's about time to think about furniture. Homeowners Scott and Shayla asked Jeff's team to design a special two-tiered oval coffee table using some old boards they pulled from a nearby family sawmill.
Jeff invites Norm to his workshop where they plane the boards and join them with mortises and tenons. They cut out an oval with a jigsaw and route the edges. After Jeff makes the legs and stretchers, Scott joins in to help with the final assembly.
At the house, Jeff finds Mauro and Kathryn in the playroom where they're getting ready to whitewash the original knotty pine with an oil-based stain. This treatment will brighten up the entire room and give the old pine a new look.
Outside, Jeff joins Tommy and Garrett at the new pergola. The posts have already been fastened down to the deck structure. They put in tapered columns over the post and set the PVC beams on top and finally the PVC lattice. The new pergola will provide shade in the summertime.
Over at the 1840s Idea House, Kevin learns about historically accurate and operable shutters that are also made of PVC material. Project foreman Gordan Jacobsen shows him how they're assembled, louver by louver, and then they are painted and installed.
Back at the house, electrician Ben Giles is putting linear LED strips into the newly built pergola. Apprentice De'Shaun is there to observe and help.
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This Old House | Pining for Old Pine (S41 E10) | FULL EPISODE
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[@jeremyjedynak]

What an honor for Jeff to have been able to have worked in the shop with Norm!

[@arcadiagreen150]

I'm 34 and Norm Abrahams is the reason I have an interest in carpentry today. I watched his show with my dad when I was a kid. Such great memories.

[@holdemNE1]

I've made 4 of his projects from the plans I bought off the New Yankee Workshop.

[@arcadiagreen150]

@@holdemNE1 I never managed to build any of his projects. I've mainly held onto memories of biscuit joiners and dove tails etc. When I bought my first house a few years ago I decided that if it didn't have space for a wood shop, then I wouldn't buy it. Now I have a 300 square foot wood shop that I am steadily filling with new and old tools. Norm really made a lasting impression on me as a child. He's a legend in my book

[@holdemNE1]

@@arcadiagreen150 Very cool......he did the same for me. Every morning for the past 20 years I pull my clothes out of his "tall shaker dresser" that I made. It is huge and awesome. I'm 6'8" tall and even I can't see in the 2 top drawers.

[@The-Real-Blissful-Ignorance]

Same here, but I'm 49. I've been watching T.O.H. since the first episode.

[@elianroland7028]

i realize I'm pretty off topic but does anybody know of a good website to watch newly released series online ?

[@davidreali9642]

Born in 87 this was my growing up in the 90s jam miss Roger very much hope he is well.

[@anthonyromano8565]

I have been watching Norm since over 30 years and I still don't have as many tools as he does. I have built most of my furniture and became a contractor.

[@adavazquez3378]

It's a blessing having Norm building something for your house, he's a master for sure God Bless him

[@robertelliott44]

Gosh Norm ! Ive been watching you since I was 14 Im now 57 ! You have to you gave given me so much information ! Thank you old friend !

[@flat-earther]

robertelliott I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

[@robertelliott44]

Idi@t

[@zunedog31]

We love you Norm😭😭

[@flat-earther]

zunedog I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

[@MageGills]

Norm is the master

[@zack9912000]

miss his TV show

[@PatrolOfficer161]

Recruiting Norm was a wise choice!

[@loumonte658]

New England craftsman.

[@bbqistasty69]

Norm started the show in 1979!

[@jimcooney9019]

Norm Abrahams is the reason I have an interest in Wood working

[@DoAndBrewDIY]

Great to see Norm!!! Love the shutters - will be ordering those for my 200 year old project house!

[@JAVIERGOMEZ-dk3gm]

NICE TO SEE NORM FROM NEW YANKEE BEST CRAFTMAN IN THO.....WISH THEY PUT SHOW BACK ON SATURDAY....

[@kteaching5106]

Norm is still my favorite!!! I'm older than 34 and I grew up with Norm Abrahams too and I watched New Yankee Workshop too. This Old House & Victory Garden were our Sunday shows in our family! Still watch TOH every week and love!

[@DannyMorrison5i8yrd]

Norm is an expert

[@loumonte658]

Great episode.

[@clintrussell]

LoL The Pergler Love ya accent Tommy!!

[@mediasawdust2458]

We put R's where there aren't any, and remove the ones that are supposed to be there. ie. Pizzer and Beah.

[@UndeadSpaceMonkey1]

Man do I ever miss Norm building furniture.

[@damonmillman7127]

Anytime I see Norm using a router I think of that episode on the New Yankee Workshop when he used an ogee bit and explained what an ogee wasn't. lol Norm!

