Downtown New Orleans, flooded after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 (photo courtesy of Thinkstock.com).

5 Steps to Dry Out your Sandy-Damaged Home

The devastation we’ve witnessed up and down the East Coast has, if anything, convinced us more than ever of the … Continue reading

If your fireplace looks like this and you're desperate to fix it up, consult these books first. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Top 10 Renovation Books

We restoration professionals make it look easy. To you, it seems like we always know why there’s moisture coming through … Continue reading

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The Pros and Cons of Living in a Historic District

Interested in moving into an historic district, whether in Old Towne Orange or downtown Charleston or somewhere in between? Do … Continue reading

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Restoration Story: An 1886 Queen Anne

Restoration can be a full-time job laden with chance and coincidence, as Cathie and Dennis Caldwell of Orange, California, have … Continue reading

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Paint Your Walls in the Victorian Style

Karen Bateman has always “loved Victoriana and became a collector in high school”; when she and her husband redid their … Continue reading

An 1845 Greek Revival home, Mount Fair’s main house sits on a hill on a historic farm near Charlottesville, Virginia. Photograph by Durston Saylor, courtesy of Mark P. Finlay Architects, from The Vintage House by Mark Alan Hewitt and Gordon Bock, published by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., ©2011; wwnorton.com.

Questions to Ask Your Historic Home before you Renovate

Before you begin renovating, take historical architects Mark Alan Hewitt and Gordon Bock’s advice and hunt for clues about these … Continue reading

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Furnishing a Victorian Guestroom

While contractors busily adapted his 1878 Queen Anne to his 21st century lifestyle, homeowner Chris Mullen indulged one of his … Continue reading