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S40 E13: Net Zero Comes Together
Today is the day the net-zero house gets turned over to the Powers family. Kevin and Tommy pick up builder Jeff at the Idea House and drive to Jamestown for the big reveal
Alternative Gifts for Valentine’s Day
Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada discusses alternatives to flower bouquets that make great gifts.
How to Paint a Mold-Resistant Bathroom
Ask This Old House painter Mauro Henrique paints a bathroom using a mold-resistant paint, in this edition of DIY Smarts.
How To Recreate the Look of an Antique Closet Door
Homeowners who have antique doors they're not using can easily repurpose them. Learn how to transform your space with this type of project in our step-by-step guide.
Bathroom Before and After: Small Change, Big Impact
Sacrificing a linen closet allows a little bath to live larger within the same footprint
Design Details at the Jamestown Net-Zero House
How a husband-and-wife tag team—interior designer Dana Powers and architect Don Powers—succeeded in achieving a superefficient, net-zero home with a clean, comfortable ambience, cozy furnishings, and Scandinavian-inspired appeal
Jamestown Net-Zero House Reveal
As the Powers family moves into their renovated 1920s bungalow, it’s too early to tell if its energy-saving technologies and energy-producing systems will meet the net-zero ideal. But one thing’s certain: It’s great to be home. Explore our 40th-anniversary house project right here. MISSED THE REVEAL EPISODE ON PBS? You can watch it on demand right here at thisoldhouse.com
Home Decor Upgrades Inspired by Patriots Team Colors
If you're a diehard Patriots fan and are looking for fun ways to incorporate their classic color scheme in your home, we've got you covered.
Live Q&A: To paint or not to paint?
The AskTOH crew chimes in on fireplaces, crown molding, and shutoff valves
Generation NEXT update
Once again, we’re looking for a few good men and women to work on next season's projects
Sneak Peek: Brookline floating fireplace
Our mid-century modern gets an iconic secondary heat source
Behind the Scenes: Jamestown mudroom
A narrow corridor is pressed into service at the Net-Zero house
S40 E12: Energy-saving Installations
Richard demonstrates how an energy recovery ventilator works, using red and blue smoke to illustrate the flow of indoor air and outdoor air through the core of the machine.
S17 E12: Cabinet Upgrade, Secret Garden
Nathan upgrades a kitchen to have soft close cabinets; Jenn cleans up an overgrown garden.
S11 E5: Teak Bar
Norm builds an attractive, custom-designed teak bar that promises to hold everything a party giver needs.
How To Create a Secret Garden
Watch Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada clean up an overgrown yard and redesign it as a secret garden.
Staying Safe with Natural Gas
Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey and host Kevin O’Connor discuss how gas regulators work and how their malfunction caused gas explosions in Lawrence, MA
Home Inspection Nightmares | Dangerous Deck
Ask This Old House host Kevin O’Connor, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, general contractor Tom Silva and mason Mark McCullough share some wild code violations submitted to them by home inspectors
How to Upgrade to Soft-Close Cabinets in a few Easy Steps
Consider installing soft-close cabinets if you want to quiet down your kitchen a bit. Our guide tells you how to install these cabinets, how much money you'll spend along the way, and much more.
7 Rules For Organizing Your Work Van
After much trial and error, remodeling contractor Zack Dettmore has found an organizational strategy that works
Find Stored Items Easily with the Duck Pack & Track App
An app that makes it easier to know what’s in those storage containers
Best TVs for Super Bowl LIII
January 25, 2019 Just in time for Super Bowl Sunday, explore top-rated TVs from Amazon. Special Game Day Deals inside
S40 E11: Roger’s Nod to Sod
In just a few short weeks the grass will go in, and luckily Roger has a good solution. Roger joins Jenn and Kevin at a nearby sod farm where hundreds of acres of environmentally-friendly grass is grown.
S17 E11: Seismic Retrofit, Dryer Vent
Kevin sees a seismic retrofit; Mark stains concrete; Richard reroutes a dryer vent.
Make Mini Barn Doors for Cabinets
Love the look of sliding barn doors, but don’t have the wall space to use them? Consider a scaled-down version for concealing less-than-lovely appliances