This Old House

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A tragic fire set the stage for this This Old House renovation project in Billerica

Post-Katrina, This Old House follows stories of rebuilding and recovery in New Orleans, while helping one fourth-generation resident of the Lower Ninth Ward return home by renovating her flood-damaged shotgun single.

An energy audit can help homeowners find the spots where fuel costs are flying out the windows and walls

Folks often ask what it takes to get their renovations on the This Old House TV show. Here's the inside scoop on what the producers look for in a project

Two years after Katrina, New Orleans rebuilds; a father and his sons recover their home with little money, but lots of determination

A family lets go of a house they've liked living in for a decade to renovate one they hope they'll love for an even longer time

TOH TV renovates an 1897 Shingle-style house for a family of four

TOH magazine copy chief Leslie Monthan shares what she learned when she celebrated a landmark birthday by rolling up her sleeves

A Texas bungalow gets an environmentally friendly renovation and earns a 5-star rating from the local Green Building Program

Creating an ideal canvas for improvement means getting the fundamentals done correctly

A homeowner's dream comes true

In a project with few surprises, we knew something would come up

At first glance the Winchester dormers look fine. But are they?

How the new owners of the Winchester house managed moving from Huntsville, Alabama—and a major renovation

And so began the work on another This Old House television project. After give-and-take between drawing board and checkbook, the plans— by local architect David Stirling — were finished.

A week before the TOH crew arrived, when things in Concord were still relatively quiet, Janet Bernard talked about her parents, the barn behind her house, and how our fall 2003 project came to be.

The interior of the Concord Cottage is a marvel of traditional decor, universal design, and hidden storage everywhere.

The family suffers a loss as the Concord Cottage project nears completion

A homeowner, innkeeper, and father dreams about the fabulous home that awaits his family

Reconverting an oversized storage closet back to being a home is like working from a blank slate. On the Bermuda project, that meant figuring out what kind of home it would become — and just how blank the slate would be.

Keeping a house dry on a humid island is no small task. On our Bermuda project, everyone working on the job contributes to that effort, inside and out

From concept to delivery, this renovation project followed a strangely familiar course