6.8/108 votes#1 - Arlington Arts & Crafts | Arts and Crafts Class Begins
Season 38 Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/2016
Homeowners plan to restore and expand their early English-style Arts and Crafts Home; plans for mechanical and plumbing systems.
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#2 - Arlington Arts & Crafts | A New Look, Inside and Out
Season 38 Episode 2 - Aired 10/8/2016
Sorting through colors and wallpaper ideas for the living room; demolishing old plaster walls; landscape plan; removing an old silver maple tree.
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#3 - Arlington Arts & Crafts | Make Way for the Family Room
Season 38 Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/2016
Installing a new steal beam; removing an oil tank; digging a new foundation; visits to other English-style Arts and Crafts houses.
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#4 - Arlington Arts & Crafts | Foundation Fundamentals
Season 38 Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/2016
Building a new foundation; specimen trees.
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#5 - Arlington Arts & Crafts | A Steely Den
Season 38 Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/2016
Following steel beams from fabrication to installation; working on the HVAC plan for the second and third floors; sizing a firebox.
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#6 - Arlington Arts & Crafts | One Brick at a Time
Season 38 Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/2016
Working on the fireplace; designing a new kitchen with custom cabinets; changing the pitch of two dormers.
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#7 - Arlington Arts & Crafts | To Paint or Not to Paint
Season 38 Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/2016
Custom range hood; rebuilding the original chimney; options for the first floor; including the living room panels.
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- 6.2/107 votes
#8 - Arlington Arts & Crafts | A New Look to Match the Old
Season 38 Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/2016
The new foundation is parked to match the old stucco; the new master bath-shower is drained; the electrician starts work in the powder room; and the living room windows are replaced.
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#9 - Arlington Arts & Crafts | Arts and Crafts from Top to Bottom
Season 38 Episode 9 - Aired 1/7/2017
Kevin finds Tommy framing a new front porch using custom cut and assembled rafters. Richard travels to the largest underground quarry. Color selection
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#10 - Arlington Arts & Crafts | Shedding the Old Look
Season 38 Episode 10 - Aired 1/14/2017
Building a new shed. Installing copper on the front porch. Trimming windows.
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#11 - Arlington Arts & Crafts | Underground Energy
Season 38 Episode 11 - Aired 1/21/2017
Burying electrical cables. Building porch base columns. New brick patio. Installing kitchen cabinets. Trimming the front gable.
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#12 - Arlington Arts & Crafts | Changes Start to Show
Season 38 Episode 12 - Aired 1/28/2017
The exterior trim detail is complete and now it’s time to shingle the rest of the house. Tommy is using pre-primed red cedar shingles with a 5-inch reveal. Inside, homeowner Emily and interior designer Jill Goldberg meet Donna Boerner, an in-home stylist, who will help them figure out what kind of window treatment works best for each window. Looking at various types of shades, they work their way through the rooms. Down in the basement, it’s time to start installing the radiant floor tubing in the tracks under the existing old floor. In the living room, Mark McCullough repairs the grand fireplace. He repoints the loose bricks and carefully mends the decorative clay mantel using new pieces that were precast from a mold taken from an unbroken part of the mantel. Outside, it’s time to build the back deck coming out the side door. Tommy and Norm frame it up.
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#13 - Arlington Arts & Crafts | Decorative Touches Make a Difference
Season 38 Episode 13 - Aired 2/4/2017
There are many new decorative elements on the outside of the house - including a small roof detail supported by two brackets on the side of the house. Tommy assembles the roof on the ground first, doubling up the fascia for extra support. After he installs the second bracket, a lift helps to raise the roof into place. Upstairs on the second floor, Emily and painter Rosemary Dewees introduce Kevin to the technique of Lazure painting – a watercolor style of painting interior walls. Using multiple brushes and buckets, Kevin finds that it’s not as easy as it looks. The beautiful front door has seen better days. The homeowners ask master restorer Wayne Towle for help refinishing the oak veneer. Kevin visits his shop to see how it’s done. Downstairs, Tommy installs wood paneling in a corner of the living room that once housed a bookshelf. Even though it’s being painted white, he uses solid oak to match the existing wood grain paneling.
