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Preservation Meets Today’s Lifestyle Honoring design integrity while creating personal comfort.

What Lies Beneath Substitute Siding Tips for removing various types of siding to reveal the
original design of the façade.

Sconehenge Saga A house of many moods interpreted by a decorative-arts historian and more...

Living with Plastics - Plastics are ubiquitous and often suitable; here’s how to evaluate building products to avoid recent concerns.

TOOLS & MATERIALS - Plastics-free home products made of timeless and trustworthy materials.

The Pantry On the wish-list of many homebuyers, it’s an idea both nostalgic and practical.

Faux Finish Revival: Graining, Lincrusta Ingenuity, craftsmanship—and labor—are critical for the revival of trompe l’oeil wainscots, grained doors, and embossed Lincrusta. Also: new stenciling.

Sun Parlors & Other Bright Spaces
Daylight, ventilation, and an informal place to relax: inspiration from 1920s sunporches.

Riddle of the Water
Detective work led to solutions from French drains to rebuilt stonework.

Beat the Heat: Cool Innovations
New and improved tech joins the rediscovery of time-tested ways to keep a house cool.

The Unabashed Maximalist
A delightfully eccentric interior awaits in a San Francisco aerie.

Kitchens & Baths
Whether you’re going for a retro look or installing contemporary function with sensitivity, here you’ll find cabinets, appliances, sinks & faucets, countertops, backsplashes, and fixtures.

Wall & Floor Tile
Tile is the perfect marriage of practical and beautiful. The wide world of choices ranges from affordable field tiles to smallbatch art tile, plus glass and metal.

Building Our Kitchen Was a Labor of Love
Years of planning culminated in a 13-month renovation undertaken by a talented couple of DIY restorers.

Committed to the Villa
Authenticity and Victorian glamour have been restored to this imposing house built in 1855.

KITCHENS & BATHS
A new bathroom designed for a 1940 Tudor Revival house uses motifs of the period..

Rescuing Old Hardware
How to recondition vintage hardware, whether it’s in your house or from a flea market.

A Greene & Greene House Restored
An early, more modest commission is brought back from neglect.
61 ART GLASS OF THE BUNGALOW ERA

Whimsical Woodwork
Original elements offer an inspiring portfolio of design ideas, to appreciate or repeat.

FAVORITE BATH
A classy bath in wood and marble brings the luxury of a spa home. 

A Transitional House in St. Louis
A couple restores a Late Victorian house full of arresting details, incorporating Arts & Crafts design.
64 SEASONAL MANTELS

VINTAGE VISION
Tanglemoor, built in 1904: the Editor’s own unmuddling.

OLD HOUSE DIYer
Illustrating how to wire a chandelier and hang a ceiling medallion.

kitchens & baths 
Whether you’re going for a retro look or installing contemporary function with sensitivity, here you’ll find cabinets, appliances, sinks & faucets, countertops, backsplashes, and fixtures.

wall & floor tile 
Tile is the perfect marriage of practical and beautiful. The wide world of choices ranges from affordable field tiles to small batch art tile, plus glass and metal.

THEY STILL MAKE
Armillary spheres: decorative garden globes with history.

KITCHENS & BATHS
Color and texture bring tranquil, seaside appeal to a new bathroom in California.

The Case for Shutters
Old houses deserve shutters that truly fit the window opening and that close tight..

Original Built-ins
Looking to real-deal examples of permanent furniture from different styles and eras.

KITCHENS & BATHS
A livable new kitchen in the Arts & Crafts vocabulary, with products inspired by it.

Postwar Revival for Kitchens & Baths
Rare is the room that doesn’t need work, even from this period. What can you save?

KNOW HOW
An experienced do-it-yourselfer shares her Victorian Revival bath in periwinkle.

Start with a Vignette
How to ease into a furnishing scheme. Also: tips for hanging pictures in old houses.

Plaster Repairs
An expert practitioner takes us through some historic and arcane restoration projects.

KITCHENS & BATHS
Craftsman-era details shine in a new, mid-sized kitchen for a bungalow..

