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This Old House collaborated with Boston’s Public Facilities Department on the renovation of an abandoned triple-decker, creating a home and two rental apartments for a first-time home buyer.

Norm winds up the second season with an armoire based on classic designs but adapted to contemporary use: it can double as a home entertainment center

Norm builds an English garden bench from teak

With this eight-drawer, cherry chest-on-chest Norm simplifies a complicated project that may, at first glance, seem daunting to the home woodworker

Norm shows how to build picture and mirror frames, emphasizing tools and clamps designed specifically for this purpose

Norm draws inspiration from southwestern furniture craftsmen to construct a mission-style sofa whose signature simple lines and oak frame allow for cushions

Norm constructs a kitchen table that functions equally well as a dining table or a work table

Norm's version of this unusual but comfortable and serviceable chair table features hardwood (maple) on the tabletop, arms and feet - and poplar for the sides, seat and drawer front

Norm adapts the design for a pencil-post bed to accommodate a standard full-size mattress and box spring

Norm's version of this pine curved hearthside settle closes in the area beneath the seat to create a storage space and adds an access hatch in the seat

Norm builds a kitchen dresser from pine featuring open shelves above a base cabinet whose door sports an antique-style hinge