It will always feel like summer with "Metford" Frieze crowning your room. This playful and elegant border is part of our newly released "Jeffrey" roomset. Shown here in Cerulean. Available in two colorways. Samples available at www.bradbury.com

Ward Clapboard Mill specializes in producing authentic Vertical Grain Early American Clapboards

Family owned manufacturer of top quality red cedar, mahogany, basswood, poplar, and red oak shutters for interior and exterior, and providers of full painting services, a large selection of exterior hardware and endless cutout design.

See Babs' first dream house—a stylish Mid-century Modern Ranch.

It’s trendy to repurpose five-panel doors as headboards, and to up-cycle vintage hard-shell suitcases into dog beds. For restorers, the best use of architectural salvage is to replace missing architectural details that should never have been lost in the first place.

Renowned garden writer Tovah Martin shares her personal garden in Connecticut.

Romantic details for Italian styles: villa, row house, or in a rural vernacular.

Ultimate salvaging: a schoolhouse becomes a home.

The OHJ editors and writer Tovah Martin share their favorite old-house gardening books.

Period-appropriate furniture for every style.

Old conservatory windows found at a salvage yard became pocket doors separating bedrooms.

Ultimate salvaging: a schoolhouse becomes a home.

Top-notch restoration for an 1881 Italianate, inside and out! Respectful owners create comfortable rooms, a period-inspired kitchen—and even removed a boxcar addition.

Spacious, recuperative, and quaint describe this survivor from the days of mountain camp retreats.

The Portland family wanted to live someday on Lake Oswego. When they stumbled upon a 1927 shingled cottage with Arts & Crafts stonework, it felt like home.

With a light touch, a Connecticut big house–little house configuration is restored after a fire. “Good old noncombustible plaster is what saved the historic house,” says the interior designer.

This family was on a mission to revive and protect the historic 1809 structure.

Home sweet gnome? This 1923 house in Los Angeles exemplifies the fairy-tale subset of Historical Revival homes of the early 20th century.

A homeowner with a penchant for early antiques invites a preservation consultant in to help her unscramble a house initially built with architectural salvage.

It’s trendy to repurpose five-panel doors as headboards, and to up-cycle vintage hard-shell suitcases into dog beds. For restorers, the best use of architectural salvage is to replace missing architectural details that should never have been lost in the first place.

• By Mary Ellen Polson

Old conservatory windows found at a salvage yard became pocket doors separating bedrooms.

• By Brian D. Coleman

The task of removing woodwork without splintering the pieces—and then reassembling all of it correctly—is sobering. Here are methods developed by OHJ readers and salvagers.

• By Patricia Poore

A mason and homeowners derail a near disaster while building a stone chimney.

• By Editors

A reader's question about failing grout prompts a spot-on tutorial from a tile expert.

• By Riley Doty

Stenciling is an easy and historically appropriate way to add interest to your walls.

• By Lynn Elliot

In this video, see how with The Unico System it is possible to add central air and keep your high ceilings, crown molding, arch ways and closets.

• By Old House Online

Unico Small-Duct Heating and Air Conditioning

• By Old House Online