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This serial restorer of old houses decided to build new—owing to a personal connection to the Gamble House.

Hardwood floors and a soaking tub create a country feel in this seaside bath by John B. Murray.

Period Bathrooms

These spectacular bathroom designs offer utility along with beauty.

Old House Gardens & Exteriors

Design your garden around the style of your house.

The interior stair hall is classically designed.

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A new farmhouse, resting on 60 acres of Pennsylvania's sprawling pastures, looks as though it's been there for ages.

The landscape was designed to bring out the earthy historic colors found in the freshly completed paint job.

Arts & Crafts Houses

With a nod to Modernism, Garrison Hullinger and J Jones refine a 1909 Portland Foursquare saved from the wrecking ball.

The arrangement of these parts forms a welcoming entry courtyard, adorned with gardens and fountains that flank the main walkway toward the entry portico.

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Fairfax & Sammons adapts the Anglo-Caribbean style for a new home on Florida’s Singer Island. It is a perfect blend of formal character mixed with relaxed lifestyle living.

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Historical Concepts looks to the South’s designs of the past to create a new old house in Savannah, Georgia.

The kitchen offers traditional touches with several views of the nearby coastline.

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Polhemus Savery DaSilva Architects Builders weaves contemporary comforts into a traditional Nantucket design.

Burt addressed the formal entry by giving it prominence with clear cues. A new roof was added to the porch, as were paved pathways leading to the front door.

Old House Gardens & Exteriors

A dismantled home finds new life when it's salvaged parts are repurposed for a garden.

Pruning is one of the most important tasks you can do to keep your trees healthy.

Old House Gardens & Exteriors

An orchard offers sensual pleasures to your garden nearly all year long—but creating one requires patience and hard work.

Architect John Day worked with Connor Homes to design the perfect pared-down Greek Revival for his young family.

Greek Revival Houses

LDa Architecture & Interiors melds tradition and modern life in New England.

The gingerbread detailing in the house’s eaves and dormers is welcoming and offers a charming cottage feel. Built-in benches on the porch offer open-air seating.

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Despite all the wear and tear, the gorgeous bones and exquisite lines of this circa 1900 Shingle-style Peabody & Stearns carriage house captured the attention of builders in Boston.

A three-season screened porch and open porch with hearth offer the best of all worlds when it comes to outdoor enjoyment.

Old House Gardens & Exteriors

Jan Gleysteen Architects shows us three ideas for connecting indoor spaces with outdoor wonders.

Traditional sconces flank a bathroom mirror.

Interiors & Decorative Accessories

For more than 40 years, Steve Kaniewski of Brass Light Gallery has been producing works of art in light fixtures.

Original painted beams grace the living room.

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These two designers are not only masters at reproducing the iconic look of Spanish Colonial and Mediterranean Revival houses but they are also experts at conjuring the visceral qualities that imbue the structures with romance.

Subway tile was popular in kitchens and baths in the early part of the 19th century.

Interiors & Decorative Accessories

Small business ownership helps perfect the art of authentic tile reproduction on a grand scale.

A combination of warm wood tones and brick flooring make this a handsome entry.

Interiors & Decorative Accessories

Contemporary perks tempered by historic detailing ensure successful new old mudrooms.

An exposed ceiling in the dining area offers a rustic touch. A contemporary light fixture offers a touch of modernity.

Old-House Kitchens

Jewett Farms + Co. designs a rustic kitchen in the seaside town of Newburyport.

Today, there are plenty of options for environmentally friendly materials and finishes.

Old-House Kitchens

Reasons for going green in the kitchen are mounting. Luckily, solutions are plentiful.

When creating a raised-bed garden, enclosing the space with fencing keeps deer at bay.

Old House Gardens & Exteriors

A raised bed garden might be the solution to several gardening problems.

At the center of the kitchen is a freestanding custom table in walnut and burled-walnut veneers.

Old-House Kitchens

Flourishes of this very British style come together in a sophisticated new kitchen.

Oak flooring gives the space a rustic feel. A butcher block surface on the island offers the perfect workspace.

Old-House Kitchens

A luxurious kitchen area was designed from what was once just a collection of appliances in an open space.

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This old house turned new is all about allowing signs of former renovations to stand, designing rooms more around family life and treasured possessions than formality, and letting most of the 10 acres revert to its natural state.