[@LuciFeric137]

I love recycling old wood. I recycle architectural steel and iron too.

[@edmc755]

I guess I must really really enjoy your videos which I so so do, good JOB

[@Tavbiy]

That coffee table has the mass of a dead star.

[@michaelcarroll991]

At the end buddy was like Oooo party time lmao

[@johnroberts9560]

HI TOH , that pine is looking naughty ! 😁🛠

[@shoey64]

The grill for the h-vav in the floor should have been a flush mount grill. It would have looked much better. Just my opinion. Great job on the house so far.

[@edmc755]

Thanks for the info VIDEO, SUPER JOB THANKS FOR SHARING < LOVE IT 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@russellmorash3816]

I actually attended the showing of the first this old house in 79 my grand father lived around the corner on Adam's st By the way his and my name both happen to be Russell morash so I guess that's why he got the invitation and he could take a guest I was asked all through high school if I was related to the producer by my teachers not a very common name but we where not but I always had that story of being at the first wrap party I still remember it well

[@flat-earther]

russellmorash I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

[@jeffreydelallo7311]

Gees I used to live in New Canaan born and raised and my dad was to who used to live in a section called swamp Hollow that's where all the Italians lived now I live in Florida I couldn't even afford to buy a blade of grass in New Canaan such is life

[@SmallWonda]

Very useful - so many good ideas - as I expect from TOH - can't say I liked the wainscot treatment, but I do like it with a good painted covering. Would like to have seen the coffee table finished, close up and I loved the pergola - just what I'd said we need when/if we ever add al fresco to the side of our house - I do love all that can be done with LED lighting options these days - quite magical - would be nice to see that in the dark too!

[@jamesw4912]

Norm needs to bring back the new Yankee Workshop. When he's talking it's like he's back.

[@alonzojohnson7955]

Tom is 👑

[@saeedsobhani4213]

To the outsiders, home building is just another job, people don’t get to see how hard and time consuming is this jobs, and how hard these guys working.

[@core8967]

It's not that hard. Just a job

[@Mihogan]

Why the register right in the middle of the entry!

[@4thgradedropout980]

Missed opportunity to title this episode, "The Coniferous Yearner".

[@peep39]

lol using bugle head screws with brackets

[@VideosbySteve]

Kevin seemed so miffed that they have to put together shutters.

[@jamesedwards1528]

I would like to work with tom someday

[@TrumpAmerica-2024]

@@brianglade848 buick key factory

[@4realjacob637]

Wait, isn't PVC pretty low strength material? Either that's a well upgraded plastic or any flying wood is shooting right through it.

[@robertnash2446]

You have to prime that wood before you paint it.

[@deefdragon]

As I said on the last video they did on LEDs: NEVER trust the adhesive that comes on LED strips to hold their weight. It almost ALWAYS degrades. ESPECIALLY outside. (it can be used if you are going to place the leds facing up to keep them in place mind). Note that they used a mechanical method to keep the LEDs up. The channel cover snaps into place, and when (not if, WHEN) the adhesive fails, it will only sink ~.25 inch to touch the cover.

[@deefdragon]

I honestly dont like the fact that they whited out the boards at ~11:00. I think staining them a tad bit darker from the original would have made a much better contrast. Instead they went almost white, and it looks like a rinsed off rush paint job.

[@kenc2257]

That finish certainly isn't to everyone's taste. But, the homeowners apparently choose it, so...

[@rbnhd1976]

Stand out from the floor maybe

[@mendonesiac]

I like the whitewash, but that's cuz knotty pine gives me flashbacks of my childhood when wood was used everywhere.

[@brodie659]

What is happening at 11:39 - I've watched it like 4 times and I can't figure it out.

[@srdsrd16]

Peeling wallpaper

[@Mihogan]

I'll never understand white washing. Maro is a master of the craft and even still it looks horrific

[@Mihogan]

@Frank Silvers seriously, being racist?

[@Mihogan]

I like Deshawn

[@borys444]

What a prick!!!

[@borys444]

@@Kevin-mp5of it’s really the classic plumbers lament

[@TrumpAmerica-2024]

what about dekevun?

[@Nobody-U-Want-2-Know]

I wonder if Gordon still has white primer on his hand…

[@jacobpayne1]

I was today years old when I realized the actually function of real shutters. SMH 🤦‍♀️

[@armyvet8279]

Huh??

[@kenc2257]

@@brianglade848 Most/many shutters on homes nowadays (the last home we owned that had shutters was in the panhandle of Florida) are not functional. Those shutters on our FL home were just screwed to the brickwork--they were not operable (couldn't be closed--they were always "open"). Weird too, as we lived in a hurricane zone, and it would have been helpful to close the shutters during storms.

