This Old House – September 2019

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2003


2005


2008


Catching the


wave of interest


in small-scale


living, the TOH


team turns a


1,000-square-


foot barn built


in 1894 into a


two-story


in-law cottage in


Concord, MA.


With houses


many of us grew


up in —the cast


included—now


considered


“old,” TOH has


its fi rst “mod


experience,”


turning a leaky,


undistinguished


mid-century fi nd


in Cambridge,


MA, into a


showpiece nearly


doubled in size.


In the aftermath of Hurricane


Katrina, the crew goes to Louisiana


for its fi rst post-hurricane rebuild,


a shotgun house in New Orleans.


2003


HELLO, KEVIN!


New host Kevin O’Connor, a


former banker, trades in wing


tips for Red Wings. Up to his


neck in renovating a rambling


Queen Anne, he was “discovered”


when AskTOH , which is just in


development, makes a house call.


2008


PRE-FABULOUS


TOH undertakes a timber-frame


prefab in Weston, MA, most of it


built in a New Hampshire factory.


It’s like an updated barn raising —


with more attention to details.


2004


TURNING 25


TOH celebrates


its 25th


anniversary


by—what


else?—buying,


renovating,


and selling a


run-down 1849


Greek Revival


house and its


barn in Carlisle,


MA. The project’s


signature is the


dramatic “living


hall,” with its


rustic exposed


posts and beams.


2006


CAPITAL IDEA


TOH teams up with a nonprofi t


to renovate a run-down, fi re-


damaged 1879 rowhouse in a


tough part of Washington, D.C. The


result is an affordable family home


10 blocks from the White House in


a neighborhood on the rise.


THE SHOW GOES


TO AUSTIN, TEXAS,


FOR ITS FIRST


GREEN REMODEL,


WHICH FOCUSES


ON RECYCLING,


SOLAR POWER,


AND RAINWATER


COLLECTION.


2007


1992


TOH, Outstanding


Directing in a Talk/


Service Show


1994


TOH, Outstanding


Service Show


1994


TOH, Outstanding


Directing in a Service


Show


1995


TOH, Outstanding


Directing in a Service


Show


1996


TOH, Outstanding


Directing in a Service


Show


1997


TOH, Outstanding


Directing in a Service


Show

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