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#14 - Arlington Arts & Crafts | Ship Lap for a Ship Shape House
Season 38 Episode 14 - Aired 2/11/2017
Ship lap is chosen for the third-floor walls while reclaimed granite is used for steps, a marble slab is cut for the kitchen island and a cast stone mantel is built around the fireplace in the family room.
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#15 - Arlington Arts & Crafts | Details Make the House Beautiful
Season 38 Episode 15 - Aired 2/18/2017
The kitchen island countertop is installed; work commences on a fieldstone wall in the front yard; wallpaper covers a new secret door in the upstairs foyer; and the finished heating, cooling and ventilation system is examined.
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- 5.6/107 votes
#16 - Arlington Arts & Crafts | An Arts & Craft for the Ages
Season 38 Episode 16 - Aired 2/25/2017
A tour of the competed project house, including the new addition in the back; updated front hall, dining room and pantry; expanded master suite; new bathroom; and new front porch.
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- 7.4/107 votes
#17 - Detroit | Rebuilding Motor City
Season 38 Episode 17 - Aired 4/1/2017
A couple plan to renovate an abandoned home themselves, beginning with the leaky roof.
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#18 - Detroit | Ready for Rehab
Season 38 Episode 18 - Aired 4/8/2017
Installing a security system; blowing in insulation from the outside.
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#19 - Detroit | Down The Rehab Rabbit Hole
Season 38 Episode 19 - Aired 4/15/2017
Richard snakes a camera down a drain to look for damaged pipes. Tommy repairs a leaky parapet.
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#20 - Detroit | Windows of Detroit
Season 38 Episode 20 - Aired 4/22/2017
Peeling paint is removed. The original leaded stained glass windows in the living room is restored.
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#21 - Detroit | Plumbing Road Trip
Season 38 Episode 21 - Aired 4/29/2017
At the Russell Woods project, Tommy repairs crumbling decorative molding with a plastic replica created by a 3D printer; Frank and Tamiko head to Kohler, Wisconsin to look at plumbing fixtures, while Richard gets a tour of the nearby factory. Back at the house, Richard and Frank repair some compromised joists in the upstairs bathroom; Tommy teaches Frank and his friends how to install kitchen ceiling strapping; and Kevin heads to the project in Grandmont Rosedale neighborhood to see the efforts to repair the foundation.
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#22 - Detroit | Fixing the Fascia
Season 38 Episode 22 - Aired 5/6/2017
Installing rough wiring in the kitchen; adding a new HVAC system; installing new fascia.
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#23 - Detroit | A Mason Steps Up
Season 38 Episode 23 - Aired 5/13/2017
Repairing damaged oak flooring with a clever fix; repairing front steps; tile studio in Detroit.
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#24 - Detroit | Stain Glass Revival
Season 38 Episode 24 - Aired 5/20/2017
Installing leaded glass bay windows; laying down modern wood-grain tile; urban farming in Detroit; installing a drywell; installing kitchen cabinets.
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#25 - Detroit | Going Old School for Tile and Molding
Season 38 Episode 25 - Aired 5/27/2017
Interior painting; repairing decorative molding with a putty knife; installing interior doors; revitalizing a fireplace.
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The Best Episodes of This Old House Season 38
Every episode of This Old House Season 38 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of This Old House Season 38!
TV's original home-improvement show, following one whole-house renovation over several episodes.
Genre:Documentary
Network:PBS
Season 38 Ratings Summary
"Arlington Arts & Crafts | Arts and Crafts Class Begins" is the best rated episode of "This Old House" season 38. It scored 6.8/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/1/2016. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Arlington Arts & Crafts | A New Look, Inside and Out".