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Behind the Scenes of a Decade-Long Restoration


How To Repair Leaded Glass

Learn to repair your home's old leaded glass by following along with a fearless DIYer.

Online exclusive: Download a list of materials you'll need for this project.
How To Repair Leaded Glass


A Post-Fire Bauhaus Rehab

Sensing hidden potential through layers of damage, a Massachusetts couple buys and resurrects an original Bauhaus in the wake of a devastating fire.

Online exclusive: Check out other Bauhaus-influenced houses in Massachusetts.
A Post-Fire Bauhaus Rehab


Questions to Ask Your Old-House Contractor

Finding just the right contractor for your restoration project can be tricky—but these questions will get you started down the right path.
Questions to Ask Your Old-House Contractor


Outdoor Revival: Designing a Classical Garden

A soggy lawn gets a makeover to match an early 20th-century Georgian Revival home.
Outdoor Revival: Designing a Classical Garden


Textbook Victorians of Cape May

The high-style houses of Cape May, New Jersey, showcase the best of Victorian-era architecture.
Textbook Victorians of Cape May


Arts & Crafts Alfresco: Products for the Home & Garden

Exterior Arts & Crafts-style fixtures—from door knockers to doormats—carry on the movement's age-old traditions of handicraft and natural living.
Products for the Home & Garden


History Lessons: Discovering a Bungalow's Past

Doug and Faith McDaniel's diligent research into the history of their 1915 bungalow paid off with a surprising discovery.
History Lessons: Discovering a Bungalow's Past


How to Repair a Stone Wall

When masonry buildings need repairs, a few simple tools—and some practice—will make them good as new again.
How to Repair a Stone Wall


Bathroom Break: Refreshing a Colonial Revival Bath

Thanks to some lucky finds and a dose of ingenuity, a Colonial Revival bathroom is transformed into a light-filled, period-appropriate retreat.

Online exclusive: Read about other amazing old-house discoveries in our special archive.
Bathroom Break: Refreshing a Colonial Revival Bath


Coming Clean: History of the Bathtub

An inside look at the evolution of the common bathtub can help you choose the right one for your old house.
Coming Clean: History of the Bathtub


How to Move an Old Door

An expert's step-by-step tutorial can help you put an old door to work in a new jamb.

Online exclusive: See how Mark kept the mushroom factor in check on this project.
How to Move an Old Door


Hue's Clues: Inside Historic Paint Research

High-tech methods make it easier than ever to uncover and re-create historic paint finishes.

Online exclusive: Get the scoop on period-appropriate paint colors and formulas.
Historic Paint Research


Living History: Restoring a Louisiana Plantation

An architectural historian breathes new life into a 19th-century planter's home.
Living History: Restoring a Louisiana Plantation


Finding the French: Early French Architecture in America

A few easy-to-identify clues reveal the French accent on early American architecture.
Early French Architecture in America


How To Restore a Stone Walkway

An 80-year-old stone walkway gets a thorough makeover to become good as new again.
How To Restore a Stone Walkway



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