Crown Point Cabinetry
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.
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OHJ's Holiday Emporium is here!
A showcase of unique and hard-to-find handcrafted furnishing and decor from Old House Journal's buying guides.
Old-House Restoration Learning Curve
It’s one thing to love an old house, another to take one on. Restoration can be intimidating; still, the rare sort of homeowner thrives on the work, typically describing their characterful money pit as “a fun project.”
A Victorian Enhanced For Today's Comfort
When Gerry and Shirley Fisher moved to St. Louis in 1991, they had already restored two early-20th-century homes in Oklahoma City, and they were game to take on another project.
Radical Craftsman Restoration
After a 1960s remodeling that succeeded in changing its very style, the Craftsman house in Portland, Oregon, was virtually unrecognizable. Then the right family came along.
Incentives for Old-House Preservation
Not every old house is destined for restoration in full period style. But more can be saved from demolition if tax credits are used to justify rehabilitation costs.
Chittenden House Restored
A couple planning to downsize instead took on the restoration of a large, important house built in 1796: “We’d done a series of renovations, but nothing could prepare us for this project.”
A Restored 1916 Bungalow
With an artist’s eye, curated collections, and a whole new palette for rooms inside, Gwen Jones fine-tunes a handsome 1916 bungalow.
A Farmhouse ca. 1820
The farmhouse built ca. 1820 retains its historic ambiance—and the farm is active once again.
A Restored 1920s Arts & Crafts Bungalow
Facing tilted porch piers and baby-blue woodwork, a smitten owner brings the Arts & Crafts aesthetic to a 1921 bungalow in Seattle.
The Restoration of St. Benedict
The restoration and artful decoration of the St. Benedict house in England.
The Relocation and Restoration of a Late-18th-Century House
With disarming respect and gratitude, a history-minded couple describe their relocation and restoration of a late-18th-century house.
A Victorian Homestead
A decrepit homestead was theirs to interpret in Victorian fashion when this couple stepped up to save it (and the barn) from ruin. Now it’s exquisite.
A Beautiful 1912 Bungalow Restoration
In a glorious if lengthy reversal of misfortune in Santa Barbara, California, the 1912 Bungalow was restored by dedicated owners who fell in love with this period.
OHJ Serial Restorers
For OHJ’s 45th anniversary, we visit four restorations done by devoted readers who are serial restorers.
Designing the Victorian Bath for Today
Designing and outfitting a Victorian bath that looks just right.
Restoration of an 1881 Italianate
Top-notch restoration for an 1881 Italianate, inside and out! Respectful owners create comfortable rooms, a period-inspired kitchen—and even removed a boxcar addition.
How to Add Central Air
In this video, see how with The Unico System it is possible to add central air and keep your high ceilings, crown molding, arch ways and closets.
A Unique Kitchen Island
Cleaned up and repurposed, an old French dental-tools cabinet is nifty and functional in the kitchen.
After 40 Years with No AC, Watch How SpacePak Changed this Family’s Life
Plaster House? Not a Problem.
Watch SpacePak 101 to Learn the Many Benefits of a Small Duct High Velocity System
See what a difference it can make.
Why Preservationists Choose the Unico System
From Hemingway's Home to Lincoln's Cottage.
