This living history museum is the heart of Portsmouth, New Hampshire's historic city center.

Inside an addition to an old house in Pennsylvania, this new but timeless kitchen is a simple room with all of its details well-considered.

Prussian blue gets all the ink, but true Colonial-era colors, although diverse, have an earthy quality.

A homeowner with a penchant for early antiques invites a preservation consultant in to help her unscramble a house initially built with architectural salvage.

The timeless approach to decorating that’s also known as Traditional.

Connecticut’s Phelps–Hatheway House has both Colonial and high-style Federal rooms. During the winter holidays, the house is appropriately decorated with balsam and fir, pinecones and berries.

The preservation of an 18th-century house in Maine has been life-changing for a couple who found their best possible place.

The keeping room of old became the family-friendly living room; a sunroom and electric kitchen fed 20th-century desires. Like the original Colonial dwellings he interpreted, Royal Barry Wills houses have stood the test of time. This one in North Carolina has been beautifully restored.

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

Learn about the Parson Fisher House Museum in Blue Hill, Maine.

Visit colonial-era homes in the Old South of Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

This idyllic town in northwest Connecticut boasts plenty of well-preserved old houses.

Many stories are told by this much-evolved house, which features original Georgian period woodwork as well as later additions.