Use our comprehensive guide to locate an architectural salvage store near you, or to browse the websites of stores across the country, many of which sell their wares online.

If you keep it simple, you can restore a period home on a modest budget.

Those very retro, white-tile baths are attractive, but may not suit every old house.

A long-time collector of Gothic invites us to his home, a converted schoolhouse done in Arts & Crafts taste.

Options for furnishing the outdoor room.

The homeowner-architect designed his new kitchen in an eclectic British Edwardian style, inspired by the work of Voysey and other designers of the period.

Behind stone walls, discovered in a maze of boxwood hedges, the gardens at Stone Acres Farm seem to come from a forgotten past.

Light the way—and your home’s architectural details—with well-placed landscape lighting.

On this pretty sweep of Pacific Northwest shoreline, a rustic cabin is remodeled as a year-round home by the great-grandson of its builder.

A rare insight into period gardening comes from glass-slide images taken during the heyday of the summer colony at Onteora, in New York’s Catskill Mountains.

There is so much to see in Old San Francisco, it’s hard to know where to start.

Well-constructed Arts and Crafts furniture is made using mortise-and-tenon joinery techniques and naturally strong woods. Here's how to determine which pieces are appropriate for your old house.