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This Old House
September 2006
Marjorie E. Gage |
Breezy Retreat How to cut costs on a new three-season porch: Build it from screen doors with panels that swap out for glass.   |
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Pete Goode |
Screening Rooms Screened porches don't have to be ordinary, as these three distinctive designs demonstrate. |
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Max Alexander |
Front and Center An entryway is more than just a door. Design it right, and it'll welcome friends, improve your home's curb appeal, and protect you from the weather |
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Jill Connors |
Porch Swing How to add a porch swing to your house so you can relax on a bench that moves with the breeze |
This Old House
March 24, 2001
Leslie Plummer Clagett |
Face-saving Measures There's no point envying the facades of other houses. Your home can undergo a dramatic change by adding just a few elements... |
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Elaine Martin Petrowski |
Front Face-Lifts Add distinction and curb appeal to your home without spending a fortune. |
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Amy Hughes |
Porch Rail Revival How to use salvaged balustrades to spruce up the exterior of an old house |
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Danny Flanders |
Special Addition Adding a great room to this 1908 house was the easy part of this project. The real challenge was making it look like it was there all along. |
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Jason Carpenter |
A Dog House Like Your House From a stately brick Georgian to a storybook Craftsman cottage, here are five classics of American architecture set to scale for man's best friend. |
Popular Mechanics
April 2008
Jim Gorman |
The Hurricane-Ready Home: PM's 2008 House of the Year Rising from a low-slung island in South Carolina, this sprawling cottage exudes coastal charm, but underneath those graceful lines lies clever engineering. Here's how it all goes together. |
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Sallie Brady |
Seeworthy How dedicated homeowners, a preservationist, and a talented local carpenter rebuilt a treasured island beach house -- one plank at a time |
This Old House
November 2006
Amy R. Hughes |
Classic Columns Vintage pillars carry a load of character -- especially when used inside to cordon off space or outside to prop a porch. |
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David Hawk |
Enhancing a Grand Landscape Landscape architect David Hawk shares the concepts he used in redesigning the McCues' handsome Manchester property. |
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C.J. Hughes |
Old House, New Space When this family outgrew their home, they decided to add on rather than move on -- improving the place's awkward floor plans in the process. |
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Megan Baker |
Welcoming Front Porch for $688 A stenciled floor and punchy new door color give a dull exterior a fresh new look. |
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Tom Peterson |
Grand Prize Winners: Search for America's Best Remodel 2014 How did one of your fellow readers earn our awe -- and a $5,000 prize? Well, first he had to "retire" so he could work on the house full-time. |
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Bruce Irving |
The Architect's Eye Avoiding shortcuts and quick fixes, homeowner/architect Michael Miller kept his eye on design. |
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Katelin Hill |
A Freshened-up Porch for $367 Craftsman-style pillars and punchy accessories help a tired front entry put on a welcoming face |
Popular Mechanics
November 2006
Norman Becker |
Homeowners Clinic Install a fan in a dropped ceiling... Heating with used oil?... Replacing wood-siding corner covers... Replacing old roof shingles... Fixing an outdoor faucet... Replace or repair wood-porch joists?... Keeping that chain saw sharp... |
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Alexandra Bandon |
How to Build a House in Five Days Think it can't be done? Don't say that to the Habitat for Humanity volunteers who constructed this one between Monday and Friday of one hot summer's week. |
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Mary Kayaselcuk |
The Day I Set the Porch on Fire (and Other Disasters) A reader commiserates on the heartache of fixing up an old house. |
