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Gardens & Exteriors

Gardens and Exteriors

Advice for the exterior of your old house, whether it’s the roofing that needs repairs or the garden that could use some inspiration. Find tips on curb appeal from mailboxes to exterior lighting.

5 Tips for Creating a Gorgeous Garden

Thumbnail image for 5 Tips for Creating a Gorgeous Garden Using 5 tried-and-true methods, these gardeners transformed their overgrown lot in upstate New York.
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Decorating the Garden with Antiques

Thumbnail image for Decorating the Garden with Antiques Embellishing your old-house garden with antiques provides both a unique focal point and an instant sense of history.
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20 Ideas for Outdoor Decor

Thumbnail image for 20 Ideas for Outdoor Decor Making a splash in your outdoor environment is as easy as adding a few well-placed, period-appropriate accessories.
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3 Iconic & Inspiring Historic Gardens

Thumbnail image for 3 Iconic & Inspiring Historic Gardens Three historic gardens inspire and guide landscape design for the new old house.
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4 Ideas for Energy-Efficient Doors

Thumbnail image for 4 Ideas for Energy-Efficient Doors Follow these 4 steps to keep a lock on energy savings.
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5 Ideas to Keep Water Away from Your House

Thumbnail image for 5 Ideas to Keep Water Away from Your House These easy-to-implement tips can help your house function as it should by mitigating water infiltration.
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6 Favorite Antique Roses

Thumbnail image for 6 Favorite Antique Roses Old-fashioned and low-maintenance, these vintage varieties of antique roses will add a hint of the past to your garden.
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7 Antebellum Gardens to Visit

Thumbnail image for 7 Antebellum Gardens to Visit The South's antebellum homes can provide ideal inspiration for your own lofty garden plans. Plan your visit with this guide to a handful of the region's most beautiful gardens.
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8 Tips for Energy-Efficient Old Windows

Thumbnail image for 8 Tips for Energy-Efficient Old Windows Repair or replace? The ongoing tug-of-war has gotten more heated with renewed concern about energy use. Here are 8 guidelines to help you decide.
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A Farm Reinvented

Thumbnail image for A Farm Reinvented A professional landscape designer takes on the challenge of revamping a garden for a centuries-old working farm.
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A House for the Automobile

Thumbnail image for A House for the Automobile The changing garage.
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A Mission Garden

Thumbnail image for A Mission Garden The hilly, unkempt site wasn’t his first choice, but Jim Bishop used its limitations to create a stunning, low-water landscape with rock-strewn dry streambeds, tile-decorated garden rooms, potted succulents, and meandering steps.
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A Modern Landscape Designed by Students

Thumbnail image for A Modern Landscape Designed by Students A pair of budget-minded homeowners gets a winning landscape design to accompany their Modernist house, courtesy of a group of college students.
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A Short Course on Historic Mortar

Thumbnail image for A Short Course on Historic Mortar When repointing a stone building, it's important to know the history of the bricks to accurately match your mortar.
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Antebellum Garden Design

Thumbnail image for Antebellum Garden Design Before the Civil War, Southern plantation gardens were much like the houses themselves: majestic and geometric, with a twist on European design.
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Arts & Crafts Door Options

Thumbnail image for Arts & Crafts Door Options Today, millwork companies are opening up to the look of early 20th-century Arts & Crafts doors.
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Best Garage Door Design Tools

Thumbnail image for Best Garage Door Design Tools Want to try on a garage door before you buy it? Here are our recommendations for the best free online design tools offered by manufacturers.
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Best Hydrangeas for Historic Gardens

Thumbnail image for Best Hydrangeas for Historic Gardens Excellent as garden specimens and for cut flowers, these hydrangeas provide months of colorful bloom in historic gardens. Let these pictures of hydrangeas inspire your spring planting choices!
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Better Ways to Lasting Wood

Thumbnail image for Better Ways to Lasting Wood Borate gets new attention as a less toxic safeguard against rot and insects.
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Choosing Victorian Paint Colors

Thumbnail image for Choosing Victorian Paint Colors Author Brian Coleman gives us the inside scoop on how he selected the Victorian house paint colors for his fanciful Queen Anne.
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