This Old House September 2015

CONDITION  Acceptable, unmarked pages, reading and cover wear, a few wavy pages

CONTENTS

The Color Issue

Idea File

Before + After: Kitchen – Salvaged ingredients create a comfort-food ambience in an updated cook space

Before + After: Back Porch – A craftsman gains a second family-friendly hangout

Photoshop Redo – Three paint-color combos bring a Folk Victorian’s details to life

Historic Hues – Paint-color inspiration from the homes of former Presidents

Book Look – Creative strategies for using wallpaper, from the pages of designer Sarah Richardson’s new book

Color! 50 Boosts Under $100 – Budget-wise ways to energize your rooms

House Of Hard Knocks – With a little help from his friends—and YouTube—a DIY newbie transforms his first home

Upgrades

Get This Look For Less – Colorful colonial library

Shopping – Graphic shower curtains

All About – Linoleum flooring

Home Solutions – From fireplace mantel to handsome headboard; 10 uses for canvas drop cloths; file-cabinet makeovers; colorful late bloomers; age furniture with paint; wall-mounted organizer; colorful budget-friendly kitchen; and more

How-To Projects

Paint Ideas – Add visual drama to any room with a colorblocked wall scheme

Furniture Makeover – Five ways to dress up a plain dresser—with vintage-look hardware as the muse

Weekend Remodel – Boost a boring brick façade’s period style with louvered shutters; Tom Silva show you how it’s done

Ask This Old House

Q + A – Tips for matching paint colors; build a short stone wall; silence a popping floor; fix a dripping toilet; grow healthy grass from seed; and more

Editors’ Picks – Six outstanding new products you should know about

Norm’s Tricks Of The Trade – Hide nailheads when replacing a course of shingles

In Every Issue

Letter From This Old House

Reader Mail

Checklist

Directory

Save This Old House

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