JUNE 2013 IDEA FILE
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Shifting a peninsula opens the way for more storage and prep space • BONUS: For more ideas on how to create a cozy open kitchen
With a new facade and the right accents, a boring bungalow gains the Craftsman feel its owners admire
37 easy ways to upgrade your outdoor rooms
DIY ideas designed to make alfresco spaces special
Thanks to a careful plan, familiar and unusual plants thrive in five flowing garden rooms
A pre–Revolutionary War house's journey to a stylish rebirth
JUNE 2013 UPGRADES
Updated Victorian bath
Colorful, classic porch rockers
Window box • BONUS: Find the cut list and instructions for this project
Path lighting • BONUS: Find step-by-step instructions on how to install a path-light system
JUNE 2013 HOME SOLUTIONS
home solutions
Turn harp-back chairs into an outdoor bench; 10 uses for sandpaper; get your hardscape in shape; negotiate a better deal on project supplies; and more • BONUS: Find more smart uses for leftovers
• BONUS: How to build an outdoor bench from dining chairs
• BONUS: How to age a terra-cotta pot
• BONUS: How to antique a brass fixture
• BONUS: How to give metal the look of copper verdigris
• BONUS: How to give wood a driftwood tone
• BONUS: How to give metal a faux rusty coating
• BONUS: How to make new glass look like mercury glass
JUNE 2013 HOW-TO PROJECTS
Paint-striped walls and a handy banquette help create a colorful, cozy breakfast nook–crafts corner
Enhance a favorite room feature by surrounding it with a unique stenciled motif • BONUS: Get the complete how-to for this project
Learn how window-box gardens can beautify the view from outside—and inside—your house
Serve up your grilling masterpieces with a cedar food cart on wheels • BONUS: Find the cut list and instructions for this project online • BONUS: Watch a video of this project being built
JUNE 2013 ASK TOH
Q + A
Watering tips for a new lawn; don't smother your trees with mulch; restore a butcher-block table so that it's food-safe; and more
Install a skylight
Cordless 12-volt oscillating tools
JUNE 2013 IN EVERY ISSUE
reader mail
• BONUS: Build a driveway marker
• BONUS: Secret Garden
letter from This Old House
Black-thumb confessions
checklist
Easy ways to improve your home right now
• BONUS: Watch a how-to video with TOH general contractor Tom Silva
digital highlights
• BONUS: Flip through thousands of entries in the 2013 Reader Remodel Contest
• BONUS: Watch a video of how to paint kitchen cabinets
• BONUS: Get TOH for your tablet
A detailed Queen Anne for a dollar in Hope, Indiana