Old House Gardens & Exteriors Ideas for Porches, Patios & Decks Wood columns, balustrades, and even fretwork can last decades provided they’re cut from long-lived, dimensionally stable wood with a low moisture content.
Old House Gardens & Exteriors Nostalgic Colonial Revival Gardens Roses climbing the arbor, brick paths through the perennials, and a sundial: Colonial Revival gardens are the definition of Americana.
Old House Gardens & Exteriors A Salvaged Garden in Cleveland A dismantled home finds new life when it’s salvaged parts are repurposed for a garden.
Old House Gardens & Exteriors Designing Traditional Indoor/Outdoor Spaces Jan Gleysteen Architects shows us three ideas for connecting indoor spaces with outdoor wonders.
Old House Gardens & Exteriors A Colorful Tudor Revival Garden The garden outside a 1938 Tudor evolves from swaths of green to a colorful Eden.
Old House Gardens & Exteriors Guide to Old Doors Whether welcoming guests at the entry or hiding the contents of a closet, traditional doors are a key element of period millwork.
Old House Gardens & Exteriors 12 Rules for Victorian Polychrome Paint Schemes Follow these guidelines to create cohesive Victorian color schemes.
Old House Gardens & Exteriors Top 10 Gardening Trends of the Last Decade Michael Weishan explores 10 ways gardening has changed (for the better!) in the last 10 years.
Old House Gardens & Exteriors The Best Roofing Materials for Old Houses The right roof can be your home’s crowning architectural statement.
Old House Gardens & Exteriors How To Design a Shed for Your Old House For an outbuilding that complements your old house, start with traditional styles and materials.
Old House Gardens & Exteriors Paint Schemes for a Victorian Cottage Historical color experts suggest that this late Victorian cottage might be polychromed in period colors.
Old House Gardens & Exteriors The Evolution of Old-House Windows Windows evolved through time to help define the houses they accompany.
Old House Gardens & Exteriors Re-creating an Italianate Porch To create a fitting vintage porch for an 1870s Italianate, this couple looked to historical precedents.
Old House Gardens & Exteriors A Second Empire Cottage Garden A cottage garden ends up being a couple’s happy place.