EYE ON ANTIQUES: IMARI FROM PORCELAIN TO PATTERN

Collectors in the East and West call different ceramics Imari. We call it beautiful and the perfect collectible to accent a colonial (or later) home.

Karla Klein Albertson

WHERE THE STARS ALIGNED

Mark and Susan Schumann bought a Quaker meeting house in New Jersey, but had to wait eight years and restore it before they actually owned it.

Carol Ellison

NEW AGAIN

Benjamin Moore, his brother, and sister lost the house their parents built. Two hundred years, a move, and a restoration later, the house found a home with Dean and Elizabeth Isabella.

Paige Coombs

THE EVOLUTION OF SHUTTERS

Always useful to keep out bad weather, bugs, and burglars, shutters are also stylish. We tell you how to match your home with the right shutter design.

Janet Cass

SIDE BY SIDE: LIGHTING THE NIGHT

Our ancestors used torches (if anything) to light the night outside. Colonial-style exterior lights appeared less than a hundred years ago but can be the best compromise for around your home.

Gregory LeFever

WORKING WOOD IN EARLY AMERICA

When the only building material available was wood, colonial carpenters expertly selected the best species for each job from subfloor to shingles.

Cynthia Amidon

LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA: LOAVES AND FISHES, MUGS AND WISHES

Colonial entrepreneur William Richards made America his land of opportunity, building a business not possible in the Old World.

Richard Patterson