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Crown Point Cabinetry
Crown Point Cabinetry offers custom cabinets for period style kitchens, baths, offices, laundry rooms, home bars and more. Styles include Shaker, Arts & Crafts, Early American, Victorian and Transitional.
CUSTOM CABINETRY
The finest quality in Shaker, Arts & Crafts, Early American, Victorian and Transitional styles.
Art Tile Murals & Panels
Popular in late Victorian, Arts & Crafts, and Mediterranean Revival homes, multi-tile panels and murals are a lovely way to add art to your old house.
6 Tips for Tile on a Budget
Strategies for using art tile to best effect, with other ways to get artisan or custom looks for less.
A Stone Greek Revival in Ohio
This unusual house is a vernacular variation of New England Greek Revival style.
How To French Polish Furniture
Don't rush the French polishing process—it involves a fair amount of time commitment, but the results are worth it.
The History of Wood Flooring
Gleaming tongue-and-groove hardwood floors might seem like the standard for old houses, but that wasn’t always the case, as a trip through wood flooring history illustrates.
Boston's Old-House Treasures
A local shares his favorite buildings from three centuries of history.
An Authentic Georgian Interior
An owner speaks the language of Georgian decorating fluently in her 1777 Massachusetts home.
Do's and Don'ts for HVAC Retrofits in Old Houses
Ductless systems, small output vents, through-the-wall A/C, efficient furnaces—it’s all good news for old-house owners.
Design Motifs of the Aesthetic Movement
An untouched 1883 interior in Massachusetts offers up an encyclopedia of Aesthetic Movement ornament, much of it in the Anglo-Japanese or Orientalist taste.
Visiting Historic Salem, Massachusetts
Explore this small city's architectural gems.
Arts and Crafts Wallpaper
A detailed look at Arts and Crafts wallpaper's history and prevalent design motifs.
A Sweet & Simple Cottage Bungalow
A dealer in antiques found the perfect cottage-size home for herself and her collections, then set about creating a comfortably eclectic interior.
Affordable to Affluent: Carpets for the Early Home
Carpets and rugs vary greatly in style and in cost. Here we take a look at various floor coverings in early homes.
Repairing & Refinishing Old Hardwood Floors
Repairing and refinishing old hardwood floors can be a labor-intensive and complex process. Here's a look at ways to determine whether you need a simple repair, a full refinishing job, or to simply start fresh with a new hardwood floor installation.
Inspired by Mackintosh & Art Deco
Its eclectic facade inspired the owners of this San Francisco house; they honored original interior features but also included colorful flourishes from well into the 20th century.
An Art Moderne Restoration
An Art Moderne house is usually the oddball in the neighborhood, and that’s true of this one in Alexandria, Virginia. But one couple knew just how cool it could be.
