Old House Journal – October 2023
Features
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From plumbing failures to environmental near disasters, OHJ staffers dish on our worst and best moments.
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A couple finish restoring their home fillled with beautiful millwork and trim.
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This house in Hunter, New York, offers a genuine example of high-style wall and ceiling decoration ca.1920.
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A serial restorer brings back a George Barber-designed 1895 Queen Anne in Vermont.
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In Portland, Oregon, an unusable kitchen and remodeled pantry are sympathetically reimagined with elements of the 1910s.
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A 1909 bungalow in Portland, Oregon, gets an addition and an interior update.
Article
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Designing a Vintage Bath
Five rules to create a period-inspired bathroom with antique and reproduction items.
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Architectural Salvage in Atlanta
This super-organized salvage store is a worldwide resource for owners, architects, and set designers.
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High-Tech Batteries and More
Discover the latest technology for storing energy at home.
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Finding the Roof Leak
It started with the roofers not removing the old layer of shingles.
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Set a Jack on a Solid Base
Do this, not that when using a hydraulic or screw jack.
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Beaux Arts Lighting of the Teens and Twenties
Reproduction lighting fixtures for houses 1900-1930s homes.