Old House Journal

Find guidance on buying, renovating, budgeting, and decorating. It’s all about keeping the character while upgrading for modern comfort and your own style. For prospective and recent homebuyers -- whether your house is Victorian or Mid-century Modern. Inside: • Kitchen/bath renos • When to DIY (and not!) • Inspiring house tours • Using vintage lighting • Pantry ideas • Modern farmhouses • Curb appeal upgrades • Choosing paint colors • Picket fence styles • Repairing floorboards • How to wallpaper … and lots more

Old House Journal

in this book . . .

in home design, PAST & PRESENT COME TOGETHER • FOR RENOVATIONS AND NEW BUILDS ALIKE, TRADITIONAL, TIMELESS ELEMENTS BRING LASTING QUALITY TO THE PROJECT.

the making of aTudor Estate

kitchens & revival baths

EASTLAKE GALLEY • The 1886 house is a Victorian Revival jewel box, all in just 1700 square feet.

BEHIND THE STOVE • FUNCTIONAL DECORATION CREATES A FOCAL POINT

COUNTERTOP options • You have many good choices both natural and manmade—and can use more than one in a kitchen.

MODERN PRAIRIE • The new bathroom perfectly suits the 1915 Prairie School house.

ADDITIONAL LISTINGS • Like the companies featured, these additional sources provide hard-to-find kitchen and bath specialties suitable for historic and unique homes.

wall&floor tiles

TILED Fountains

SHOPTOUR CRAFTSMANSHIP

lighting + hardware

Choosing Lighting

lighting rules of thumb

EDITOR’S NOTE

SHOPTOUR CRAFTSMANSHIP

ADDITIONAL LISTINGS • Lighting & Metalwork—even more companies supplying unique lighting, house hardware, and such metalwork as plaques, stair rods, and fireplace tools.

curtains to carpets

SIMPLE WINDOW treatments

EDITOR’S NOTE

furniture & decorative accessories

SHOPTOUR CRAFTSMANSHIP

walls & ceilings

HISTORY REFRESHED • Bringing function to a previously cramped and remodeled kitchen in a 1934 house.

SHOPTOUR CRAFTSMANSHIP

flooring

ADDITIONAL LISTINGS

EDITOR’S NOTE

house & garden details

A RETREAT preserved • Comfortable, woodsy, and downright theatrical, the Victorian summer home is from another era.

SHOPTOUR CRAFTSMANSHIP

ADDITIONAL LISTINGS

professional services • A selective list of designers and consultants serving the old-house and period-homes market, specializing in both restoration and traditional new construction. These firms work in a large region or nationwide.