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Before + After: Kitchen

A light-filled plan opens up a 1949 cottage’s pinched cooking quarters

Photoshop Redo

Craftsman details and a warmer color palette freshen up a brick house’s facade

Eat Out More Often

Get pro advice for adding a backyard kitchen without going overboard on cost

Vintage Bath at a Budget Price

From sinks to sconces, TOH editors help you get a high-end look with lower-priced fixtures and finishes

Reader Remodel

A Montana couple transforms a crumbling 1901 Dutch Colonial Revival into their forever home

Small-Space Solutions

Nine tips and tricks that made a family of five’s tight quarters seem positively palatial

Price Wise

Patio umbrellas

Get This Look

Farmhouse porch

Build It or Buy It

Lean-to shed for garden tools

All About

Composite decking

Departments

Paint Ideas

Step up your stairs’ style with a ruglike enamel runner

Landscaping

Seven design tips for artfully placing container plantings

Whaddaya Call It?

Keep the barbeque fire burning safely with this gas-grill guide

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WorkShop

Home Center Project

Corral your portable electronics with a charging station made from stock moldings

Weekend Remodel

Lay a broken bluestone patio

Q + A

Is gray water safe for veggies?; fix a sagging gate; repair wood siding gouges; and more

Norm’s Tricks of the Trade

Fill the gap between a storage cabinet and a closet wall; snap a straight chalk line

Reader Tool Test

Cordless string trimmers

Checklist

Easy ways to improve your home right now

Home News

Wipe away lead; window-replacement tax credit; water heaters get Energy Star status; and more

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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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