Houses are packed with clues about their history. From floor to ceiling, if you look closely at the details, they may reveal when the house was built and how people lived in the space over time.

Q: Both bathrooms in our 1850s house have wood floors, painted wainscoting and cast-iron tubs. Our budget is limited, but I’d like to update one of the baths by switching the tub for a shower, and ...

The Sardy House, Aspen’s most iconic Victorian home, is undergoing a significant renovation that aims to preserve its rich history while making much-needed repairs. New ownership took control of the ...

One of our favorite projects from last weekend’s AIA Home Tours was a stunning historic victorian that was constructed in San Francisco’s Cole Valley in 1896, weathered the trippy 60’s and 70’s, and ...

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Say what you will about the saturation of antiseptic renovations, sometimes it’s just what is needed to remedy an unfortunate salmon-hued facade. This Inner Richmond Victorian’s makeover is sure to ...

Today on AD we visit Goshen in Upstate New York to tour a Victorian home from 1892 with a ton of potential, but needing lots of work. Contractor Nick Schiffer from NS Builders goes room by room laying ...

BOERNE — Chris Godsey calls the 1905, two-bedroom Victorian cottage she and her husband, Wayne Godsey, renovated “the darling little jewel of Boerne.” With elaborate exterior trim, gabled roofs and ...

When Lee Thornley, founder of acclaimed tile manufacturer Bert & May, moved into this characterful 19th-century cottage with his partner Philip and daughters Lyla and Iris in 2022, their approach to ...

Built in 1871 for a local blacksmith, this Italianate Victorian jewel in Heldsburg fell into major disrepair over the years. A bit of a celebrity in the small wine country town, the famhouse—known as ...