Built for the Ages
Authentic detailing and regional forms weave this riverside home into the rich fabric of Annapolis architecture.
BY JENNIFER SPERRY

Bayou Bliss
Architect J. Everett Schram infuses a new family home with centuries-old Creole soul.
BY JENNIFER SPERRY

Coastal Cottage
Cued Up
An architect and interior designer look to the past to create a modern cottage on New York’s Fishers Island.
BY J. MICHAEL WELTON

Designing on a Budget
Tips covering easy upgrades, kitchens, finishes, and more.

TOOLS & MATERIALS
Better stuff to have you stripping like a pro: from the right mask to a helpful test kit.

KNOW-HOW
Expert carpentry repairs save a valuable Tudor archtop door that had rotted..

Arts & Crafts Lineage
An introduction, or a review, of all the many favors of A&C architecture, furniture, and art, with a who’s-who of luminaries of the original movement.

Jewel of Fort Worth
Collectors give a bungalow–chalet the quintessential A&C interior with period lighting, pottery, and Stickley furniture.

Hardware & Lighting
Deciding how to mix and match in choosing the hardworking jewelry for your old house.

KITCHENS & BATHS
The “furnished bath” is a good model for early homes..

Garages & Outbuildings
Recently designed examples show the importance of site, style, and function.

Restoring Casement Windows
Whether wood or steel, these picturesque, hinged windows may be in need of repair.

Kitchens & Baths 
Whether you’re going for a retro look or installing contemporary function with sensitivity, here you’ll find cabinets, appliances, sinks & faucets, countertops, backsplashes, and fixtures.

Wall & Floor tile 
Tile is the perfect marriage of practical and beautiful. The wide world of choices ranges from affordable field tiles to smallbatch art tile, plus glass and metal.

The Paint Story - Hints on prep, tools, modern paint formulas, and cleaning up.

A Nantucket Original - A well-preserved saltbox Cape, updated with sensitivity, retains its old-house presence.

Good Fences by Design
It starts with function—which determines so much. Then consider the home’s style and era.

VINTAGE VISION
A streamlined kitchen remodel that dates from a 1946 magazine advertisement.

Displaying Collections
Hints on curating and arranging collectibles: in cabinets, on plate rail or mantel, on the wall.

Reclaiming the Attic
Look up to expand, if it’s feasible, before committing to an expensive addition.

Mountain House
Three generations and a historic house in Chillicothe, Ohio.

Moving Toward Fossil Free
Evolving technology makes it possible to heat and cool with cleaner energy sources.

OLD HOUSE DIYer
The care and feeding of leather upholstery.

Curated for Comfort
Artist and craftsperson Gwen Jones fine-tunes a handsome 1916 bungalow in the Paci c Northwest, selecting a sympathetic palette.

Truer in Blue
In the design for a modest bath last remodeled in the 1980s, two designers add creature comforts while staying true to the 1922 home.

The LED Dilemma
The latest news in lighting technology includes bulbs that beat flicker and buzz. Plus: integrated-LED fixtures.

DO THIS, NOT THAT
Use the correct sequence when painting doors.

Unexpected Inheritance
A couple find themselves in possession of a whimsical treasure.

VINTAGE VISION
Striped awnings brighten a pattern-book house, published around 1930.

Quintessentially Maine
A 1910 Shingle house by John Calvin Stevens is sensitively brought back.

OLD HOUSE DIYer
Louvers, joints, and rot: how to repair exterior wood shutters.

Kitchens & baths 
Whether you’re going for a retro look or installing contemporary function with sensitivity, here you’ll find cabinets, appliances, sinks & faucets, countertops, backsplashes, and fixtures.

walls & ceilings 
Take your time and enjoy the many possibilities in finishes. Do a period treatment, or update the idea.

The Jazz Age & Beyond
Houses of the 1920s–40s, and how to treat them.

Restoring Porches: Deck and Rail
Besides the roof, it’s the porch deck and balustrades that take a beating. Here are tips on best practice and materials.

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