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

Eating it all up.

Old House Journal

Kitchens with Character • It can be the best room in the house with these period-friendly picks.

All for Under $300,000 • Homes with historic character at bargain prices.

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DESIGN

small wonders • WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER AND FINE ARTIST CHRIS TOLEDO. YOU WILL BE AMAZED.

To Honor the House • Renovations to bathrooms in a 1916 Craftsman-era house were undertaken with design that interpreted period conventions.

RESTORE

plumbing PROTECTION • Some of these smart devices deliver more than a leak alarm—they can even help you understand your water usage and diagnose plumbing problems. From the most basic detectors to smart devices run through an app, here’s what’s out there.

A PLUMBING PROJECT that requires Wi-Fi

TOOLS + MATERIALS

Vintage Window Tune-Up • Increase quiet and comfort with easy improvements to historical windows.

Replacing a Floorboard • A common wood finish flooring consists of boards fitted together with tongues and grooves. Here’s how to pull out a bad one (or two) for replacement.

INSPIRE

Bright & lively • A comfortable house gets a sunlit kitchen suite with a lightened palette cued by a garden wallpaper. The functional rooms are simply charming.

a blended HISTORY • WITH SENSITIVITY, AN ARCHITECT BRINGS FUNCTION TO A PREVIOUSLY CRAMPED AND REMODELED KITCHEN IN A 1930s HOUSE.

A TIMELESS cottage KITCHEN • Her kitchen proved the most challenging project in the rehabilitation of an 1898 cottage once assumed a tear-down project. Now she loves it.

RESTORATION FEVER • THE WORST HOUSE BECAME OUR HOME.

Un-muddling!