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Designing Gable Dormers
Right-scaled gable dormers can both bring in light and add interest to a plain roof.
Invisible Repairs to Hardwood Floors
The key is finding boards that match and installing them with care.
Reproducing Traditional Molding: Capturing a Profile
All Videos in This Series: 1. Introduction 2. Saving the Alvah Kittredge House 3. Capturing a Profile 4. Transferring a Profile 5. Four…
How it Works: Historic Designations
Properties can be identified as historic at the national, state, or local level. In this "How It Works" article, managing editor Debra Judge Silber looks at each of these designations…
How to Save an Old House
A historic Cape gets a dry basement and an insulation upgrade without losing its traditional character
Traditional Design, Modern Construction
A new farmhouse features historically inspired details executed with low-maintenance materials.
How to Apply a Weathered Finish to New Wood Siding
Don't wait for siding repairs to blend in naturally; Chuck Miller has found a great way to make unfinished wood weather quickly
Seamless in Missoula
A second-story addition to a classic bungalow looks as though it has been there forever.
Porch-Post Rescue
Even on a limited budget, you can make things right by pouring new footings and replacing the posts.
Build an inglenook around a small fireplace
Inglenooks—nooks or corners beside a fireplace—are a 17th-century innovation designed as a practical means of keeping warm. Revived in the 20th century, inglenooks are now being reinterpreted to serve smaller fireplaces, different hearth heights, and not-so-big rooms.

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