OHJ December 2016

Products of the Week

Vintage Doors produces hand-crafted, solid hardwood doors for every type of interior and exterior home project, including screen, Dutch, porch, and pet doors and garden gates.

Storm Windows & Interior Panels

The Innerglass Window is a glass Interior Storm Window for energy conservation & soundproofing that maintains the integrity and beauty of your historic windows.

Kitchen Cabinets, Counters, & Backsplashes

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.

metal ceiling panels, tin ceiling panels

Repairs & How To

Metal ceiling panels, originally used to create a tin ceiling, can be cut into “tile” strips and repurposed as decorative frames for mirrors.

Old-House Tips, Restoration Stories, & More

"If only it turned out to be a simple haunting, with footsteps and rattling chains!" –Deb Botti

Restoration Projects

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.

Repairs & How To

Knowing what to save, what to repair, and what to replace (or replicate) is the key to increasing the longevity and comfort of your treasured home.

House Tours

Beautifully imagined and carefully edited, the 1886 house is a Victorian Revival jewel box, all in 1700 square feet (and that includes the basement).

Now stripped of blue siding, the exterior has lots of Storybook Tudor elements.

House Tours

A wise restoration consultant attends to her own project, a 1932 Tudor Revival house once hidden behind blue vinyl siding and stucco. The renovation has taken 19 years—so far.