It’s not every day that an authentic Colonial house is up for grabs. But if you did get the chance to purchase one—like this 1786 home in Longmeadow, Massachusetts—what would it take to make it ...

Dear Robin and Christian: I am slowly trying to update my home, which was built in the 1980s. I do most of the work myself but have a limited budget. Right now I am concentrating on molding. The house ...

The surefire way to begin modernizing an older house used to be to rip out the moldings. After all, such ornate embellishments were characteristic of one's great-grandfather's house. They were ...