Many old homes have perplexing features that baffle their modern-day owners. Here we've solved some of those mysteries. Old ...

If you're renovating an older two-story fixer-upper, you might want to either leave this distinctive feature untouched or ...

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If you have old smart home devices you are replacing or don't use, I have the ways to give them new life and purpose. Tyler has worked on, lived with and tested all types of smart home and security ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. Some of us yearn to buy an old colonial, brownstone, or Victorian house and live within its historied ...

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Old houses tell a story of what came before, and when a family buys a historic house they become stewards of the home. It’s their responsibility not to just remodel and upgrade but to honor the past ...