<P> In 1980, Thomas moved with his family to Salem, Massachusetts where renovated an 1836 Colonial revival in a seaport north of Boston . He now resides in St. George, Maine, with his wife and son Sam . A recent project involved renovating a cottage and building a timber - frame barn on Hupper island off the coast of Maine . This became a two - part special on Renovation Nation . He recently renovated a 1000 square foot adobe in Santa Fe, NM, which was the cover story in the January 2013 issue of Su Casa magazine . From 2013 to 2015, he renovated Sea Cove Cottage in the middle of a fishing village in Maine . </P> <P> Thomas received the 1997--1998 Daytime Emmy Award of' Outstanding Service Show Host' for This Old House, plus nine nominations for the same category . </P> <Ul> <Li> The Last Navigator: A Young Man, an Ancient Mariner, the Secret of the Sea (1987) ISBN 1 - 4392 - 3349 - 7 </Li> <Li> This Old House Kitchens: A Guide to Design and Renovation (1992) ISBN 0 - 3168 - 4107 - 2 </Li> <Li> This Old House Bathrooms: A Guide to Design and Renovation (1992) ISBN 0 - 3168 - 4110 - 2 </Li> <Li> This Old House Guide to American Houses (1999) ISBN 0 - 3168 - 4140 - 4 </Li> </Ul> <Li> The Last Navigator: A Young Man, an Ancient Mariner, the Secret of the Sea (1987) ISBN 1 - 4392 - 3349 - 7 </Li>

What happened to the original host of this old house