Home Restoration Articles

Welcome to our Old House Authority archive. Below is a list of our archived articles.

2010

• New Regulations Effect Work on Pre-1978 Houses
• House Histories
• Cost-Effective, Creative Way to Redesign Interior Spaces

2009

• Exterior Siding: Wood vs. Hardiplank
• Tired of Re-Painting Your Old House?
• The Future of the Past
• Ask the Authority: How to Prevent Wood Rot
• Preservation: For What Purpose?
• Woodland Heights: One Neighborhood's Pursuit of Historic Designation
• Efficient Energy Upgrades
• Real Estate Advisory
• Save Your Wooden Windows
• Ask the Authority: Installing Receptacles Without Damaging Plaster
• Historic Gardens and Plants
• How to Copy Vintage Mill Work
• Researching Historic Tiles in Old Houses
• Are Historic Standards Destroying Historic Districts?
• Historic House Post Repair
• Ask the Authority - Floorboards
• Old Windows as Efficient as New Ones
• Wooden Storm Windows
• Repairing Brick: The Hard Facts
• Ask the Authority - Door Article
• Window Restoration
• Classic Solutions for Column Repair
• Ask the Authority - Working with Plaster
• Ask the Authority - Lead Paint Article
• Planting Shade Trees: Landscaping to Save Energy
• Repair, Don't Replace Old Windows
• Preservation People: Iron Railings Repaired or Copied
• Old Glass: Reflections on why and how to preserve it
• Urban Gardens: Make It Easy
• Ten Tips to Green Your Home
• Death of a Building