Enjoy modern comfort while preserving the charm of your original windows. Indow window inserts press inside your window frames without a mounting bracket to give you all the comfort and efficiency of high-end replacement windows.
A handmade tile company and tile showroom with 30 field tile choices in every size and shape you can think of, ceramic switch plates, house numbers, medieval floral series and the Cosmic Spot and Cloud Series you will find a custom look for your home.
Handcrafted wide plank flooring. Grown in the northeast, milled in Vermont, and shipped nationwide.
From authentic to transitional, art tile in early 20th century designs is easier to find than ever before. Some basic background can help narrow your search for the perfect tile.
To understand why the Palmer House is so special, you need only enter the lobby.
Mosaic floor tile patterns, from simple to elaborate, can be a great fit for old-house bathrooms.
Figured glass added beauty, light, and privacy to houses by fusing form and function.
When it comes to lighting bathrooms of the 1930s and '40s, you can't go wrong with a little Modern design.
Despite a failing roof and decades of damage, an Arts & Crafts home gets rescued and restored.
Two techniques, borrowed from the past, transform radiators into artwork.
Lustron houses are prefabricated enameled steel houses developed in the post-World War II era United States in response to the shortage of homes for returning GIs.
A visit to this gracious beauty, The Grand Hotel, located on an island between Michigan’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas, is a rite of passage for Midwesterners.
Today’s hinges come in a variety of traditional shapes, sizes, and styles. Here’s how to find the best fit for your old-house cabinets.
We explore two ways to create a vintage-inspired bathroom.
Today's kitchen restorations involve hundreds of decisions. Take for example that prosaic workhorse, the kitchen sink.
The handmade tiles of the Flint Faience Tile Company grew out of the fledgling 1920s auto industry.
A grand home gets a new lease on life, thanks to owners intent on protecting its architectural past.
When deciding on your porch light, the good news is that more than one light type can be the right choice.
The sensitive updating of a gracious kitchen in Portland, Oregon, includes a bit of period French flair.
One of the hallmarks of the Victorian era was a desire to be noticed. It's a theme that repeated itself on every aspect of home furnishings of the day. Furniture was dripping in ornament, hardware was intricately incised, and buildings were adorned with every manner of attention-grabbing detail—from gingerbread trim to stained glass windows to seductively turned porch rails. Even exterior walls vied for attention through rows of patterned shingles, a technique with the funny- and formal-sounding name imbrication.
An 1899 Queen Anne house in Portland, Oregon, is restored after a fire.
A world-class sleuthing effort has gone into restoring James Madison's beloved house. The result is one of the best unmuddlings in recent history.
Learn how to cut kerfs like a pro to effectively bend wood and repair the moldings in your old home.
Finding the right replacement tile for a bathroom doesn't have to leave you feeling burned; knowing your options and keeping them open can spark matches that seamlessly fuse the old with the new.
