Re-imagining traditional New England Colonial style, architect Patrick Ahearn has created a home that is welcoming and snug—and that offers a true sense of place—for a family west of Boston.

An unkempt Craftsman-era house in a Santa Monica enclave gets a modern overhaul for a growing family—with careful preservation of the past.

With a desire for a house that was traditional on the outside yet contemporary inside, this family of four turned to architect Wade Weissmann, and wrote their own chapter in the evolving architectural story of Lake Forest, Illinois.

Designed with a casual attitude in mind, this island family home is all about rest and relaxation.

Jones & Boer Architects designs a pared-down new-old farmhouse for a Maryland family.

Now a rambling country retreat, this family compound in Alabama started as a tin-roofed cabin. With a sleeping porch and bunk house, it retains a down-home charm.

A 1930 development house with good bones but little detail is transformed, by Period Architecture, into a much larger dwelling with new amenities and period appeal.

A young family makes refreshing changes to a historic house and carries its story forward.

Period Architecture moves a 1770 Georgian house in historic Greenwich into the 21st century.

Architecture and neighborhoods in the gateway to the West.

When Gerry and Shirley Fisher moved to St. Louis in 1991, they had already restored two early-20th-century homes in Oklahoma City, and they were game to take on another project.

After a 1960s remodeling that succeeded in changing its very style, the Craftsman house in Portland, Oregon, was virtually unrecognizable. Then the right family came along.

Built from architectural salvage and filled with antiques, this gambrel has patina.

We fell in love with this Victorian and hope the buyer will, too.

Learn more about the historic Hotel Boulderado in one of Colorado's most beloved towns.

Owners steeped in Colonial-period history finish the restoration of a 1760 house that served as an inn during the Revolutionary War.

A couple planning to downsize instead took on the restoration of a large, important house built in 1796: “We’d done a series of renovations, but nothing could prepare us for this project.”

Aesthetic Movement architecture & design at the Winchester Mystery House.

Come into this old farmhouse in New York’s Hudson Valley to find rooms inspired by those described in 19th-century novels. Owner James Coviello is a reader, a traveler, a collector of curiosities, and an appreciator of times past. He’s also a talented fashion designer whose work, like his house, is vintage-inspired and detail-oriented.

As I returned to fine-art painting, restoring an old schoolhouse was an aid to creativity.

The restoration of Rosedale, an antebellum villa.

With an artist’s eye, curated collections, and a whole new palette for rooms inside, Gwen Jones fine-tunes a handsome 1916 bungalow.

Sometimes, what is retained is as important as what is renovated or added. Small things and the right details in a cottage renovation can bring back the joy.

The bungalow is a beloved type aligned with American Arts & Crafts.