Easy Spring Makeovers

Landscaping

Fast-growing trees

Salvage Style

Turn ceramic bathroom accessories to jewelry stash

Animal House

Build an indoor gate for your pooch

Weekend Remodel

Rectangular planter box of cellular PVC

Q + A

The pros answer your questions

Step-by-Step

Plant a small tree

Norm's Tricks of the Trade

Install horizontal blocking to support vertical paneling

Before and After: Kitchen

A new layout and vintage touches update an 1866 Italianate's outdated eatery

Budget Redo

Custom-look wainscot adds old-house charm

Make a Mudroom That Works for You

Seven drop-spots and tons of tips to make the most of yours

Hassle-free Steps to a Healthier Home

Our room-by-room guide for keeping you safe at home

Reader Remodel

A retired couple brings the life back to a tumbledown cottage

All About

Exterior stain

Letter from This Old House

Nuts & Bulbs & Squirrels

Readermail

Your feedback, questions, and comments

Checklist

Easy ways to improve your home right now

Home News

Protect fruit & veggie crops; new law for lead paint; and more

Home Solutions

Rubber-duckie bathroom; nontoxic cleaners; natural lawn care; and more

Paint Ideas

Make a small bath look bigger with horizontal bands

Shopping

Oversize bar pulls

Get This Look

Vintage-style home office

TOH TV

Household wisdom from Roger Cook

Photoshop Redo

An 1880 Folk Victorian regains its character

Home Economics

Learn how homeownership can pay off come tax time

Save This Old House

An 1861 Greek Revival in Orange County, Virginia

Web Highlights

• Choose the perfect outdoor dining table
• Get a list of plants that will thrive in your garden
• Learn how to lay down a bluestone patio
• Pick the best decking material for your house

• Find out what happened to the homes featured in Save This Old House

Letter from This Old House

• Email the Editor

Readermail

• For more information on vent-free fireplace safety, go to:
• Consumer Reports
• U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission
• Email This Old House

Home News

• See all 51 winners of our Best Old-House Neighborhoods

Home Solutions

• Got a smart solution? Email our Editor, Scott

Before and After: Kitchen

• Share your remodel and your project may appear in our Reader-Created Issue

Landscaping

• Check your growing zone

Paint Ideas

• Find closely related hues by consulting a color wheel

Shopping: Bar Pulls

• Save 15% off any Bronte and Mandalay Collection items at Atlas Homewares using promotion code TOH15 in your sales cart.
• Save an additional 10% off Modern Objects pulls using promotion code TOH10 in your sales cart at pullsdirect.com

Budget Redo: Dining Room

• How did you stretch your dollars? Submit your budget redo and it may appear in our Reader-Created issue

Salvage Style

• Got a clever reuse? Submit your recycled design and it may appear in our Reader-Created issue

Animal House: Dog gate

• Build this dog gate in one weekend.

Photoshop Redo

• Want a Photoshop Redo? Send snapshots to [email protected]

Home Economics

• Get more tips on energy-related tax breaks

Weekend Remodel: Planter box

• COMING SOON! How-to video
• Tell us what you got done in a weekend and you could be featured in the Reader-Created Issue

Hassle-Free Steps to a Healthier Home

• How to replace failing caulk
• A fast fix for cracked tile

Reader Remodel

• Show us your whole-house remodel for a chance to win cash and a spread in the 2010 Reader-Created issue

All About: Exterior Stain

• Learn how to prep and stain a wood deck in this video with TOH general contractor Tom Silva
• Tell us what you want to know all about

Ask This Old House, p. 93

• Submit your questions

Reader Tool Test, p. 99

• Tell us what tool you plan to buy and you could be featured in the Reader-Created Issue

Save This Old House, p. 110

• Know about a gem worth saving? Tell us about it