Building on a Colonial-Era American Original

Low ceilings, cramped rooms, crumbling chimneys—it's not often that a nearly 300-year-old home would still be livable today. But when Joe and Becky Titlow first toured their circa 1720 Georgian in Bedford, Massachusetts, the latest This Old House TV project, they jumped at the opportunity to buy it. "We knew it needed an overhaul, but we loved all the period details," says Becky.

Shown: Cedar clapboards painted gray-blue, a revamped formal entry, and a gable-topped mudroom entry freshen up the facade.

Window restoration: Window Woman of New England
Interior design: Terrat Elms

Watch the full episode of This Old House television revealing the finished Bedford project