For the past thirty years, Norm Abram has served as the master carpenter for This Old House. Abram has become a beloved and inspiring figure who demystifies the home renovation and restoration process to millions on public television. Abram, who also hosts The New Yankee Workshop, has been making frequent trips to Brooklyn these past few months, as This Old House tackled its first ever New York City project with the restoration of a brownstone in Brooklyn. We spoke Abram at the wrap party for the project, which brought a decrepit Prospect Heights SRO (see some photographs from last December) back to its former glory. more ›