
This Old House
Host Bob Vila takes a tour of the finished and decorated Weatherbee Farm.

Host Bob Vila takes a tour of the finished and decorated Weatherbee Farm.

Specialists demonstrate sponge painting, and wallpaper is hung in the nursery.

Custom cabinets are installed, and picket-style fencing is built in the garden.

Pine flooring is laid, and Norm shows how the master bath vanity was built.

Landscaping continues, and Norm Abram uncovers some original hardwood floors.

A stone wall is built in the garden, and Rich Trethewey installs radiant heat.

Host Bob Vila tours a custom shutter mill and inspects the new porch roof.

Norm installs barnboard and discusses restoring the new wellhead for a decorative feature.

Bob meets with a restoration expert, and Norm restores an old window.

Work starts on the deck, Norm turns balusters on a lathe, and the addition is insulated.

The house is prepared for painting and the aged chimney is lined for safety.

Insulation is blown into the existing structure, and the front parlor ceiling is replaced.

The crew rebuilds the front porch and removes the old furnace and plumbing.

Host Bob Vila gives an update on the progress of the Weatherbee Farm restoration.

The crew installs divided light French doors, and the homeowners roof the addition.

Norm and the crew raise a wall for the kitchen and uncover dry rot and framing issues.

Norm and the crew prep for the foundation pour and discuss types of radiant heat.

Architect Mary Otis Stevens uses an architectural model to describe proposed renovations.

The crew assesses the condition of Weatherbee Farm and discusses restoration plans.

This crew tackles the restoration of a 200-year-old rambling farmhouse.