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.

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.