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Products of the Week

HeartWood Fine Windows & Doors

Heartwood Fine Windows & Doors offers custom-made, high-quality wood windows and doors for classic homes

Indow Windows

Storm Windows & Interior Panels

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.

WEST-SYSTEM-G-flex-650

Adhesives, Fillers, Epoxies & Sealants

A toughened, versatile, liquid epoxy for permanent waterproof bonding of fiberglass, ceramics, metals, plastics, damp and difficult-to-bond woods. G/flex can make structural bonds that absorb the stress of expansion, contraction, and vibration. Ideal for bonding dissimilar materials.

Red garden shed with iron strap hinges, stylish sheds

Our editors highlight classic articles on outbuildings.

English encaustic tiles

Get a leg up on old-house floors. Our editors highlight new and classic articles on flooring, and show us a way to fix a squeaky spot.

Spanish tile bathroom

We take on vintage tile as our editors highlight new and classic articles.

Savannah, Georgia

Our editors highlight new and classic articles on travel-worthy historic places across the country.

"Country rubble” stone veneer

Our editors highlight new and classic articles about this well-loved old-house building material: stone.

vintage door knob

Discover the importance of period-appropriate hardware in your home as our editors highlight classic articles.

The island was built from the back bar and topped with a custom-made zinc counter.

All about salvage! Tour three houses in which the owners incorporated architectural salvage; then see a few fun projects, and jump to our comprehensive guide to salvage stores around the country.

Yellow renovated kitchen

Our editors highlight new and classic articles on how to make the most of a limited restoration budget.

queen anne restoration

Our editors highlight new and classic articles as they explore the many faces of Victorian houses.

A pair of cymbidium orchids frames the entry door and the newly rebuilt porch.

Our editors highlight new and classic articles on injecting color into your space.

With top-heavy windows, muntins didn't have to be elaborate, as the simple 4/1 pattern of these modern windows shows.

On modern homes, window glass seems to serve the single purpose of insulating the home from the outdoors, preferably as efficiently as possible. And while shelter has always been the primary function of glass, in eras past, it served many other roles within a house: framing a perfect view, conferring privacy, adding character.

Remilled chestnut flooring, popular in some regions and no longer available as new growth (Chestnut Specialists)

Hardwood floors are one of the character-defining features of old houses, but over the years, they can start to show signs of wear and tear—and not in a good way. Fortunately, most wood-floor issues are easily fixable, whether through a simple patch or a new finish coat.

Epoxy wood filler

modern white kitchen

This week, our editors discover how to blend modern concepts with traditional details in the kitchen.

open rustic porch

Catch cottage fever with tours of three dreamy summer escapes.

window preservation

With all the buzz these days around cutting-edge "green" construction, it's easy to forget that preserving old houses is one of the best ways to go green.

faux slate roof

Our editors highlight new and classic articles. This week, show some love to the roof over your head.

Georgian and other classical entrances take temple forms.

six-bay Creole cottage

Our editors highlight new and classic articles, along with favorite products and current bookstore sales. This week, get to know some popular styles of vernacular architecture.

old house facade repair

If your old house's façade could use a little TLC, check out these three articles, which tackle everything from the best way to remove ugly vinyl siding tacked on by previous homeowners to cheap, period-appropriate ways to add extra oomph to your exterior.

Many of Arapahoe Acres' houses were inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Our editors highlight new and classic articles; this week, we go back to the future with a tour of restored mid-century modern residences.

"The only thing you really see from the street is the jut out of the den," Decker says. "We tried to not take away from the prominence of the old house."

Our editors highlight new and classic articles; this week, learn how to engineer a period-perfect addition.

Plaster? The dome ceiling is embellished with J.P. Weaver's pliable "Petitsin" compo ornaments. The small medallion is Focal Point's egg-and-dart pattern #833 in polyurethane.

Our editors highlight new and classic articles; this week, make a statement on the ceiling.

Despite the amount of glass, these triple-glazed french doors from JELD-WEN could qualify for Federal energy tax credits.

Our editors highlight new and classic articles, along with favorite products and current bookstore sales. This week, everything you need to know about updating windows and doors.