Cottages and Bungalows
A Coastal California Cottage
Home to a family with four little girls, this happy bungalow incorporates modern farmhouse style with bold patterns to create an easy, breezy home that’s perfect for entertaining.
4 min |
February-March 2021
Cottages and Bungalows
A Vacation Cottage Becomes Home
A coastal retreat is reimagined, renovated and redesigned after a devastating hurricane.
8 min |
February-March 2021
Cottages and Bungalows
A True Famlily Home
A designer transforms an old and dingy frat house into a picturesque seaside home that’s suited for entertaining and multi-generational living.
5 min |
February-March 2021
DesignSTL
IN GOOD TIME
With the help of interior designer Robert Idol, a Kirkwood couple creates a home that pays homage to the past, yet feels just right for their modern young family.
5 min |
January/February 2021
DesignSTL
Let's Dish
"Food Raconteur” Ashok Nageshwaran wants to tell you a story.
2 min |
January/February 2021
DesignSTL
The Right Move
New shops and showrooms bring exciting opportunities for local designers, makers, and arts organizations to sell their wares to home enthusiasts here and everywhere.
2 min |
January/February 2021
DesignSTL
Green Dreams
Painter and gardener Lauren Knight branches out.
3 min |
January/February 2021
DesignSTL
Cultivating Kokedama
Chris Mower of White Stable Farms discovered the Japanese style of gardening in Italy. Now, he’s bringing it to St. Louis.
2 min |
January/February 2021
DesignSTL
Graphic Mood
Letters, icons, and illustrations that speak in a hand-drawn language
2 min |
January/February 2021
DesignSTL
AUDRA's New Digs
Audra Noyes, of the Saint Louis Fashion Fund Incubator’s first class, opens an atelier in Ladue.
2 min |
January/February 2021
DesignSTL
A Modern Story
How a little log cabin went from being a home to a guest house
3 min |
January/February 2021
DesignSTL
Cut from the Same Cloth
“Turkey Tracks” is a 19th-century quiltmaking pattern that has the appearance of little wandering feet. Patterns like the tracks, and their traditions and myths, have been passed down through the generations, from their frontier beginnings to today, where a generation of makers has embraced the material as a means of creating something new. Olivia Jondle is one such designer. Here, she’s taken an early turkey track-pattern quilt, cut it into various shapes, and stitched the pieces together, adding calico and other fabric remnants as needed. The result is a trench coat she calls the Pale Calico Coat. Her designs are for sale at The Rusty Bolt, Jondle’s small-batch fashion company based in St. Louis. —SAMANTHA STEVENSON
3 min |
January/February 2021
Old House Journal
Wood Working
Five handy, high-quality devices make carpentry jobs go smoothly.
1 min |
January - February 2021
Old House Journal
Glasgow School in the Bathroom
A tutorial in bracing color and geometric, stylized forms.
2 min |
January - February 2021
Old House Journal
STUFF MY M-I-L SCREWED UP
My mother-in-law is an active 83-year-old who still lives in her own home of many years. When we last visited, we were horrified to discover that she has hung a collection of disused and out-of season clothing on Romex electrical cable, which runs through the joists under the basement ceiling. Now we’re worried about other safety issues down there, too. —Anthony (and Julia) Wisniewski
1 min |
January - February 2021
Old House Journal
MATCHING INTERIOR MILLWORK
If one lacks professional expertise, installing crown moulding, replacing missing bits of casing or trim around windows, and retrofitting lost baseboards may be an exercise in frustration. Especially when nothing in an old house is square! First learn about the role of trimwork, building up profiles, turning corners with mitered and coped joints, and what tools to use where.
5 min |
January - February 2021
Old House Journal
The Tradition of Burnt Wood
An ancient Japanese method for finishing woodwork was adapted by bungalow builders, and it’s back in style.
4 min |
January - February 2021
Old House Journal
cutting corners
“Turning the corner” is easily the most challenging part of any moulding installation or repair. It helps if you aced geometry in high school. For all others, learn to use a miter box, preferably one with a clamp. More experienced? Upgrade to a compound miter saw.
3 min |
January - February 2021
Old House Journal
ARTS & CRAFTS DO-OVER
With generous living space yet a focus on the outdoors, an undistinguished cottage is rebuilt in the Craftsman tradition.
1 min |
January - February 2021
Old House Journal
Arresting Hardware
Salvaged icebox hinges make new cabinets look like vintage equipment.
3 min |
January - February 2021
Old House Journal
ASK OLD HOUSE JOURNAL
ASK OLD HOUSE JOURNAL
2 min |
January - February 2021
Old House Journal
A House unbungled
A couple embarks on the restoration of a diminutive house, aiming to reverse a mid-century Colonial style remodeling. Replacing one wall with a period colonnade lets light flow front to back.
2 min |
January - February 2021
Old House Journal
Vision for an Old House
This hands-on couple have been reading OHJ since its newsletter days. Their forever project is an exemplary unmuddling that took them 22 years. Now the 1880s Queen Anne house is a showpiece in their New Jersey neighborhood.
7 min |
December 2020
Old House Journal
unmuddling well done : the PROCESS
The biggest project in our 1790 farmhouse would be the kitchen, located in a narrow extension between the original house and the barn (now a garage and bedrooms). The connector, which was there by 1830, probably held a woodshed and summer kitchen. The 1970s owners added a bump-out; another renovation came in the 1990s. By now, the remodeled extension detracted from the integrity of the historic house.
8 min |
December 2020
Old House Journal
Cottage Style for a Kitchen
Nostalgic details belie the room’s efficiency and storage capacity.
2 min |
December 2020
Old House Journal
A REMARKABLE COMEBACK FOR A BEAUX ARTS BEAUTY IN ST. LOUIS
Built in 1896, the brick and terra-cotta Beaux Arts mansion needed new systems and repairs. Most remarkable is the addition of period murals and stenciling by the current owner, herself a fi ne artist and accomplished seamstress— who’s worked on the house since its centennial in 1996. Almost everything in the house had survived, or is antique.
5 min |
December 2020
This Old House Magazine
SAVE THIS OLD HOUSE
SAVE THIS OLD HOUSE
2 min |
November/December 2020
This Old House Magazine
Save energy, save money? Maybe...
Reducing energy use is always a good thing. But not every energy-conserving strategy is guaranteed to reduce your overall costs. We take a look at some common misconceptions.
3 min |
November/December 2020
This Old House Magazine
Queen for a New Day
This Old House takes on a timeworn but beautifully crafted Queen Anne, adding on, opening up, and piecing back together the details that make it special
3 min |
November/December 2020
This Old House Magazine
Just Right
Not too big, not too small, a 1920 Cape Cod–style cottage proves a perfect fit for a design-minded homeowner with the vision to tailor it to her needs
5 min |