Old House Journal

Installing Wainscots
Wall finishes in wood, beadboard; using salvage; raised-panel repairs.
The Winter Garden
Plan your garden for year-round interest.
Custom Built-in Cabinets Made Easy
A standardized approach, quick-to-install hardware, and a simplified design make building custom casework cost-effective.
A Transitional House in St. Louis
A couple restores a Late Victorian house full of fabulous woodwork, incorporating Arts & Crafts design.
Seasonal Holiday Mantel Decoration
How to decorate Colonial, Victorian, Bungalow, and mid-century mantels in winter.
A Barber Queen Anne Victorian
A serial restorer brings back a George Barber-designed 1895 Queen Anne in Vermont.
A Decorated Interior Endures
This house in Hunter, New York, offers a genuine example of high-style wall and ceiling decoration ca.1920.
Beaux Arts Lighting of the Teens and Twenties
Reproduction lighting fixtures for houses 1900-1930s homes.
Design Lessons Through Photos
Favorite images teach about color, holistic design, period context, small baths, style inspirations, and honoring the past.
A Period Inspired Kitchen 1910-1920
In Portland, Oregon, an unusable kitchen and remodeled pantry are sympathetically reimagined with elements of the 1910s.

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