Bridger Steel
Architecturally accurate metal roofing and siding; available in a wide range of colors including prints and vintage inspired patinas; LEED certification is available on some products.
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Products of the Week
Vintage Doors
Bring beauty and value your home with heirloom-quality REAL wood doors by Vintage Doors. Meticulously handmade by expert craftsmen in your exact size and style—to be loved and respected for generations, just like the olden days. Hand-crafted wood product line includes: screen doors, storm doors, Dutch doors, French doors, louver doors, pantry doors, interior doors, exterior doors, entrance units, three season porch enclosures, pet doors, arch top doors, round top doors, custom doors and more.
Nostalgic Warehouse
Classic-style door hardware, engineered for new construction or historic renovation, lacquer-coated, solid brass, patterned after original antique hardware, passage, privacy, mortise lock, or dummy sets and cabinet hardware and accessories.
A Ravishing Queen Anne House
This cira-1900 Queen Anne house in Portland boasts a wide veranda, a tower, pocket doors and an abundance of original detailing. Take a look at how this couple restored this historic home using art wallpapers, vintage textiles, antique lighting fixtures and a variety of period-appropriate antique decor.
The Queen Anne: Victorian Architecture and Décor
The Queen Anne, a favorite of American house styles, features exterior ornament and complex color schemes.
A Victorian Cottage Spa
How appealing is this vintage Victorian cottage bathroom, all in green and white?
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.
Unlocking Victorian Door Hardware
If you need to replace the doorknobs in your Victorian-era house, some background on decorative trends of the time can help you sort through antiques and reproductions.
What Kind of Old House Should You Live In?
Wondering if you'd like a Colonial, Victorian, bungalow, or modern? Try this quiz from the editors of Old House Journal magazine.
Authentic Designs Historic Lighting
Authentic Designs builds historically accurate period lighting fixtures by hand in our rural Vermont workshops. Our bespoke designs include Colonial, Federalist and other Early American designs, Victorian, Art Deco, Arts & Crafts and Mid-Century.
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.
Restoring an Adirondack Camp
Spacious, recuperative, and quaint describe this survivor from the days of mountain camp retreats.
Andrew McNally Estate in Altadena, CA
No expense was spared for Andrew McNally’s three-story Altadena mansion. The great map maker used his expansive estate as his own personal calling card for those shivering in the Midwest or along the eastern seaboard, beckoning them to the luxe life available only in Southern California.
Reviving a Rundown Victorian
How a dilapidated Victorian house in a historic town became our forever home.
Reviving a Late 19th-Century Row House Kitchen
Homeowner Benita Cooper meticulously restores her town house kitchen with period perfection.
Editors' Picks: A Variety of Victorians
Our editors highlight new and classic articles as they explore the many faces of Victorian houses.
Award-winning Queen Anne Restoration
In Cambridge, Massachusetts, Frank Shirley Architects transforms an old house with an award-winning restoration and update.
Saving A Landmark Victorian
With the help of dedicated contractors and craftspeople, a determined couple commit to the rescue of a town landmark that will be their home—and provide an income.
Renovating a Victorian?
Do no harm, of course. But when it comes to decorating decisions, especially those that prove ephemeral, personal preference is your guide. Let’s look at some approaches
A Kitchen & Master Bath Makeover for a Victorian Mansion
Spence Kass offers a 19th-century aesthetic to the restoration of the kitchen and master bath in a gorgeous Victorian mansion in Philadelphia.
A Cottage All Grown Up
Beautifully imagined and carefully edited, the 1886 house is a Victorian Revival jewel box, all in 1700 square feet (and that includes the basement).
Queen Anne Neglected No Longer
The exterior is done, but we’ve got years to go restoring our Queen Anne.
