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Norm Abram arrives from Boston to the site of the Santa Fe house. Steve Thomas learns to make a traditional kiva (beehive) fireplace. Windows and doors are installed.

Steve takes viewers to Santa Fe, New Mexico, for a look at This Old House’s newest project: renovation of a traditional Southwestern adobe home.

Norm constructs a corner cupboard with glass-paned doors and a base cabinet with raised panel doors

Norm builds a slant-top writing desk with tapered legs and a nest of small drawers

Norm builds a modified chest of drawers from knotty pine featuring a base cabinet and an open shelf section

Norm travels to the Hancock Shaker Village in western Massachusetts to gather ideas for his own design for a candle stand

Norm constructs a chest of drawers from Ponderosa pine

Norm builds a freestanding bookcase with a cornice detail at the top, adjustable shelves and a removable base

Norm builds an easily-disassembled, cherry trestle table