
This Old House
A painting technique disguises old and damaged woodwork; custom kitchen; window treatments.

A painting technique disguises old and damaged woodwork; custom kitchen; window treatments.

Vintage spiral stairs; plaster medallion; linoleum floor tiles.

Installing white oak flooring in the top floor apartment; showerhead.

White oak flooring with two accent strips; plaster crown mouldings.

An assessment of the wood finishes; period-appropriate tile combinations; converting to hot water.

Framing; kitchen layout; options for updating and/or upgrading the old steam heating system.

Demolition begins on a neglected 1904 brownstone in Brooklyn.

Completing landscaping work; finishing the security system and industrial light fixtures.

Installing a berm and fence in the front yard; concrete countertops.

Installing porous pavers in the driveway; installing window trim.

Land's Sake Farm; composite decking; galvanized metal; neutral paint.

Granite steps, precast footings and Goshen stone; rough sawn.

Solar panels; red distressed vertical boards; timberframer carves 2008 into Douglas fir timber.

Solar hot-water system; tile contractor Mark Ferrante preps a shower stall for tile.

Synthetic slate roofing; New England fieldstone natural stone veneer.

Roof panels; cupola; shingles; copper roof; window installation.

Water-supply lines and drainage pipes; landscape plan; rain garden; scarf joint.

How the assemblies are joined together; kitchen; first floor exterior walls are craned into place.

Setting the basement level; fabricating the floor panels and adding radiant heating and insulation.

Prefabricated interior and exterior wall systems; the crew readies for the house raising.