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Honest Abe Slept Here
This Old House — Lincoln's Cottage as it appears today Lincoln's Cottage circa 1863 Few people know that President Lincoln lived away from the White House for a quarter of his presidency-and today you can visit the other place he called home. On February 18, ...More…
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Confessions of an Architecture Victim
This Old House — We thought, Hah! We don't need no stinkin' egg-and-dart moldings! We're free! Shortly after we moved into the weird modern home we'd just built for ourselves, the trash man showed up for the very first time. "So where's the ...More…
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Working It Out
This Old House — As the work on the kitchen addition at the back of the house gets going, homeowners Bruce Leasure (in the red shirt) and Kim Whittemore discuss the rest of the final plans with TOH general contractor Tom Silva. Stirling's design opened up the ...More…
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Welcome to the Neighborhood
This Old House — If you drove up to the This Old House TV project house in Winchester, Massachusetts, you'd swear you've been there before. There's a sidewalk on both sides of the street, and if you didn't see a boy on a bicycle flinging newspapers onto ...More…
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How One Homeowner Rebuilt His Fire-Ravaged House
This Old House — A fire that started in the living room did most of its damage to the second floor, burning through several rooms and most of the roof. The fire gutted the dining room. The owner took down several first-floor walls and rebuilt the entire central ...More…
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Cook's Tour De Force
This Old House — Extralong work ladders were mandatory for mounting 12-foot-high cabinets in the new kitchen. Installed, thes cabinets are easily reached using 8-foot-tall library ladders. Every cabinet-including those with open shelves-is organized to enhance a ...More…
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The Family Plan
This Old House — Homeowners Delaey Robinson and Andrea Dismont in front of Harbour View before construction, with their sons, Kelsey (foreground) and Myles. Architect Colin Campbell (right) reviews plans for the TOH TV project house in Bermuda with interior ...More…
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Doggie Digs Through the Ages
This Old House — The porch posts get some finishing touches on a bench sander. The 10 posts were made from 1x1 stock stair spindles, glued and nailed into place. Like the real house, the doghouse features an elegantly simple exterior, devoid of elaborate trim. ...More…
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Beautified Bungalow
This Old House — For 25 years, Jan Winford has enjoyed her house's modest early 20th century Craftsman style, and she doesn't want it lost in the renovation. With this guiding premise, I undertook the interior design of her 1907 bungalow. Just as the exterior ...More…
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Looking for Trouble
This Old House — Charles Bellefontaine found out the hard way the value of a good home inspection. In 1991, Bellefontaine and his wife, Loretta, signed a contract to buy a three-bedroom, one-bath Georgian-style house in Elmhurst, Illinois. A framing carpenter, he ...More…
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How to Use Contractor Referral Websites
This Old House — In a perfect world you'd have a black book filled with the names of reliable contractors who provide top-notch service at a reasonable price-and are thoughtful enough to wipe their boots before entering the house. Realistically, we usually rely ...More…
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So You Think You Wanna Be on TV?
This Old House — TV season's project house is a three-story Shingle-style in Newton, Massachusetts, owned by Paul Friedberg and Madeline Krauss. Paul Friedberg was a little startled when Tom Silva walked into his new house, a rambling suburban Shingle-style much ...More…