Table of Contents
Features
Before + After: Kitchen
Old-style architectural details help an enlarged cooking space blend in with the rest of a 1930 Spanish Revival
Before + After: Bath
A 1920s bath gets a vintage update with a claw-foot tub, subway tile, and a black-and-white marble floor
Departments
A Home for the Holidays
A whole-house redo transforms
a 1912 summer cottage into a year-round family hub
Sitting Pretty
11 window seat designs to enhance a room's style—and storage
Reader Remodel
Christmas card updates help a single mom share the rehab that restored her 1899 foursquare's period spirit
TOH TV
Lessons learned across three decades of dedication to the art
and science of home improvement
Gift Guide
Find (or make) just the right present with our collection of house, garden, and workshop wares
Secret Sources
TOH's insider guide to products and services that'll make your home uniquely your own
Price Wise
Chrome towel bars
Build It or Buy It
Newel-post coat rack
All About
Pendant lighting
WorkShop
Home Solutions
Creative outdoor lighting with LED bulbs; 10 uses for Xmas trees; create a gift-wrapping station; kid-safe decorations; beverage-tub storage for winter duds; and more
Help!
Our married remodeling therapists help couples navigate home-improvement project pitfalls
Whaddaya call it?
Fix leaks and drips and keep
the water flowing with our
shower-valve guide
Weekend Remodel
Give your fireplace a hearth-warming makeover with a
cast-stone veneer
Q + A
Shorten a cast-iron radiator; open or close crawl-space vents; stop wood storm window paint
from peeling; fix a sinking brick patio; and more
Step-by-Step
Repair a doorbell
Norm's Tricks of the Trade
Reattach a broken countertop piece; iron away carpet dents
Reader Tool Test
Cordless
stick drivers
