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| | Affordable reprint of rare 1909 catalog, featuring authentic illustrations and floor plans for homes ranging from simple three-room bungalows to elaborate 10- and 12-room structures with sitting rooms, libraries, parlors, and wraparound porches. An excellent reference for home restorers, preservationists, and students of American architectural history. A delight for Americana fans and nostalgia lovers. |
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| | ISBN: 0486412512 Date Published on 8/25/2000 |
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| | 25 Houses Under 2,500 Square Feet discusses carefully defined spaces and how space can be used most effectively. The 25 recently-constructed homes featured are 2,500 feet and under with some as small as 640 square feet. An exciting collection -- a charming one square foot in size -- presents dream houses any person can relate to, as well as innovative and exciting designs sure to inspire and amaze. |
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| | ISBN: 006008944X Date Published on 3/4/2003 |
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| | Homeowners get an overview of the elements of character and an understanding of how to add these elements to rooms in their homes.
Dozens of striking photographs offer ideas for irresistible charm, comfort, style, and visual pizzazz.
Room-by-room options add built-in character, including beds, window seats, bookcases, front-entry benches, mantels, and fireplaces.
Easy decorating and remodeling techniques aid whole-house transformations or smaller projects.
Examples and advice guide do-it-yourselfers and people working with an architect or builder. |
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| | ISBN: 0696222256 Date Published on 4/12/2005 |
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| | Leads readers from the dream stage through execution of their own additions project.
Includes information on where to shop for materials and how to work with design and building professionals.
120 gorgeous color photos of additions—from small dormers to entire second stories—will inspire readers with beautiful designs and help them visualize their own successful remodeling projects.
“Don’t Do That!" tips throughout the book help readers avoid planning and design pitfalls.
Sidebars offer quick-to-read basics, such as: "The Top Ten" elements of a good floor plan and the "Money-Saver Top Ten" tips for keeping costs in line.
Questionnaires guide readers through their own planning stages.
Question-and-answer segments offer solutions to common problems. |
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| | ISBN: 0696206358 Date Published on 2/15/1997 |
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| | ADOBE HOUSES FOR TODAY features 12 plans for compact, beautifully-proportioned adobe homes in modern and traditional styles. Yet the book offers much more. The richly illustrated text shows how the basic houses, designed for today's smaller families, can be as flexible as a set of building blocks. Intriguing drawings demonstrate how readers can expand and adapt the plans to fit their own budgets, family sizes, style preferences, and building sites.
After a brief look at adobe's rich history, ADOBE HOUSES FOR TODAY surveys adobe's advantages as a building material. Next, readers take an eye-opening tour through the facts and fantasies of energy conservation. Then, the heart of the book illustrates the basic and expanded versions of the plans, using them as examples of design techniques that increase livability and control costs in any house. The book also explains site requirements, adobe construction, and estimating basics with an adobe house that "assembles itself." ADOBE HOUSES FOR TODAY and its associated construction drawings are valuable, enjoyable tools not only for those buying, building, or remodeling a house, but also for contractors, drafters, drafting teachers, and real estate professionals. |
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| | ISBN: 0865343209 Date Published on 10/1/2001 |
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| | One of the powerful forces shaping today's home-building industry is a growing need for more affordable housing. From starter homes for young couples to scaled-down houses for empty-nesters, high-value, low-cost housing is ever more in demand. One of the best ways to maximize your home-building dollars is to build from a house plan that's designed to be attainable - a home that has all the amenities but is scaled down in size and planned for affordable construction. Every house plan in this book helps you do just that. |
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| | ISBN: 0376011874 Date Published on 8/1/1995 |
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| | Walk through the front doors of more of the most exclusive homes in the world. American Dream Homes is another remarkable beautiful photographic collection of 50 stunning show homes.
The book is like a walking tour, walking you step-by-step through the design and decorating details. |
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| | ISBN: 1931131082 Date Published on 10/1/2002 |
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| | Architectural Graphic Standards for Residential Construction is an all-new visual guide devoted exclusively to construction standards of residential structures. Created exclusively for professionals working in residential design and construction, this guide combines key information culled from the tenth edition of Architectural Graphic Standards with all-new material on residential design. |
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| | ISBN: 0471241091 Date Published on 2/10/2003 |
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| | A consumer-friendly guide to do-it-yourself add-ons and other home improvement jobs, complete with architect-created plans. |
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| | ISBN: 0830639292 Date Published on 4/1/1992 |
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| | The Arts & Crafts movement popularized more than a century ago is currently enjoying a revival--and with good reason. Finally, the "lowly" bungalow, once considered too small and style-starved, is gaining popularity as new bungalow communities crop up across the nation. With its emphasis on handcrafted beauty, quality workmanship, and respect for natural materials, today's bungalow style offers friendly streetscapes and sensible, ecologically oriented homes that work for modern families. Bungalow Plans contains house plans that may be modest in size by today's standards, but integrate the style and timeless charm of the past with a modern point of view. |
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| | ISBN: 1586851470 Date Published on 8/9/2002 |
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