Light Cottage Renovationoldhouseonline.com - Patricia Poore Sometimes, what is retained is as important as what is renovated or added. Small things and the right details in a cottage renovation can bring back …
Buying Kitchen Cabinetsoldhouseonline.com - Patricia Poore The specs are confusing, quality and pricing all over the map. Here’s a stab at untangling the choices.Decisions, decisions, and they’re all …
Guide to 20th Century Bathroom Tileoldhouseonline.com - Barbara Rhines When it comes to restoring the tile in a period bathroom, which style is appropriate for your home's style and era? A look at the evolution of …
The History of the Bathtuboldhouseonline.com - Old House Online An inside look at the history and evolution of the common bathtub can help you choose the right one for your old house.Search the web, and you're …
Design Instant Design from the Pastoldhouseonline.com - Old House Online Original sources are credible—and charming.The master bathroom in the restored Oregon bungalow is an authentic re-creation of a 1920s bath. Built-in …
Colorful Kitchen Flooroldhouseonline.com - Patricia Poore An otherwise all-white room gets boundless energy grounded by a colored floor.Completed in 2008, the house was designed to fit into a historic beach …
Vintage How to Choose a Kitchen Stoveoldhouseonline.com - Brian D. Coleman So many choices, it’s hard to decide: antique or reproduction, European or modern?When I bought my 350-square-foot pied-à-terre in New York’s …
Storage Ideas Old-house Kitchen Shelvingoldhouseonline.com - Old House Online Ideas from every era for old-house kitchen shelving.In the kitchen designed by Steve Marchetti (see previous pages), wooden shelves float against the …
Five Ways to Update a Classic Bath Without Losing Its Charmoldhouseonline.com - Signature Hardware Keep your bathroom timeless while using fixtures designed for modern living.Updating the look of your classic bathroom doesn't have to mean changing …
Bathrooms 1920s-40s Bathsoldhouseonline.com - Patricia Poore Bungalow-era baths were of the “sanitary white” persuasion. Not so the bathrooms built after the mid-1920s! Bright color and Jazz Age glamour …
Modern Craftsman Kitchenoldhouseonline.com - Steve Gross & Susan Daley To replace nondescript space in an old house, an architect designs a hard-working “modern Craftsman” kitchen for a friend who has strong ideas about …
Pottery Mediterranean Craftsman Coloroldhouseonline.com - Brian D. Coleman Mediterranean color meets Craftsman design in a joyfully restored house in Portland, Oregon.This kitchen is in a 1906 Craftsman house in the …
A Kitchen & Bath Renovation of a 1920s McKim, Mead & White Houseoldhouseonline.com - Jeanne O'Brien Coffey A McKim, Mead & White house gets some thoughtful kitchen and bath updates.In the 1920s, Long Island’s North Shore was a storied stretch, home to some …
Mid-Atlantic Mediterranean Kitchenoldhouseonline.com - Alexandra Pecci Barnes Vanze Architects designs a real cook's kitchen for a Mid-Atlantic Mediterranean.The Mid-Atlantic united states is hardly the Mediterranean, …
1920s Kitchen Done Rightoldhouseonline.com - Donna Pizzi A keen regard for period details by a Seattle homeowner resulted in this kitchen design.“Nothing drives me crazier than an old house that screams …
Cozy Kitchensoldhouseonline.com - Tim Tanner Despite remodelings and our expectation of modern function, the old-house kitchen is a favorite space, often exuding atmosphere.It’s possible to …
8 Ways to Design a Kitchen for an Early Houseoldhouseonline.com - Tim Tanner These examples show it’s possible to combine old and new to create a traditional yet comfortable kitchen.Despite remodelings and our expectation of …
White Kitchens for Vintage Homesoldhouseonline.com - Patricia Poore From cabinets and flooring to tile, lighting, and hardware, it’s the details that usher a white kitchen into the right decade. Keep in mind that …
Arts & Crafts Revival Batholdhouseonline.com - Patricia Poore The master bath was enlarged and re-imagined for an existing Shingle Style house.Inspired by the rest of the Shingle Style house, this new, Arts & …
An English Arts & Crafts Kitchenoldhouseonline.com - Patricia Poore Remaking the kitchen in a 1912 English Arts & Crafts house.After restoring a 1903 house in Victoria, British Columbia, these owners were settled …
A Bathroom Created from Salvaged Materialoldhouseonline.com - Joanne Palmisano A no-style bathroom gets an affordable makeover, courtesy of reclaimed and salvaged materials and good design. No need to gut the room.The concept of …
Kitchen & Bath Lighting in All the Right Placesoldhouseonline.com - Mary Ellen Polson Bathrooms and kitchens have very specific lighting requirements, but who says task lighting can't be beautiful as well as functional? Vintage …
Mosaic Floor Tile Patterns for Floorsoldhouseonline.com - Demetra Aposporos Mosaic floor tile patterns, from simple to elaborate, can be a great fit for old-house bathrooms.Unfortunately, we’ve all seen them—restored …
Hard Working Floors: Best Bets for Kitchensoldhouseonline.com - Mary Ellen Polson There’s a reason why resilient flooring types and ceramic tile are the go-to floorings for utility areas in the home.As beautiful as original wood …
Corner Cupboards & Spoon Shelvesoldhouseonline.com - Catherine Lundie Ingenious ways and means for storing items in early homes teach us about beauty with utility.In early America, spices, dishware, pewter spoons, and …
Designing a Country Kitchen for an 18th-Century Houseoldhouseonline.com - Patricia Poore Inside an addition to an old house in Pennsylvania, this new but timeless kitchen is a simple room with all of its details well-considered.Putting a …
Architectural Salvage in the Kitchenoldhouseonline.com - Patricia Poore Incorporating repurposed elements kept a modern room warm and in sync with the 1905 house.The house on Cousins Island in Yarmouth, Maine, was built …
Designing the Victorian Bath for Todayoldhouseonline.com - Patricia Poore Designing and outfitting a Victorian bath that looks just right.Victorian-inspired is more likely our intention! In the 19th century, many were still …
Expert Advice: Fix Failing Groutoldhouseonline.com - Riley Doty A reader's question about failing grout prompts a spot-on tutorial from a tile expert.The grout in my 1920s house is falling apart in a few areas …
