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Water Heater Maintenance Tips September 23, 2020
Alamy Use these 6 easy and inexpensive ways to increase your water heater's efficiency and longevity. Q: Replacing my older water heater isn't in the budget right now. What can be done to make it run efficiently? —David Tichy, Fairfield, Conn. Lance Marques, HVAC contractor, Swezey Fuel Co., replies: There are several easy and inexpensive […]
Lance Marques
8 Uses for Wood Ash at Home and in the Garden September 23, 2020
iStock Don’t throw away your wood ash—read these tips for how to put it to good use in your home and garden. Back when we used fireplaces to heat our homes, cleaning out wood ashes from the hearth was a daily chore. Today, after a cozy winter fire, or use of a wood stove or […]
Anne Holub
How to Make an Ocean Epoxy Table September 23, 2020
Want to bring the beach indoors? Here’s how to make an ocean table with concrete and epoxy resin step by step. Don’t want to abandon the beach at the end of your vacation? Bring it to you with this side table that resembles a cross-section of the ocean. Bob Clagett shared the video how-to of […]
This Old House

Befores, Afters, and Sources For Our Current House… So Far, At Least September 17, 2020
We had other plans for this week’s post, but then Hurricane Sally made her way ever-so-slowly through the gulf and gave us a few solid days of rain, rain, and more rain. Thankfully it was nothing more than that (no power lost, and no flooding for us), which has us feeling incredibly grateful – and […]
John Petersik
How Our Fireplace Makeover Plan Got Squashed (And How We Pivoted) September 10, 2020
If you’ve followed along for a while you’ve seen our bedroom fireplace get a few updates over on Instagram Stories, but today we’re telling the whole sordid tale of how our update ideas recently veered off-course (and how we ended up at Plan B when Plan A went bust). Last time you saw it on […]
John Petersik
How We Store Everything In Our Much Smaller Kitchen September 3, 2020
Last week we shared how we painted our cabinets, and today we’re taking you through the whole shebang of how they’re organized. This kitchen has around one 25% of the cabinetry/storage of our last one – and even we were a little nervous about how we’d adapt to significantly less countertop & cabinetry – but […]
John Petersik

10 Easy Pieces: Counter Stools with Backs September 23, 2020
While kitchen stools with backs are not as elegant as their swivel bar-stool cousins, they’re an essential item for households with children. Perhaps this is why so many are reminiscent of schoolhouse furniture, a feature we find particularly appealing. Below are a few options that are as stylish as they are sensible. For more counter- […]
Julie Carlson
Steal This Look: Ensuite Bath Alcove in a London Renovation September 22, 2020
The latest project from London designers du jour Zoe Chan Eayrs and Merlin Eayrs is a six-floor townhouse on a corner lot in London’s Spitalfields called the Weavers House. While the project is a gut remodel, the Eayrs were sympathetic to the building’s history looking to its former residents, the Huguenots (French Protestants) for inspiration. […]
Alexa Hotz
Modern, Sleek, and Functional: Classic Mid Century Lamps from Germany September 22, 2020
When we came across Midgard’s lamps, we were charmed by their industrial and sleek designs but equally as intrigued by the company’s history. In 1919, engineer Curt Fischer founded Midgard in Germany to sell his modern and innovative lights. At the time, his designs were novel; he was the first to create adjustable lamps that […]
Olivia Nash