America’s favorite home improvement series, the Emmy Award-winning THIS OLD HOUSE, continues with host Kevin O’Connor, general contractor Tom Silva, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, landscape contractor Roger Cook and master carpenter Norm Abram.
Get the Most Out of Your Termite-Fighting Dollar
When homeowner George Mabry and the This Old House team removed the outdoor wood siding during the renovation of his 1950s Cambridge, Massachusetts, home, they beheld an unpleasant sight: extensive termite and carpenter-ant damage within the structure of the house. Read the article by Eileen Colkin Cuneo.
12 Inspirational Pumpkin Carvings
Get inspired by these amazing masterpieces, and get pro tips and free patterns to make your own!
The Cambridge Project - The 1887 Victorian-era home sits in the densely packed urban neighborhood of Avon Hill in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Homeowners Sally and John, with their two young daughters, must preserve the exterior of the former two-family house to comply with conservation district standards.
Inside, however, they will eliminate decades of 1960s and 70s remodeling that has already stripped much of the house’s historic character.
The result will be a new house within the shell of an old one − an open, modern, bright Scandinavian-style home with the kitchen, dining, and living area on the first floor, the kids’ bedrooms on the second floor, and a grand master suite in the third-floor attic space.
Beyond the design of the project, the THIS OLD HOUSE crew will deconstruct the interior and will re-use, recycle and resell as much of the salvaged material as possible.
They also will replace the electrical and plumbing systems, adding air conditioning for the first time, and upgrading the heating system and insulation to be more energy efficient.
The Cambridge Project will be broadcast in 15 episodes, Saturdays at 1 p.m. on KPBS Television.
Visit the THIS OLD HOUSE website to browse photo galleries, get money saving ideas and watch how-to videos. THIS OLD HOUSE is on Facebook.
