Allied Window offers a beautiful, affordable and invisible solution for your bent glass and shaped windows. Allied Window's specialty is creating insulating storm windows that disappear into your shaped openings - matching the shape exactly - from bent glass to odd shapes, sizes and thicknesses – disappearing into your window opening.
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.
GOOF PROOF SHOWER installations made easy. Mark E Industries manufactures products to simplify the art of shower and tile installations by focusing on some of the more difficult and time-consuming tasks.
Made up of mismatched vintage windows, this she shed is a sunny retreat.
Repurposing a vintage clock face preserves it in a way that’s, well, timeless.
With a distressed finish you can paint it on, wipe it off; sand, glaze, or crackle it.
Bungalows and ranches—not to mention any later additions to older houses—may have rooms that are bland boxes of drywall. Wood adds character.
Tables with metal tops rich in color and texture create effects from quilted copper to leathery.
What to do to protect your lungs and prevent yourself from breathing in dust and fumes.
Part of a prized collection of old tools becomes a very cool stair rail.
Five unusual projects might inspire you to head to your local architectural salvage yard!
We take on vintage tile as our editors highlight new and classic articles.
It’s trendy to repurpose five-panel doors as headboards, and to up-cycle vintage hard-shell suitcases into dog beds. For restorers, the best use of architectural salvage is to replace missing architectural details that should never have been lost in the first place.
The case of the foul-smelling can of paint, and a fix.
From transforming antique doors into a fireplace surround or building a shelf using salvaged corbels and fence boards, we show you six different ways to breathe new life into old items.
Calcimine, old papers, peeling paint! Preparing the plaster substrate is the key to a good paint or wallpaper finish. In an old house, it’s not always an easy job: surprises likely lurk behind the recent latex and that floral vinyl upstairs.
Vintage stained glass windows often need repairs. Learn tips and tricks so you can restore your stained glass.
Repurposing a round, exterior copper window to be used as a mirror frame took some imagination.
Faux finishing once was practiced by every house painter and many householders, who used inexpensive materials and simple techniques involving glazes, sponges, rags, and crumpled paper.
Learn basic preservation and documentation issues facing owners of buildings with leaded glass while also learning about common causes of deterioration and presents repair, restoration, and protection options.
Plaster in a historic building is like a family album. The handwriting of the artisans, the taste of the original occupants, and the evolving styles of decoration are embodied in the fabric of the building. From modest farmhouses to great buildings, regardless of the ethnic origins of the occupants, plaster has traditionally been used to finish interior walls.
Although there was some labor involved, this solution to a problem floor was inexpensive and remarkably effective.
Keep your paintbrush good as new with these brush cleaning tips.
Nothing is more welcoming for family and guests than being greeted by a shipshape entry. Freshen up with these three doable projects: Hang an elegant door knocker, fix a sticky door, and perk up the trim.
