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The Upgrades You Want

The know-how you need. Cabinets, countertops, crown moulding and more

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In Fine Detail

Peeling back layers of paint and shag carpet revealed the Arts and Crafts heart of an American Foursquare

Crown Jewels

Crown molding adds character and value to your home—but how do you know what profile or material is best? Here’s help choosing

A Loft Grows Up

Lessons learned from one couple’s redesign—with help from TOH magazine—of their former factory space

Save While You Splurge

Inside tips to cutting costs on the most popular high-end home improvements

From Animal House to Our House

The 1897 brick Queen Anne had been trashed from a decade as a frat house. But two professors coaxed it back to the architectural honor roll

Family Project

A toolbox kids can use and help build

Departments

Bath Design

An extra bedroom becomes a spacious bath for a growing family

Luxuries

Door knockers that send a message

Around My House

If home is a metaphor for self, am I in big trouble?

Salvage

Vintage door casings can frame a mirror, encase a headboard —and even surround a doorway

Green House

10 ways to shave your energy expenses, this winter and beyond

How It Works

A steam shower is a healthy indulgence

Toolbox

Routers: Our guide may reduce your fear factor

From the TOH TV Job Site

Ready-to-install replacement windows

Step-by-Step

Laminating a countertop

Save This Old House

A Gothic Revival in Georgia, for a buck

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WorkShop

Ask This Old House

Window condensation; restoring cultured marble; and more Q & A

Skill Building

Making perfect laminate joints; backing strips for nailing up crown molding

Norm's Notebook

Techniques for using routers, from the TOH master carpenter

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Scott Omelianuk

Editor Spotlight

Scott Omelianuk Scott Omelianuk, Editor of This Old House magazine, began his long relationship with home improvement at age 15, when he started working after school as a carpenter's gopher. After years of jobsite toil and practical jokes—including being s… more

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