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Products of the Week

Manufacturer of custom aluminum storm doors and storm windows in a variety of styles, including arched designs.

It will always feel like summer with "Metford" Frieze crowning your room. This playful and elegant border is part of our newly released "Jeffrey" roomset. Shown here in Cerulean. Available in two colorways. Samples available at www.bradbury.com

Clapboard, Shingles, Siding

Ward Clapboard Mill specializes in producing authentic Vertical Grain Early American Clapboards

Nancy Hiller made a cabinet to illustrate her technique. It shows several different pickled/stripped effects.

Repairs & How To

A cabinetmaker’s serendipitous discovery has her using milk paint to create an aged, pickled finish that’s non-toxic.

Maintaining a lawn is more environmentally friendly than we once thought.

Old House Gardens & Exteriors

Vivid color in a striped Venetian wool carpet at the Bump Tavern, Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown, New York. Photo: RIchard Walker

Interiors & Decorative Accessories

Wool carpet is not only a historic choice for your home but an environmentally friendly interior flooring option.

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Architects & Interior Designers

Period Architecture, Ltd. is a full service architectural design and property planning firm specializing in traditional, period-inspired residential architecture that unites old and new by balancing traditional architectural precedent with contemporary lifestyle and technology.

The house plays off a timber-framed structure that supports it in the center.

House Tours

Architect Patrick Farley, principal of Watershed Architects, designs an eco-responsible Virginia house that’s good for mind, body, and soul.

Roofing, Roof Ornament & Gutters

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Clapboard, Shingles, Siding

Wolf Creek Cedar Inc., in Pleasant Hill, Oregon is a family owned and operated business with over 33 years of experience in the wood shake and shingle industry.

Architects & Interior Designers

Heating & Air Conditioning

Crown Point Cabinetry used a custom-blended milk paint for these Shaker-inspired cabinets.

Interiors & Decorative Accessories

Real milk paint is back on the radar: It’s non-toxic and offers unique finish effects for walls, cabinets, and furniture. And modern formulations have extended its applications.

Historic Paints & Finishes

What is it that makes one kind of paint environmentally friendly? And how do the new standards affect performance? We explore low VOC paint and more.

Architects & Interior Designers

Country Road Associates is dedicated to producing quality, handcrafted flooring, furniture and cabinetry that creates a sense of warmth and tradition in any room.

Architects & Interior Designers

Wood & Engineered Flooring