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Products of the Week

Marvin Windows and Doors offers customized, high-performance windows and doors.

Family owned manufacturer of top quality red cedar, mahogany, basswood, poplar, and red oak shutters for interior and exterior, and providers of full painting services, a large selection of exterior hardware and endless cutout design.

Carolina Colonial Flush Mount Copper Ceiling Light

Lighting & Lamps

Lanternland by Pentimento is the new online resource for traditional, handcrafted lighting designs that compliment both interior and exterior architectural spaces.

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