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Facing tilted porch piers and baby-blue woodwork, a smitten owner brings the Arts & Crafts aesthetic to a 1921 bungalow in Seattle.
The restoration and artful decoration of the St. Benedict house in England.
With disarming respect and gratitude, a history-minded couple describe their relocation and restoration of a late-18th-century house.
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.
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.
For OHJ’s 45th anniversary, we visit four restorations done by devoted readers who are serial restorers.
Designing and outfitting a Victorian bath that looks just right.
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.
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.
Cleaned up and repurposed, an old French dental-tools cabinet is nifty and functional in the kitchen.
Plaster House? Not a Problem.
See what a difference it can make.
From Hemingway's Home to Lincoln's Cottage.
It’s trendy to repurpose five-panel doors as headboards, and to up-cycle vintage hard-shell suitcases into dog beds. For restorers, the best use of architectural salvage is to replace missing architectural details that should never have been lost in the first place.
Near Philadelphia, energetic owners re-interpret a transitional house, rescuing it from bad taste, layers of paint, and other disasters.
How a dilapidated Victorian house in a historic town became our forever home.
Across the river from Manhattan, a mansard-roofed townhouse built in 1883 gets the superlative treatment, guided by a preservation-minded designer.
Gutted and back on the market, the gambrel house showed promise.
In the University section of Burlington, Vermont, an unusual 1899 brick American Foursquare got a new lease on life, thanks to a dedicated owner.
Original designs, reproductions, and restorations of silver pieces including hollowware, presentation silver, baby gifts, and communion sets.
Limeworks has simplified Natural Hydraulic Lime and sand mortars into a matching system that anyone with a good eye for color can use to repoint and repair applications and make colored stuccos for new “green” building designs including straw bale stucco and plaster systems.
Our editors highlight new and classic articles on how to make the most of a limited restoration budget.
