Outdoor Style

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before + after: kitchen

Shifting a peninsula opens the way for more storage and prep space • BONUS: For more ideas on how to create a cozy open kitchen

Photoshop redo

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

planter's punch

Thanks to a careful plan, familiar and unusual plants thrive in five flowing garden rooms

if these walls could talk

A pre–Revolutionary War house's journey to a stylish rebirth

get this look for less

Updated Victorian bath

shopping

Colorful, classic porch rockers

build it or buy it

Window box • BONUS: Find the cut list and instructions for this project

all about

Path lighting • BONUS: Find step-by-step instructions on how to install a path-light system

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

budget redo

Paint-striped walls and a handy banquette help create a colorful, cozy breakfast nook–crafts corner

paint ideas

Enhance a favorite room feature by surrounding it with a unique stenciled motif • BONUS: Get the complete how-to for this project

landscaping

Learn how window-box gardens can beautify the view from outside—and inside—your house

weekend remodel

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

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

step-by-step

Install a skylight

TOH tested

Cordless 12-volt oscillating tools

reader mail

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

save this old house

A detailed Queen Anne for a dollar in Hope, Indiana