Leaning on a bench at the neat workshop in suburban Boston, where the tangy scent of paint and adhesives mixes with the sweet smell of sawdust, Abram said he expected “The New Yankee Workshop” to go ...

“That’s mine,” Dan said. “No, it came addressed to me.” My husband and I were fighting over the Norm Abram calendar that came in the mail. “But I’m the Norm Abram fan,” he argued. True, Dan devours ...

Norm Abram has built dozens of dazzling projects in "The New Yankee Workshop" in the past two decades. Below are some of his favorites for the beginner. For plans and videos, go to www.newyankee.com.

Talk about fixer-upper projects. Norm Abram — the TV home improvement guru with the plaid shirt — gets ready for his 20th anniversary season of the New Yankee Workshop on PBS beginning Saturday. Nine ...

Norm Abram might not like to admit it, but he’s becoming an institution. In the 13 years he has been the master carpenter on the most popular television show in the history of public broadcasting — ...

BOSTON -- Norm Abram may be television's most unlikely star. Instead of Hollywood leading-man looks, the host and master carpenter of "This Old House" and the PBS series "The New Yankee Workshop" has ...

Norm Abram may be television’s most unlikely star. Instead of Hollywood leading-man looks, the host and master carpenter of “This Old House” and the PBS series “The New Yankee Workshop” has a flannel ...