Vermont Verde Antique is an acid resistant, stain resistant, hardy, durable, low maintenance rich green serpentine stone perfect for kitchen and bath counters, shower enclosures, fireplace surrounds, and floors.

Hand-sanded and hand-finished solid white oak, cherry, and mahogany cabinets, dressers, tables, chairs, beds, and armoires.

A central heating and cooling system using "aspiration" technology to warm and cool homes evenly and quietly with flexible small ducts that weave through ceilings, walls, and even floors.

In an old house or one built in a revival style, default to the look of early 20th-century bathrooms with white fixtures.

Across the river from Manhattan, a mansard-roofed townhouse built in 1883 gets the superlative treatment, guided by a preservation-minded designer.

Gutted and back on the market, the gambrel house showed promise.

This ca. 1804 Federal example has come alive with the addition of period wallpapers. The Captain Elias Davis House is a remarkable survivor that’s now part of the Cape Ann Museum in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Recently it was repapered with block-printed designs by Adelphi Paper Hangings.

Two easy methods for silencing annoying squeaks in your hardwood floors.

Repurpose salvaged cabinet knobs by turning them into a row of handy hooks.

To mitigate the formality of a house on Lake Placid, G.P. Schafer Architect turns to classical design and vernacular forms for inspiration. The result is a comfortable, casual, and gracious house on the shore.

In Black Mountain, North Carolina, craftsmanship holds sway, giving a new cabin all the warmth and integrity of an old house.

Across the river from Manhattan, a mansard-roofed townhouse built in 1883 gets the superlative treatment, guided by a preservation-minded designer.

Gutted and back on the market, the gambrel house showed promise.

This ca. 1804 Federal example has come alive with the addition of period wallpapers. The Captain Elias Davis House is a remarkable survivor that’s now part of the Cape Ann Museum in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Recently it was repapered with block-printed designs by Adelphi Paper Hangings.

To mitigate the formality of a house on Lake Placid, G.P. Schafer Architect turns to classical design and vernacular forms for inspiration. The result is a comfortable, casual, and gracious house on the shore.

In Black Mountain, North Carolina, craftsmanship holds sway, giving a new cabin all the warmth and integrity of an old house.

In the University section of Burlington, Vermont, an unusual 1899 brick American Foursquare got a new lease on life, thanks to a dedicated owner.

An Arts & Crafts-era chalet-style lodge called The Boulders has been a Lake Otsego landmark since it was built in 1915.

A straightforward approach brought back a farmstead on the brink of ruin.

Two easy methods for silencing annoying squeaks in your hardwood floors.

• By Lynn Elliot

Repurpose salvaged cabinet knobs by turning them into a row of handy hooks.

• By Old House Online

The case of the foul-smelling can of paint, and a fix.

• By Editors

From transforming antique doors into a fireplace surround or building a shelf using salvaged corbels and fence boards, we show you six different ways to breathe new life into old items.

• By Editors

Cleaned up and repurposed, an old French dental-tools cabinet is nifty and functional in the kitchen.

• By Brian D. Coleman

When all the upper kitchen cabinets come loose.

• By Editors

An old floor of earthy geometric tiles rescued from a razed church adds soul to a period-look row-house kitchen.

• By Brian D. Coleman

Calcimine, old papers, peeling paint! Preparing the plaster substrate is the key to a good paint or wallpaper finish. In an old house, it’s not always an easy job: surprises likely lurk behind the recent latex and that floral vinyl upstairs.

• By Mary Ellen Polson