Bernard Goldstein, M.D., is a professor and former dean of the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. Before he moved to Pittsburgh (my fair city), he founded and directed the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute in Piscataway, NJ, the largest academic environmental and occupational health program in the U.S. While living in the Garden State, he hung his hat in an 1870s home, and spent his days sleuthing out environmental ...

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Architectural salvage, estate sale plunder, and rummage sale finds are like catnip for some people. Unfortunately, it's not always easy to justify buying all that beautiful old stuff, no matter how thrifty, adorable, and era-appropriate for your house it may be. Let's face it: If your new toy is all looks and no function, it's just one more thing to dust. Well, that's how I see it, anyway. So naturally, I'm always ...

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Hello, all. My name is Elaine Vitone, and I’m the winner of last month’s blogger contest. Very first, I’d like to express my gratitude to everyone who voted for me. Thanks to you, I was offered a contributing-writer gig for OHW, which I was thrilled to accept. Really looking forward to getting to know my fellow old-home enthusiasts a little better here on the Old House Blog. Better Half and I live ...

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