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| | Providing a unique combination of full-color photography and illustrations, Most-Popular 1-Story Home Plans offers readers 400 plans of the best-selling and stylish home designs available. From convenient ranch homes to traditional cottages, this book offers a wide variety of home styles and sizes to meet the budget of most readers. In addition to the designs, the book offers practical tips and advice to create the home of one's dreams. |
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| | ISBN: 158011184X Date Published on 3/1/2004 |
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| | Discover how to recreate and restore authentic period architecture, furnishings and detailing in the Victorian Gothic style.
As Linda Osband demonstrates in this fact-filled volume, the Gothic Revival caught the fancy of many Victorians who sought refuge in supposedly simpler days. Picturesque castles and cathedrals with spiky towers, high-gabled roofs and medieval ornament provided just the escape needed from all the rigours and gritty reality of the industrial revolution.
A celebration of one of the most exuberant styles of the period, Victorian Gothic House Style provides the ideal source of inspiration and reference for anyone wishing to re- create or preserve Gothic houses and interiors with style and confidence, by combining specially commissioned photographs and extensive source material from contemporary catalogues with informative and practical text.
Accompanied by an historical appreciation of the period in architecture and interiors, as well as through its influential designers, there is practical information on re-creating the effect plus a comprehensive list of stockists and suppliers.
Linda Osband has edited many books on a wide range of non-fiction subjects and has complied an anthology of Victorian travellers. she is also the author of the successful Victorian House Style, also published by David & Charles. Linda lives in London. |
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| | ISBN: 0715314386 Date Published on 4/1/2003 |
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| | A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated guide to all aspects of Victorian design in and around the home, from major architectural features to the smaller details of interior decoration. This book is great inspiration for readers who wish to restore a Victorian house, or simply recreate the intimate splendor of the period. Taking into account the requirements of the modern-day home, this book offers both practical advice and inspiration which will enable readers to strike a balance between Victorian style and 20th-century living. |
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| | ISBN: 0715313193 Date Published on 2/1/2002 |
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| | Pattern books played a vital role in the dissemination of taste between architect, builder and client in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. By focusing on the contribution of the pattern book to the architecture of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, the various trends of the time are documented.The types of publications and other sources of taste available at different points over this period reflected social and economic factors, such as the changing demand or changes in organisation of manufacturing and retail. |
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| | ISBN: 0750648481 Date Published on 1/23/2002 |
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| | -Plan your escape while browsing 250 of the finest smaller home designs, each with complete blueprints available.
-Maximizing a small living space is a popular trend in home design whether it's a getaway spot or not.
-Learn how to create a comfortable atmosphere in a small space, with helpful tips and tours of beautiful homes.
-Discover design tips for a simpler lifestyle.
-Getaway Plans is a perfect volume for anyone looking to create their own relaxing place to escape life's pressures - whether it's a vacation home or primary residence! |
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| | ISBN: 1931131376 Date Published on 3/10/2005 |
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| | The Big Book of Small House Designs is a collection of more than 500 drawings illustrating all aspects of 75 small homes of various styles, from a New England farmhouse to a sophisticated steel frame to a Santa Fe ranch. Each design includes detailed floor plans, section drawings, elevations, and perspectives, as well as a description of the materials used and landscaping around the home. Keeping in mind that a chief priority for a small home is often energy efficiency, most of the plans incorporate some energy-efficient element. There are dozens of plans suitable for every environment and climate in the country. The designs are all a direct result of several international competitions that solicited from architects the best homes of 1,250 square feet or less. Contact information for the architects is provided in the back of the book. |
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| | ISBN: 1579123651 Date Published on 1/4/2004 |
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| | This best-selling collection of 500 home plans is now bigger and better than ever. A mainstay of bookstores and libraries since 1984, this book has introduced hundreds of thousands of readers to stock house plans and helped them choose and build the home of their dreams. |
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| | ISBN: 1881955508 Date Published on 2/1/1992 |
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| | At times the most interesting building site is also the most challenging on which to build. Hillside Homes offers over 200 of the most beautiful ways to make the most of a challenging lot. Completely revised with hundreds of brand-new designs, this elegant book features a wide range of exterior styles that are sure to enhance your unique lot. |
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| | ISBN: 1881955621 Date Published on 10/1/1999 |
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| Leading real-estate author Robert Irwin provides home builders with valuable money-saving tips to building a home from the ground up in Tips & Traps When Building Your Home. Featuring a self-test to determine whether the reader is more suited to hiring it all out or doing some of it alone, this user-friendly guide outlines the perilous traps that often come with building your own home. Irwin helps readers determine whether or not to hire out the entire process or whether to act as the primary contractor. Once that is decided, Irwin then helps builders determine:
- How building and contracting effects home-owners' insurance
- Whether or not to hire an architect
- If building plans need to be presented to the local zoning board
- Contractors' and builders' adherence to electrical codes, sewage codes, and occupancy codes
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