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Bedroom Basics
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Bedroom Basics

Give your sleeping space some love by freeing wedged dresser drawers, creating a new closet  layout, and hanging a pretty printed wallpaper.

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4 mins  |
November/December 2016
Inviting and Efficient
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Inviting and Efficient

This Colonial-style kitchen is an OHJ reader favorite; is it the warm patina, or that display of redware?

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November/December 2016
The Decorated Bathroom
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The Decorated Bathroom

Although the room’s layout is typical, deft choices in flooring, lighting, and decorating made it a period piece.

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November/December 2016
Kitchen Cabinets 
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Kitchen Cabinets 

Cabinet design and details are critical in making a new kitchen fit  an old house. We look at traditional construction, and outline the must-haves for restoration-worthy cabinets.

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March/April 2017
Chicken-Wire Glass
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Chicken-Wire Glass

New Yorkers Gretchen and Ray Master embraced the use of salvaged wire glass in transoms and door panels at their early 20th-century loft apartment.

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January/February 2017
The New Lighting High Tech, Historical Revival
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The New Lighting High Tech, Historical Revival

The future of lighting has never been brighter. Options are more energy efficient than ever before, and possibilities range from traditional bulbs to tiny emitters that can go anywhere.

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January/February 2017
Tale Of A Charleston Single House
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Tale Of A Charleston Single House

The 1836 Greek Revival house, built by a member of the prominent Taft family, remains under the diligent care of Umbrian-born preservationists with a light touch.

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January/February 2017
Cooperstown's Historical Cred
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Cooperstown's Historical Cred

STUDENTS OF HISTORY, ART, AND ARCHITECTURE WILL BE IMMERSED.

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1 min  |
January - February 2018
A House Remade For Two
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A House Remade For Two

A modest addition and Tudor elements turn a 1953 house into home for a couple. 

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1 min  |
January - February 2018
Ask Old House Journal
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Ask Old House Journal

I’ve seen a master or nanny bedroom connected to a nursery. I’m not sure why a bedroom would have two hall doors; is it possible your large bedroom once was two smaller chambers? —Patricia Poore

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October 2016
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A House Rescued Simplicity Restored

Fake siding and popcorn ceilings didn’t faze restoration veterans who saw the inherent charm of this rural bungalow in northwest Oregon. They set about making it right again.

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July/August 2017
Building A Good Picket Fence
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Building A Good Picket Fence

Planning for longevity is worth the effort. 

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July/August 2017
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Window Shades From Vintage Maps

Here’s a straightforward salvage project.

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3 mins  |
July/August 2017
stuff thermals screwed up
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stuff thermals screwed up

our 1940's colonial revival has hot-water baseboard heaters. when we moved in a few years ago, the walls were pristine, but lately we’ve been plagued with ghosted jets of grime on the walls above the vent openings. it’s kind of creepy.

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january/february 2017

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