Holiday Ready

Before + After: Kitchen

A roomier layout and period-style touches change a cramped space into a family's just-right cooking place

Shopping

Wall-mount mailboxes

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Craftsman-style holiday entry

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Bow-back Windsor side chairs

Front and Center

At the TOH job site, more space, a double window, and bright paint lighten up a once-foreboding entryway. Learn the why and how behind three other entry makeovers too

Making a Vintage Cottage Her Own

An Arkansas doctor gives her third remodeling patient a Craftsman-style makeover

Budget Redo

A copper sink and other bargain-buy fixtures bring a dated powder room up to date

30 Down-and-Dirty Tricks for Big DIY Savings

At the fall 2010 project house, the revised version of the owners' dream kitchen turns out to be what they really wanted

Best New Home Products 2010

We saw a ton of stuff this year. Check out our first annual insider's list of standout goods

All About

Crown molding

Home Solutions

Build a Christmas tree box; 10 uses for candle stubs; cheer up old chairs by painting their legs; stop four holiday mishaps from happening; nine low-priced stocking stuffers; and more

Paint Ideas

Use paper templates to hand paint a Moroccan-star design on your walls

Salvage Style

Turn a vintage iron window guard into a storage-expanding wall-mount pot rack

Home Center Project

Fashion corbels and staircase parts into a trestle table fit for a holiday feast. TOH general contractor Tom Silva shows you how

Q + A

Track down new knobs for old door hardware; fix a leak caused by a tilted tub; use shrubs to help hide blue-spruce brownout; replace a cracked Corian kitchen sink; and more

Step-by-Step

Install a wood floor medallion

Norm's Tricks of the Trade

Find out what's causing your loose miter joints

TOH Tool Test

12-volt lithium-ion drill/drivers

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A cautionary tale of one too many Santa Clauses

Checklist

Easy ways to improve your home right now

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A castle-like brick Gothic Revival in Selma, Ala.

Best New Home Products 2010

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Checklist

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Home Solutions

More ways to use leftovers:
• 10 uses for copper pipe
• 10 uses for garden hose
• 10 uses for soap

EXCLUSIVE TOH DISCOUNT!
• AREAWARE Save 20 percent off the Torch flashlight (any size) and Bottle Opener through 12/31. Shop , and enter the code TOH20 at checkout. Offer good from November 15, 2010, through December 31, 2010.

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Before & After: Kitchen

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Shopping: Wall-mount Mailboxes

• Got a post-mount box? No worries, find 19 charming options

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Paint Ideas

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Salvage

• See many more salvage ideas

 

Home Center Project

• Find a full cut list and diagram of parts for this table

 

All About: Crown Molding

• See TOH general contractor Tom Silva demonstrate the basics of hanging crown
• Learn how to cut copes
• See how Canamould is installed

 

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