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Paint-Color Ideas for Ornate Victorian Houses
Earthy and subdued or vivid and energetic, there’s a palette to suit your Queen Anne, Italianate, or Second Empire house’s architecture—and your personality
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Get Your Backyard Ready for an Outdoor Party
Summer means fun al fresco, so make sure your landscape is picture perfect and tricked out before the guests arrive
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Texas Home Boasts Extreme Water and Energy Savings
A high-performance Texas home relies on low-tech touches to connect with its Hill Country site.
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2013 Watermark Award Winners
A warmer kind of modern, a new standard for production, and universal design as handsome as it is accessible—the 2013 Watermark Award winners set a high benchmark.
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gravel patios, use landscape fabric between base and gravel
For gravel patios, Roger Cook suggests adding landscape fabric between the packed base and gravel on top, so materials don’t intermingle. — Building Blocks for a Perfect Patio
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Station-Style Thermometers With Clocks
These temperature takers have a vintage vibe
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How to Build an Address Plaque Post
One lucky reader teamed up with This Old House ‘s general contractor on an eye-catching way to hang an address sign
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27 Reader Tips That Save Time and Money
The can-do readers of TOH have come up with a trove of ingenious, useful ways to make working on and living in your home a little easier
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Pima Canyon Master Bath
Pima Canyon Master Bath, a 2013 Watermark Awards Grand winner, was praised by the judges for its wealth of smart ideas, including a dressing table concealed behind folding doors, a sleek wenge double-vanity, and niche shelving in the shower.
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The Red Cottage Kitchen
An energy-wise cottage in the north Minnesota woods is custom yet affordable, thanks to deft use of IKEA cabinets and appliances, concrete floors, glulam beams, and bold color.
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