The 2018 “This Old House®” Idea House in Narragansett, Rhode Island combines traditional architectural details with the most desired features for today’s informal way of living.
Ideas mean a lot to This Old House and the home improvement viewers who seek out adventurous designs, and the Narragansett Idea House is the ultimate showcase for advanced materials and building technologies. This Old House brought together the master craftsmen of Sweenor Builders (including Jeff Sweenor), award-winning Union Studio Architecture & Community Design, and top home-renovation brands (like Baird Brothers Fine Hardwoods) for next level artisanship and inspiration.
This Old House and Sweenor Builders, along with many home renovation product manufacturers and craftspeople — including Baird Brothers Fine Hardwoods — helped to make the 2018 Narragansett Idea House a showcase for creativity.
Everything about the TOH Idea House lends itself to a typical New England style home, from the roof lines to the covered walkway back to the carriage house. This project is the quintessential dream beach bungalow, and what’s even better is that the same products used can be ordered for your own home, too!
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Homeowners, take note! You can renovate your home the same way “This Old House” transformed an Arts & Crafts beach-town bungalow in Narragansett, Rhode Island— AND you can have it delivered! Get started with your renovation or new addition today!
Since 1960, Baird Brothers has been America’s trusted source for fine hardwood products. Baird is proud to make high-quality hardwood for the place you love— and do so right here in the USA, where craftsmanship is still a human art. Baird manufactures natural hardwood and accent parts, including mouldings, handrails, stair parts, T & G flooring and paneling, S4S lumber, and many other products
Whether custom-designed or standard favorites, the brothers Baird offer a full range of timeless classics as well as the latest design trends. Here are the Baird Brothers products used on this project:
Less than a mile from the Narragansett town beach in Rhode Island, this 2,700-square-foot cottage balances classic craftsman styling with modern amenities and innovation for the ultimate “staycation” living.
The Narragansett Idea House uses Baird Brothers’ quarter sawn white oak flooring, a distinctive herringbone-patterned white oak floor with black walnut perimeter, exterior and interior doors (including unique mirrored barn doors), stair parts (including main stairs, banister, newels, and handrails), crown molding window and door trim, poplar shiplap wall paneling and nickel gap, a coffered ceiling in cherry, poplar tongue & groove ceiling paneling, and more.
We invite you to explore new ideas inspired by our products — and to challenge us to give you even more ideas, as you use the same Baird products from the 2018 Idea House for the place you love.
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Exterior Doors: Paint-Grade Exterior Doors
Interior Doors: Flat-Panel Shaker Door in Solid Wood Poplar (main house) and Flat-Panel Shaker Door in Ash (VIP Guest Quarters)
Interior Floors: 4″ Quarter Sawn White Oak (main house); 3″ Quarter Sawn White Oak (VIP guest quarters)
Stair Parts: Main Stairs and Banister featuring Poplar Skirtboards and Risers Capped with Quarter Sawn White Oak Treads.
Banister System: Supported by Poplar Box Newels and Connected by Poplar Hampton Handrails
Moulding and Trim: Crown Moulding, Window and Door Trim in Poplar
Mudroom Shiplap: 6″ Poplar Shiplap Wall Paneling
Foyer Flooring: 3″ Quarter Sawn White Oak in Precision-Trimmed Herringbone Pattern with Black Walnut–Inlayed Perimeter Border
Foyer Coffered Ceiling: Crafted by Sweenor Builders Mill Shop in Cherry by Baird Brothers Fine Hardwoods
Foyer Shiplap: 6″ Poplar Shiplap Wall Paneling
Powder Room: Powder Room Nickel Gap
Powder Room Living Area Ceiling Paneling: 5″ Poplar Tongue & Groove Ceiling Paneling
Master Bedroom Ceiling Paneling: 5″ Poplar Tongue & Groove Paneling
Garage VIP Guest Quarters Shiplap: 6″ Poplar Shiplap Wall Paneling
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What began in 1960 as three brothers and a handset sawmill has evolved into a nationally recognized business that the Baird family is proud to put their name behind. For more than 60 years, we’ve been a leader in manufacturing fine hardwood products— and we look forward to 60 more!
This Old House and host Kevin O’Connor visited Baird Brothers Fine Hardwoods in Canfield, Ohio to learn more about our family-owned and -operated facility. The footage aired on PBS in the 1807/3907 episode. Watch along!
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