House Tours

House Tours

Restoration of an Arts & Crafts Gem

Architect Will Price’s Arts & Crafts gem in Rose Valley, Pennsylvania, gets a new lease on life thanks to a thoughtful—and meticulous—restoration.

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Back to Mid-Century

Two graphic designers with an eye for ’50s kitsch create a surprisingly sophisticated interior of balanced neutrals in open-space comfort.

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Folk Art & Salvage in a New Gothic Cottage

A Romantic landscape inspired the design of this neo-gothic cottage residence filled with antiques and folk art in North Carolina.

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Plymouth Federal: Hedge House

Historic Hedge House has been restored with eye-popping wallpapers and carpets true to its 1809 heritage.

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Preservation in Progress

For every museum-like historic house, there are hundreds that might be described as preservation in progress—like this one, which dates to 1740, 1810, and 1990.

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An Interior Inspired by Wright’s Taliesin

Inspired by his time at Wright’s Taliesin, architect Gerald Lee Morosco creates a warm and quite classical Modern environment in his own Pittsburgh row house.

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Modern Design Motifs

Untouched, a mid-century house in Oregon reveals the Usonian design sources for a generation of dwellings.

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Dormers, Bays & Turrets

These three types of windows-dormers, bays, and turrets-share the common feature of windows that project from the house-in the roof or on the wall-and provide the pleasures of light and ventilation. A historical look at how windows expand into architectural appendages.

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Tale of a Charleston Single House

The 1836 Greek Revival house, built by a member of the prominent Taft family, remains under the diligent care of Umbrian-born preservationists with a light touch.

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Liberty Hall in Kentucky

With unparalleled refinement, the brick house was built in Frankfort, Kentucky, between 1797 and 1803.

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An American Colonial in New Hampshire

Nestled into a New Hampshire hillside, the handsome Colonial fits right in—though it was built in 2006, from an authentic house plan.

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St. Augustine, Florida

At 451 years old, Spanish-settled St. Augustine, Florida, has Old World appeal.

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A Modest Kitchen for a 1747 Survivor

With two ovens and a pass-through to the handsome dining room, a tidy kitchen in one corner of the old house is perfectly serviceable.

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The Vernacular in a Greek Revival Farmhouse

After restoring the dilapidated house, the owner filled it with relics of the past, saving “significant, resounding things.”

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A Storybook Odyssey

A wise restoration consultant attends to her own project, a 1932 Tudor Revival house once hidden behind blue vinyl siding and stucco. The renovation has taken 19 years—so far.

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The American Farmhouse

Donald Lococo Architects preserves history while designing a home for today.