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Try these cures for the coming cold: Fertilize the lawn before its winter hibernation, tune up the mower, install freeze-proof outdoor traps, weather strip drafty windows and replace that leaky threshold under the front door.
By Alexandra Bandon
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This Old House readies a huge Victorian in Watertown, Massachusetts, for a much-needed makeover.
By Cynthia Sanz
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Firewood season: time to split, stack and burn. Even tree huggers are sharpening their mauls.
By Nathaniel Reade
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The Peyton Randolph House in Colonial Williamsburg fairly moans with history. Or are those sounds the murmurings of spirits-from a jolly slave to Thomas Jefferson-who have reportedly been sighted there?
By Jeanne Ralston
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Rejuvenating tired quartersawn red oak-restoring its 19th-century smoothness-is easier now, thanks to 20th-century machines. But doing it right takes loads of patience and means not skipping a single step.
By Alexandra Bandon
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In the backwoods of the Pine Tree State, Bill Donnell runs one of the world's last remaining rift mills, which makes him the man to see when you need to re-side your house with the best clapboards in the world.
By Brad Lemley
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There are a lot of surprising secrets to a paint job that lasts. Most of them have nothing to do with a brush.
By Brad Lemley
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Become fluent in carpentry's mother tongue, and get better work from the guys who wear tool belts.
By Jeff Taylor
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Growing Pains
Working with architects can be a lot like rubbing a magic genie lamp. You have to be careful what you wish for.
By Jeanne Marie Laskas
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Electric Planes
Just wait till you try one of these on a sticky door.
By Curtis Rist
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Caulk Guns
Drawing a smooth bead takes a quality gun, a steady hand and sealant that's warmed up enough to flow like buttercream.
By Jeff Taylor
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Terrazo
Floors made of glass and marble chips embedded in cement glitter like diamonds-and are almost as durable.
By Jack McClintock
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Re-Puttying Perfect
Save wood-sash windows by replacing old, brittle putty with new.
By Victoria C. Rowan
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Empire Building
Market vagaries and landlording hassles aside, many would-be Trumps successfully leverage one rental property into several.
By Nick Ravo
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Born in America
For more than 100 years, the Shingle Style has possessed a breezy informality that's in tune with American sensibilities.
By Curtis Rist
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Bat Man
Critter control takes guts and a mean backhand.
By Brock Yates
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
