Old House Renovation: Creating The Grand Foyer
If you're wondering how to give your house added style, start with the foyer. A renovation in this highly visible spot can create a grand entrance. Most of us can envision a grand foyer in a large house dating back to the early 1900s. From the ... [... more]
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Architecture and Design Library: Arts and Crafts (Arch & ...
 Excellent color photos make this book a must!: This is a well-done book on Arts & Crafts Movement exteriors, interiors, details and finishes. Over eighty beautifully shot color photos show buildings, furniture, and decorative details of the Movements [... more]
$17.95
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Triangular treat
This triangle-shaped kitchen, situated in the center of an open floor plan, is separated from the adjacent living room by a masonry partition. The partition is an ideal place for a commercial-grade range in the gallery-style kitchen. The wider ... [... more]
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Tiny white tiles and big soaking tubs
The Fentons' "Whitehall" retains many original features, including this bathroom with tiny white and blue tiles set in mortar and pedestal soaking tub. Eric and Judy Fenton bought their home, also on University Street, in 1995. They live with .. [... more]
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Plans for a Country Villa - Circa 1875
IN accompanying design we supply a want towhich little or no attention has hitherto been paid;namely, in producing a design especially adapted tothe thousands of beautiful sites along the Hudson, where the house is situated on the river side of ... [... more]
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Heavy Slow Footsteps
The house was built in 1905, and I later learned there had been a murder inthe kitchen, shortly after the house was built. One summer, for about six weeks when my parents were on a trip, I was alone in the house except forJudy, another girl my ... [... more]
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Network Analysis, Architecture, and Design
Traditionally, networking has had little or no basis in analysis or architectural development, with designers relying on technologies they are most familiar with or being influenced by vendors or consultants. However, the landscape of networking has [... more]
$69.95
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Those Dandy Houses
A few months after The Houses That Sears Built was first published (2002), I received an e-mail from Richard Herman in Ohio. On page 116, you mentioned a testimonial from Kaczmasek, he wrote. Could that be a misspelling of the name ... [... more]
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Uplifting kitchen design
Modern interpretations of centuries old kitchen storage, like this plate rack, give this ultra-modern kitchen a homey feel. The designers mixed rich, deep cherry, natural maple and stainless steel to give the space contemporary sophistication, ... [... more]
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Brickwork: Architecture and Design
Brickwork: Architecture and Design [... more]
$0.84
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San Francisco Modern: Interiors, Architecture and Design
Real modern design: What a great book packed with pictures. The design is very modern and unconventional (read expensive). This is a very fun book to review. If you can't afford the architecture costs there are many ideas you can incorporate into a more [... more]
$40.00
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Chicago Architecture and Design
Fine Book on Chicago Architecture: This book described many of the significant architects in Chicago history. I found it to be informative and very readable. It is the best book I have found which summarizes Chicago Architecture. The color photograghs [... more]
$49.50
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