Wood Brackets are an excellent addition to both the inside and outside of the home. ProWoodMarket® Brackets are also used in large commercial projects to add architectural interest and detail. These handcrafted pieces also look great in free-standing structures such as gazebos and pergolas and are a perfect way to dress up porches and entrances.
This cira-1900 Queen Anne house in Portland boasts a wide veranda, a tower, pocket doors and an abundance of original detailing. Take a look at how this couple restored this historic home using art wallpapers, vintage textiles, antique lighting fixtures and a variety of period-appropriate antique decor.
This historic Pittsburgh house was built in 1947. WIth its window wall and open plan, it lives large at just 1170 square feet.
Bewitched by Frank Lloyd Wright's innovative (and livable!) vision for a middle-class dwelling, a couple takes on the restoration of Suntop.
So many choices, it’s hard to decide: antique or reproduction, European or modern?
Designed by Pittsburgh architects Peter Berndtson and Cornelia Brierly, who studied with Frank Lloyd Wright, the Lipkind house is carefully preserved.
Wright's Pew house on Lake Mendota in Wisconsin recall's the architect's famed Fallingwater, but on a more modest scale.
Stained glass windows add color and appeal, changing the quality of the interior light and lending another dimension to the room’s design.
Spacious, recuperative, and quaint describe this survivor from the days of mountain camp retreats.
By getting creative with your shingling you can add flare and character to your house.
If you keep it simple, you can restore a period home on a modest budget.
Using salvaged materials, a vacant lot gets transformed into a SoHo townhome fully designed to look as if it were built in the late-19th century, just like its neighbors.
Used with a wood or wrought-iron balustrade, a salvaged cast-iron newel post adds history.
This 1906 Craftsman was too good to raze—so its preservation-minded owners moved it to a new location.
A long-time collector of Gothic invites us to his home, a converted schoolhouse done in Arts & Crafts taste.
Embossed “tin ceiling” panels can be used to create a cabinet front, disguising a modern refrigerator.
This deceptively simple 1937 house offered sturdy brick construction, heavy moldings, and romantic arches—even Batchelder tiles. But it needed TLC.
Desks of any sort were uncommon before public education created greater literacy at the start of the 19th century. Here's a look at common early desks.
A rare example of turn-of-the-century exoticism is lovingly preserved in Prospect Park South.
Picking the right wallpaper is easy with a little historical understanding.
On this pretty sweep of Pacific Northwest shoreline, a rustic cabin is remodeled as a year-round home by the great-grandson of its builder.
A rare insight into period gardening comes from glass-slide images taken during the heyday of the summer colony at Onteora, in New York’s Catskill Mountains.
A portfolio of simple, effective window treatments that add color and style in the hardest-working room.
Artistic yet proper, this 1909 house boasts neoclassical details along with its river-rock chimney and beams.
A scrapbook of fireplace surrounds from the Victorian and Arts & Crafts eras sparks ideas for today. Also, important steps to take before installation.