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Inspiration is the key word for this new deck book. It contains some of the best designs from four of the top deck designer-builders across the country. Colorful graphics give homeowners countless ideas for their own decks.-- 30 real-life designs presented in renderings, plan views, and details-- Lists of materials used for each deck-- Information on amenities like planters, railings, benches, and trellises-- Introductory design section and designer-builder...
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Susanka designs houses for living: comfortable, compact, uncrowded space for, often, multiple functions. Contrast her inviting, manageable houses with the vulgar, wasteful, show-off monuments to consumption containing specialized rooms that are rarely used (often because they are icy, sterile, forbidding). Taunton's usual splendid photography is evident in some 200 color plates. Floor plans show how traffic and life will flow.
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The discovery of gold and silver in Colorado's Rocky Mountains minted millionaires by the ton. The rough settlements of miners and ranchers quickly transformed into habitations more suitable for the newly wealthy class. William Newton Byers founded the Centennial State's first newspaper and built an Italianate-style palace with the proceeds, while Walter Scott Cheesman's Capitol Hill home later became the governor's residence.
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Lushly photographed and illustrated with vivid drawings, Outside the Not So Big House explores how to build pathways and journeys in your gardens; how to make the most of your site; how to use details to bring it all together. Twenty homes from across the country aptly illustrate these easy-to-grasp design ideas.
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Summary: "This practical guide is filled with rich photos of homes, greenhouses, studios, sheds, open-air structures and more, each pulsating with unique yet subtle creativity. Both a pragmatic construction manual and a philosophical, artistic guidebook, Small Strawbale is an inspirational starting point for a strawbale dreamer, and a great source of information for those who are ready to get bailing."--Publisher description.
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These pages are bursting with helpful information on wood, fasteners, and tools, as well as design considerations and building techniques. Every phase of deck construction is detailed, from building the foundation and framing to installing the decking, stairs, and rails. Easily design your own deck or select one of the decks in the projects section to re-create in our backyard.
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A comprehensive guide to domestic architecture. Focusing on dwellings in urban and suburban neighborhoods and rural locations all across the continental United States, this guide provides in-depth information on the essentials, with facts and frames of reference that will enable you to look in a fresh way at the houses around you.
15) Complete decks
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At the end of the 19th century carpenter and architect George Barber began publishing his residential designs in inexpensive illustrated catalogs. These were not the first mail order house plans, but the first to give customers an opportunity to helf design thier house. This is a reprint of some of those house designs and information.
17) Best home plans
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More than 200 home plans, advice on planning and managing the home-building process.
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"Sustainable architecture is gaining in popularity as people develop an ever-greater commitment to preserving the Earth's resources. This practical new guide contains an illustrated reference section covering all aspects of sustainable building and decoration, from insulation to solar panels and from light bulbs to kitchen countertops. Thirty case studies, featuring sustainably built homes from around the world, from an ambassador's official residence...
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"You can't build a great home without a great home plan. How will you know if you have a great home plan if you don't understand how to read the designer's drawings? Larry Garnett, the home plan doctor, takes the mystery out of home designs, walking you through every room of your plan - changing a window here, the length of a hallway there - to creat your dream house." -- back cover.