[@eballacharles0302]

👌👍👊😲

[@IfPushComesToShove]

i really don't like how the electrician made his connection on the LED strip, not how i would do it and it would be more resistant to water and faster with better connections

[@ja8898]

That HVAC register is directly in the center of the walkway. Kind of annoying...

[@arcadiagreen150]

There is a white collar engineer somewhere that still got paid for THAT blueprint.

[@rbnhd1976]

If I can ever get a house with no floor vents, I will finally be content. Floor vents blow stuff up on everything around them. (dust bunnies hair etc)

[@warnerrobins8542]

This video came out a week ago on a different youtube channel.

[@elvishfiend]

Well, the episode was first aired in Jan 2020, so it's not like they haven't taken their sweet time uploading it.

[@TrumpAmerica-2024]

14:45 - did kevin borrow one of jen's shirts?

[@juliansutherland6364]

COVID pounds there Kevin.

[@TrumpAmerica-2024]

@@juliansutherland6364 this was filmed long before the scamdemic.

[@SK-dr4bf]

for led lights shouldn't use soldering(that's against NEC and not good practice for outdoors). mechanical crimping

[@harveylong5878]

@@Kevin-mp5of Nor does NEC strait forbid soldering. as per NEC - Conductors shall be spliced or joined with splicing devices identified for the use OR by brazing,welding,or soldering with a fusible metal alloy.Soldered splices shall first be spliced or joined so as to be MECHANICALLY and electrically secure without solder and then soldered.

[@harveylong5878]

@@Kevin-mp5of the point I was making is that NEC doesn't forbid soldering at all

[@BUEAU]

@8:30 you're gonna regret that table. The corners on those legs are going to gouge into your shins. 20 yrs ago I had a coffee table just like that and I still have scars. Amateur design. Those bulky legs are at the widest points (and most bumpiest) of the ellipse, and you will def bump ur shin into it and it will hurt... A lot.

[@holdemNE1]

2:20........you mean joined them together using dominos

[@holdemNE1]

@@Kevin-mp5of Corrected. Everyone calls them dominos. After 53 years I finally saved all my paper route money and bought one. I love it.

[@TrumpAmerica-2024]

bet norm had a buick key in his pocket

[@borys444]

This isn’t a matter that concerns u or at least not at this time..

[@borys444]

@@brianglade848 hmmm...that’s a very good question. Perhaps he should get that raise at work after all. I mean the guy does work. What do u think?

[@borys444]

@@brianglade848 I think we should fire Kevin though, his work has been horrendous the past 2 weeks,

[@borys444]

@@Kevin-mp5of what did u tell Bobby the other day at work? Go ahead now u can speak the truth no one is judging..

[@bjornjoseph]

Mauro is cool but man I personally hate painting

[@flat-earther]

bjornjoseph I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

[@core8967]

I bet norm liked watching those shutters you made with the sweet joinery (butt and glue)

[@FullSendPrecision]

That table is hardware store dimensional lumber. Change my mind.

[@benb7727]

Kevin you don’t have to walk through the house pretending like you know all the names of the subs on the job. It’s ok to be a big shot TV guy if you’re a big shot TV guy.

[@benb7727]

@Frank Silvers Only because it’s part of the script. You can’t watch these clips and not see that the whole thing is perfectly timed guys walking in and out, moving tools and materials. It just looks and feels contrived.

[@NickCBax]

No sign off. Killing tradition… eh?

[@johnames6430]

money is no object to these two huh, everything customer, millions spent in renovations

[@streetplatoon562]

First 🥇

[@TrumpAmerica-2024]

@@Kevin-mp5of gabby's pickle

[@TrumpAmerica-2024]

@@Kevin-mp5of a caulk ring?

[@josecondemarin9586]

Why am I seeing the video twice, I follow you guys for some time but lately I see the same video twice are you guys aware we are noticing the game is played. Honestly please...

[@meinkamph5327]

Everything was awesome until he used children's glue to assemble the shutters. Is wood glue not sold for the use in a caulking gun??? I see so much effort towards prep, all the way up to assembly. Then throw all ur effort out the window with a cheap shortcut!!! It's so obvious, it is painful to watch.

[@scotttovey]

Not likely for assembly. More likely for sealing the end grain against water absorption. The assembly was done with screws.

[@meinkamph5327]

What would you use?

[@meinkamph5327]

@@Kevin-mp5of You must use the same crap.

[@meinkamph5327]

@@Kevin-mp5of Ok kev

[@tonebone2895]

What are you talking about? I'm almost certain that gorilla construction adhesive is superior to regular wood glue. I have worked with that stuff before, it's awesome!