Old House Gardens & Exteriors

Styles, projects, and ideas for old house gardens and exteriors, including planting tips, painting, siding, roofing, shutters, and windows.

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The Unico System

Old House Gardens & Exteriors

Historic American Finery: Early Doors & Entries

Although construction, massing, and various elements help identify a house’s style, the entryway and doors often provide obvious clues.

Old House Gardens & Exteriors

A Traditional Landscape for a Philadelphia Main Line Estate

Doyle Herman Design Associates bring seamless modernity to a traditional landscape, preserving the viewshed and complementing a Philadelphia Main Line estate.

Old House Gardens & Exteriors

Energy-Efficient Windows for Old Houses

Looking to cut your energy costs and perhaps score a tax credit? Plenty of period-friendly windows and doors meet the new standards.

Old House Gardens & Exteriors

Lighting for Porch & Patio

Light the way—and your home’s architectural details—with well-placed landscape lighting.

Old House Gardens & Exteriors

Tovah Martin’s Autumn Garden at Furthermore

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

Old House Gardens & Exteriors

Horizontal Siding Guide

A survey of basic millwork patterns and their installation.

Old House Gardens & Exteriors

Decorative Shingling Ideas

By getting creative with your shingling you can add flare and character to your house.

Old House Gardens & Exteriors

Designing a Historic Georgian Revival Garden

A soggy lawn gets a makeover to match an early 20th-century Georgian Revival home.

Old House Gardens & Exteriors

The Architecture of the Garden

Design your garden around the style of your house.

Old House Gardens & Exteriors

Large southern plantation homes often lacked lavish outdoor spaces, but ones that did sport elaborate gardens tended to be designed in a geometric manner that complemented the classical and formal lines of the house.

Old House Gardens & Exteriors

Greek Revival Garden

Emerging out of mud and stumps, a pretty garden flourishes around an 1835 Greek Revival farmhouse.

Old House Gardens & Exteriors

A Do-It-Yourself Water Feature

A buried trough for water plants and soothing sound.

Old House Gardens & Exteriors

Ground Covers and Underplanting

In The Garden: Add texture, prevent weeds, do away with mulch.

Old House Gardens & Exteriors

Restoring Historic Hardscapes

One of the real pleasures of owning an old house is that the landscape around it has reached maturity. To revive or enhance hardscape elements from the land’s past history, expect to do some sleuthing.

Old House Gardens & Exteriors

Taming Wildmuir, An English Garden

In New York’s Catskill Mountains, an English garden with deep roots and its architecture intact is nudged toward simplicity with native plants and shrubs.

Old House Gardens & Exteriors

The Moustache House

“Eyebrow-raising design choices!” –Linda Clark

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Old House Gardens & Exteriors

Product of the Week

Classic Gutter Systems

Crown Point Cabinetry

The Unico System

Historic American Finery: Early Doors & Entries

A Traditional Landscape for a Philadelphia Main Line Estate

Energy-Efficient Windows for Old Houses

Lighting for Porch & Patio

Tovah Martin’s Autumn Garden at Furthermore

Horizontal Siding Guide

Decorative Shingling Ideas

Designing a Historic Georgian Revival Garden

The Architecture of the Garden

Antebellum Garden Design

Greek Revival Garden

A Do-It-Yourself Water Feature

Ground Covers and Underplanting

Restoring Historic Hardscapes

Taming Wildmuir, An English Garden

The Moustache House