Curb Appeal
From mailboxes to shutters, the curb appeal of your home can make a big difference. Discover ways to improve and maintain your home's curb appeal.
How To Spruce Up Your Entryway
Your home's entryway can make a strong first impression. Learn how to update your front door and trim in this guide.
How To Safely Paint Your Home's Exterior
Painting your own home can be labor-intensive, but well worth the cost. Read how to safely paint your home in our guide.
Add Exterior Style With Chimney Pots
Chimney pots add curb appeal while improving your home's draft efficiency. Choose from classic to whimsical styles to complement your home.
How to Repair Rotted Trim with Epoxy
Seamless and easy to use, epoxy is a great option for repairing wood trim.
How To Repair Rot Damage With a Dutchman
A Dutchman, or wood patch, is an effective fix for a small section of rotted wood. Here's how you use it for a seamless replacement.
How To Install a New Mailbox to Replace an Old One
In this how-to video, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shows how to install a mailbox and gives advice on mailbox placement.
How To Hang Exterior Shutters: A Comprehensive Guide
By hanging exterior shutters, your home will have all the privacy it needs—plus an extra dose of curb appeal.
How To Install a Prehung Door
Need to replace an old exterior door? Learn how to install a new prehung exterior door with This Old House contractor Tom Silva.
How To Boost Your Home's Curb Appeal
Better curb appeal leads to better property values, and it's easy to improve. Tour 5 different exterior renovations to learn what matters.
Weathervane Types and Installation
Learn all about weathervanes, including history, popular types, installation methods, and finding antiques.
Everything You Need to Know About Cupolas for Your Roof
Cupolas sit atop a roof ridge and bring light and air into a dark attic space. Check out a few here that also bring style to their rooflines.
A Comprehensive Guide to How to Install a Lamppost
This step-by-step guide will help you install a lamppost on your lawn or driveway, from choosing the post to turning the lights on.
Mailboxes
More than just a utilitarian receptacle for bills and postcards, a mailbox is an expression of personal style—whether that be elegant or eccentric.
17 Front Entry Styles
A house's front entry makes a strong first impression. Explore this interesting collection of architectural entry styles.
15 Beautiful Examples of Victorian-Era Windows
Take a tour of Victorian-era windows and learn more about the architecture and style of this ornate time period.
12 Types of Dormer Roofs
Learn about the different types of dormer roofs that have been designed over the years to let in light and add more space to attics.
Step by Step Guide To Removing and Patching Wood Siding
Rotting or cracked clapboard? Learn the tools and techniques for a careful wood siding patch job so you can keep water damage at bay.
How To Choose Perfect Exterior Colors for Your Home
No matter your home's architectural style, this guide will walk you through some of the best techniques for choosing a new paint color.
Everything You Need to Know about Vintage Shutters
Learn about the variety of vintage shutter types and materials, as well as how to revive and repurpose old shutters around the house.
New Alternative for Wood Outdoor Structures
It's durable, low-maintenance, and stylish enough to trick even the staunchest traditionalist
How To Build a Screen Door
A wood screen door is elegant and keeps pests out. Learn how to assemble a screen door from a kit from the This Old House experts.
Front and Center
An entryway is more than just a door. Design it right, and it'll welcome friends, improve your home's curb appeal, and protect you from the weather
S15 E9: Flagpole
Norm makes a flagpole of strong Douglas fir, glued with epoxy, painted with marine paint and mounted on a welded steel ground anchor
All About Clear Coats for Home Improvement
Clear coats are a great way to improve the look and durability of wood, metal, and concrete surfaces in your home. Read this guide for ideas.
15 Foolproof Shrubs You Can Use to Spice Up Your Landscaping
Here are our picks for the best 15 shrubs and landscaping bushes that provide maximum beauty for your home with minimal hassle.
Making a Grand Entrance
Expert painter John Dee walks us through his restoration of the McCues' handsome front portico.
Selecting a Cedar Shingle
Red or white? Re-shingling their house in Manchester, the McCues have ended up with the best of both colors.
New Life for a Dented Door: A Complete Repair Guide
Learn how to fix your dented steel door and make it look as good as new with our in-depth steel door repair guide.
A Guide to Front Door Replacement Options for Your Entry
In this guide, we discuss various front door materials and what you need to know about picking a great new entry door system.
How To Optimize Outdoor Lighting to Make Your Home Shine
Use our detailed guide to set up an effective and secure outdoor lighting system around your property, including the garage and garden.
Opening Act
How to replace a window with a classic French door
A Pro Confides His Best Tips for Painting Exteriors
The best home brew for killing mold? Should you use a power washer? Decades of experience is distilled here for you.