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Our editors highlight new and classic articles about this well-loved old-house building material: stone.

New oak beams replaced those that caved in with the roof. Pendants are antique factory lights with mercury glass; vintage 1950s dining chairs are by Kipp Stewart. Porches were added.

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The site was perfect, and the bones of stone maintained a rugged beauty. It was time to bring life back to the ruined shell, with help.

Complete with a berm and nestled into its sloping site, the Brown House mirrors 18th-century Chester County homesteads that were added to over time. Mixed materials were used in constructing stone, log, and wood-framed sections.

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An authentic stone house vernacular is still strong at this community of new old houses in Pennsylvania.

In the kitchen, simple white-painted cabinets were installed around the barn’s posts and beams.

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This 4,000-square-foot barn is part of a historic three-building complex that includes an 1816 stone house and an 1851 schoolhouse.

With its stones remortared, Stiltington has regained its former dignity on what two centuries ago was Virginia's western frontier.

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Recognizing ageless structure beneath vines and crumbling mortar, Bob and Macon Hilton turned a 1790s estate on Virginia's western frontier into a family retreat.

In the dining room, an early 19th-century cherry drop-leaf table with Hepplewhite-style legs is accompanied by a set of eight rush-seated Queen Anne vase-back transitional side chairs, ca. 1810.

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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.