https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/173ecade-662e-42da-bef5-781e9c256cc2 Jenn helps a homeowner add some curb appeal to his house using Victorian plants to match the design of his house; the team shares more home inspection nightmares; Mauro demonstrates how to accurately match a paint color; Tom and Kevin hand carve wooden serving utensils using leftover pine from a previous Build It project. SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse Looking for more step by step guidance on how to complete projects around the house? Join This Old House INSIDER to stream over 1,000 episodes commercial-free: https://bit.ly/2GPiYbH   Plus, download our app for streaming full episodes to your connected TV, phone or tablet: https://bit.ly/34RYEP5 How to Plant a Victorian Garden Jenn installed a variety of plants that she felt were appropriate for a 1900s Victorian. These included green mountain boxwoods, green velvet boxwoods, limelight hydrangeas, viburnums, rose of sharons, and azaleas. These can all be found at nurseries. Home Inspection Nightmares | Crooked Chimney Expert assistance with this segment was provided by the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI). How to Match a Paint Color To match a paint color, Mauro recommends cutting a small section of the paint away to create a chip to then bring to a home center or paint store to be color matched. Utility knives can be found at home centers and almost every home center is capable of color-matching a paint sample. Build It | Hand-carved Utensils Tom and Kevin carved the utensils out of some leftover southern white pine that they used for the how-to video Build It | Wine Rack. To cut and carve the spoon and fork, Tom picked out a variety of hand-carving tools, including a carving gouge, spoke shave, a couple different rasps, a coping saw, a Japanese pull saw, and a hand plane. Some of these tools can be found at home centers, but it will be easier to locate them all at specialty woodworking shops. The sandpaper Tom and Kevin used to smooth down the utensils can be found at home centers. To finish the utensils, Tom and Kevin applied a Butcher Block Conditioner, which is manufactured by Howard and can be found at home centers. Products and Services from this episode: Butcher Block Conditioner https://www.howardproducts.com/ American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI) https://www.homeinspector.org/ How to Plant a Victorian Garden http://www.nawadalandscapedesign.com Forever Green Landscaping https://www.forevergreenlandscaping.net/ About Ask This Old House TV: Homeowners have a virtual truckload of questions for us on smaller projects, and we're ready to answer. Ask This Old House solves the steady stream of home improvement problems faced by our viewers—and we make house calls! Ask This Old House features some familiar faces from This Old House, including Kevin O'Connor, general contractor Tom Silva, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, and landscape contractor Roger Cook. Follow This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseIG   For more This Old House, visit us at: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseWebsite Ask This Old House | Historic Plantings, Wood Utensils (S17 E26) | FULL EPISODE https://www.youtube.com/user/thisoldhouse/ Fri, 15 May 2026 22:42:57 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/173ecade-662e-42da-bef5-781e9c256cc2 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.