House care answers from Historic New England, the largest heritage organization in the country.
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Yankee readers share what it takes to own and love an old home.
Spectacular? Definitely. And available this month at a surprisingly reasonable price.
Break open the boxed cake mix with pride in this charming 1681 Norwell, Massachusetts “home with a history.”
House care answers from the largest heritage organization in the country.
This historic-homes expert shares her tips for making old houses energy efficient. No matter how much you love old houses, you’re never going to make your early Cape into a net-zero house. But it doesn’t have to be a total energy drain, either. Just ask Sally Zimmerman, senior manager of preservation services for Historic […]
Let’s go back to those early years. Before the big house came down, nail by nail, board by board, beam by beam. Before all those truckloads of old timber rumbled through the quiet center of Middletown, Connecticut. Before the tree clearing and the dirt moving. Before the curious onlookers came to see what all the […]
How one Maine couple turned a 1984 house into the antique home of their dreams. The light feels old … What’s surprising, though, is the warmth of color saturating the walls and furniture: dark mustard thick enough to sink your teeth into; rosy wooden chairs, like faded flowers; a dough box the color of silvery […]
When my husband and I set out to restore an 1873 two-family house to the single it was originally designed to be, we faced two challenges. First, our budget, like that of many homeowners, wasn’t unlimited. Second, the house, nestled on a compact urban street near Boston, had undergone an enthusiastic 1980s remodeling, which, save […]
It was built some 200 years ago on an island (accessible by a bridge) in one of the oldest and most desirable summer communities on the Maine coast … One rather chilly spring day a couple of months ago, we decided to mosey “down east.” After a short visit to L.L. Bean in Freeport (how […]
House care answers from the largest heritage organization in the country. My 18th-century house has a bake oven in the kitchen hearth that I would like to be able to use. Is this safe? -Jenn F., Newport, RI By the mid-18th century, the standard bake oven in a kitchen hearth had moved from the back […]
This 18th-century former stagecoach stop was also home to the very first indoor privy in the Berkshires town of Hancock, Massachusetts.