Interior and exterior architectural lighting for your home and garden, in styles from Victorian to '30s Modern. Select from 15 finish options. Made in USA since 1974. They also have a vintage/antique lighting department, and offer expert restoration services.
A central heating and cooling system using "aspiration" technology to warm and cool homes evenly and quietly with flexible small ducts that weave through ceilings, walls, and even floors.
Authentic Designs makes reproductions of colonial and early American lighting fixtures. We began by researching the originals which we found in historic New England inns, museums and private collections, and now recreate them in perfect detail.
Fueled by a passion to restore the house’s classic Craftsman lines, two home owners commenced renovation and, in the process, uncovered multiple mysteries.
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to bring back a great old house. In the case of this 1909 chalet-bungalow, it took two!
Facing tilted porch piers and baby-blue woodwork, a smitten owner brings the Arts & Crafts aesthetic to a 1921 bungalow in Seattle.
Brent Hull discusses the Arts and Crafts movement, a revolution that embraces simple and honest architecture, as he explores a bungalow house in Texas' Fairmount Historic District.
In a glorious if lengthy reversal of misfortune in Santa Barbara, California, the 1912 Bungalow was restored by dedicated owners who fell in love with this period.
A Chicago couple transforms a neighborhood eyesore into an inviting home—on a reasonable budget.
Wondering if you'd like a Colonial, Victorian, bungalow, or modern? Try this quiz from the editors of Old House Journal magazine.
For OHJ’s 45th anniversary, we visit four restorations done by devoted readers who are serial restorers.
Owners of this 1913 house turned back the clock on some intrusive remodelings.
In Black Mountain, North Carolina, craftsmanship holds sway, giving a new cabin all the warmth and integrity of an old house.
1885–1925: Picturesque wood details have roots in European chalets.
If you keep it simple, you can restore a period home on a modest budget.
The Seattle homeowner may have been fated to rescue this 1913 Arts & Crafts house. The hard work took eight years; the result is a home perfect for her.
Three turn-of-the-century kitchens get revamped with cleverly disguised modern amenities and thoughtful period touches.
Fake siding and popcorn ceilings didn’t faze restoration veterans who saw the inherent charm of this rural bungalow in northwest Oregon. They set about making it right again.
Window boxes may be part of a “vertical garden” that includes pots and urns, hanging baskets, wall trellises, and even a pergola (an open-roofed porch structure that accommodates climbers).
For a budding family in Fort Worth, Texas, living in a historic house is just better.
The 1970s kitchen was garish before homeowners got serious about restoration.
Architect David Andreozzi takes a fresh perspective on a historical design for Pen Marc’h in Bristol, Rhode Island.
How to restore a bungalow kitchen to its beautifully-detailed roots—without sacrificing space, function or budget.
The array of built-in furniture that graced early 20th-century homes makes them eminently more livable—and charming.
How one family brought their 1920s bungalow back from the brink.
A look at the challenge of restoring a 1930s kitchen--after misguided remodeling results in poor space planning and a loss of original detail.
