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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.
Inviting and Efficient
This Colonial-style kitchen is an OHJ reader favorite; is it the warm patina, or that display of redware?
The Decorated Bathroom
Although the room’s layout is typical, deft choices in flooring, lighting, and decorating made it a period piece.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Cooperstown's Historical Cred
STUDENTS OF HISTORY, ART, AND ARCHITECTURE WILL BE IMMERSED.
A House Remade For Two
A modest addition and Tudor elements turn a 1953 house into home for a couple.
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
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.
Building A Good Picket Fence
Planning for longevity is worth the effort.
Window Shades From Vintage Maps
Here’s a straightforward salvage project.
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.