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Exterior Shutters and Hardware

Forget about fake aluminum shutters fixed to the house with lag bolts. A vintage house deserves shutters with real raised panels, louvers, or some combination of the two.

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Victorian Garden Bedding

The colorful, fragrant garden bedding popular during the Victorian era can be a fitting addition to a range of old-house landscapes.

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Classic Greenhouses & Conservatories

A conservatory or greenhouse was a must for the wealthy a century ago. Today you can spend a little or a lot.

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Farmhouse Siding Repair

How one homeowner found a second set of siding hidden underneath vinyl.

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Battling Wood Rot & Termites With Borate

Borate gets new attention as a less toxic safeguard against wood rot and wood-destroying insects, such as termites.

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Creating Architectural Stone

Architectural stone, from base to cornice.

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Arts & Crafts Door Options

Today, millwork companies are opening up to the look of early 20th-century Arts & Crafts doors.

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Screen Door Repair Options

Wood-frame screen doors are a part of our collective summer subconscious. They mark the return of warm weather with their veil-like forms and announce every visitor as they spring shut with a slap.

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Garage Door Design Guide

From the opening of the auto age, garage doors scored serious style points. Today, manufacturers offer a variety of period-perfect portals that evoke those eye-catching early designs.

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Doors and Entrances by Design

Once houses moved beyond being merely dwellings, doors and entrances grew to become important expressions of architectural style.

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A House for the Automobile

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Expert Advice: Vestibules

Clues on the history and appearance of vestibules.

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Décor for an Arts & Crafts Garden

If there’s one overarching goal that all gardens of the Arts & Crafts movement sought, it was to blend in.

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Plants for the Arts & Crafts Garden

A brief overview of plants in an Arts & Crafts garden.

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How to Grow Heirloom Apples

You can grow heirloom apples in your yard with a few simple steps.

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Haddonstone (USA)

Classic landscape ornaments and architectural stonework. Designs include urns, planters, fountains, statuary, sundials, columns, balustrading, and chimney pieces.

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Product of the Week

Abatron

Crown Point Cabinetry

Osborne Wood Products

Exterior Shutters and Hardware

Victorian Garden Bedding

Classic Greenhouses & Conservatories

Farmhouse Siding Repair

Battling Wood Rot & Termites With Borate

Creating Architectural Stone

Arts & Crafts Door Options

Screen Door Repair Options

Garage Door Design Guide

Doors and Entrances by Design

A House for the Automobile

Expert Advice: Vestibules

Décor for an Arts & Crafts Garden

Plants for the Arts & Crafts Garden

How to Grow Heirloom Apples

Haddonstone (USA)