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Lighting Over Time
Illumination for interiors: 18th century to the present.
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May - June 2023
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What's on the Floor
Finishes for the hardest working surface in the house.
2 min |
May - June 2023
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Earthy Colors, New Layout
Textured tile and quarter-sawn oak make it a handsome revival kitchen.
2 min |
January - February 2022
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Deep Clean to Save Big
After we got a $50,000 estimate to gut and renovate the bathroom in our 1946 modernist house, I figured I’d tackle the 8' x 8' room myself.
3 min |
January - February 2022
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Fancy Painted Floors
Borders and checkerboard designs are DIY favorites; you might also try your hand at stenciling or faux effects.
3 min |
January - February 2022
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And Now, The Kitchen
Using original bits and vintage pieces, making the kitchen functional was a high priority.
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January - February 2022
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new KITCHEN for an old house
THE WALLPAPER’S AESTHETIC MOVEMENT OR BRITISH ARTS & CRAFTS PATTERN IDEALLY SUITS THIS 1903 AMERICAN QUEEN ANNE HOUSE.
3 min |
January - February 2022
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right ON!
Leaving aside shag carpeting and copper-tone appliances, a couple embrace the best of the decade for a splendid period house grounded in nature.
3 min |
January - February 2022
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reclaiming the attic
Is your house bursting at the seams? Do you long for private office space, a guest retreat, or a kids’ bonus room? The solution might be right over your head: no need to leave the neighborhood, or even put on an addition.
10 min |
January - February 2022
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displaying collections ARRANGE TO INSPIRE
Ideas, inspiration, and tidbits on the beautiful and safe arrangement and display of collectibles both traditional and eccentric.
5 min |
January - February 2022
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A Home Full of Character
Smaller homes like this 1920s Dutch Colonial so often get overlooked as worthy of restoration. Owners don’t think they’re special . . . or they add on or remodel until the original is unrecognizable. This owner saw the potential.
4 min |
November - December 2021
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A Furnished Bath
This elegant bathroom has fixture panels fabricated from parts of a Victorian armoire.
2 min |
November - December 2021
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Holiday Home
Any of these would be a welcome gift for an old-house friend or for an artful home . . . including your own.
2 min |
November - December 2021
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Simple Craftsman Roots Revived
A “clean but sterile” 1914 kitchen is treated to bungalow-era design.
2 min |
November - December 2021
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MOVING toward
Changing energy markets and evolving technology make it possible to heat, cool, and ventilate homes of any age with (mostly) clean, all-electric power—and less of it. Heating home water, formerly an energy hog, is turning into an energy sipper, too.
9 min |
November - December 2021
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The Rescue of Portland's FIREHOUSE 17
IN WHAT BECAME THE PROJECT OF A LIFETIME, THE REHABILITATION OF A 1912 FIREHOUSE IS ADAPTIVE REUSE WITH HEART AND SOUL. DECOMMISSIONED IN 1968, ALLOWED TO DETERIORATE AND LATER REMODELED, THE OLD FIREHOUSE HAD BEEN BUILT DURING THE DAYS OF HORSE-DRAWN ENGINES. THE PROJECT WAS SPEARHEADED BY RESTORAT ION CONSULTANT KARLA PEARLSTEIN, IN PORTLAND, OREGON. SHE NOW CALLS THE FIREHOUSE HOME.
3 min |
November - December 2021
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Caring for Silverplate
Whether the design is Rococo, Aesthetic, or Art Deco, silverplate is collectible—and needs care.
5 min |
November - December 2021
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MANTELS in a Holiday Mood
Pretty things from nature are always in style.
3 min |
November - December 2021
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Diamonds!
An eternal motif for objects around the house.
1 min |
November - December 2021
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A Surprisingly Authentic Bath
The replicated, late-Victorian master bathroom is in an 1892 brick manse in St. Louis, Missouri.
2 min |
November - December 2021
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Quintessentially MAINE
A late Shingle Style house designed by John Calvin Stevens is sensitively brought back by owners who use patterns by William Morris in its casual, summer-house rooms.
3 min |
July - August 2021
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Lacing in New Boards
Plank and strip flooring with isolated areas of damage can be saved with careful patching.
6 min |
July - August 2021
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The Blues
Favorites, from pale azure to deep cobalt.
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July - August 2021
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At the Windows
Shutters & screens: timeless essentials.
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July - August 2021
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RESTORING REST HARROW IN ARDEN
Refurbishing an Arts & Crafts cottage designed by William Lightfoot Price, noted architect and founder of utopian communities.
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July - August 2021
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Glass Room Screens
Old factory windows are repurposed as room dividers, adding dimension while letting light shine through.
2 min |
July - August 2021
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a place for PROMISES
DENNIS AND KAYLA WHITE of Lynchburg, Tennessee, had long wanted to start their own business. “I’m a credit analyst, so I work with numbers all day,” Kayla says. “But that is so not me! I think of myself as a creative person, and I love design. When this house came up at auction in October of 2018, we thought it would be a chance for us to launch a venture of our own, and for me to do the work I love.” The house is a two-storey, 3800-square-foot I-house with Greek Revival influences. It was built in 1858 for Townsend Port Green, a lumber dealer and wealthy landowner. In this handsome manse, he and his wife, Mary Ann Landiss, raised 14 children. The family fortune declined after the Civil War; in the early 1880s, Green sold the house to local whiskey merchant Daniel S. Evans.
2 min |
July - August 2021
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A BUNGALOW of seven gables
A 1915 Arts & Crafts house on Bainbridge Island, never substantially altered since it was built, is restored with regard for its history, architectural scale, and original style.
3 min |
July - August 2021
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Wood Working
Five handy, high-quality devices make carpentry jobs go smoothly.
1 min |
January - February 2021
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Glasgow School in the Bathroom
A tutorial in bracing color and geometric, stylized forms.
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