Historic House Plan

Historic House Plans with Contemporary Design

You might imagine a set of dog-eared blueprints when you read “Historic House Plans,” but our collection is anything but aged and old fashioned. The architect of these two plans has drawn them to help you pass the review board if you are building in a district with protected architecture. You...

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Top 3 Reasons for Building Green

Will traditionally built homes soon join the ranks of the 8-track tape and the manual typewriter? Ed Begley, Jr., environmentalist and star of HGTV's hit show Living with Ed, believes that may indeed come to pass. I interviewed Ed during the Earth Day celebrations in Washington D.C. and asked him about the future of green...

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Successful Staging

Spruce Up and Clean Out to Turn On Prospective Home Buyers   Selling your existing home? With prospective buyers walking through every room, peering inside your closets and cupboards, you'll want to make the best impressions possible. Interior design professional Adrienne van Dooren offers several practical, do-able tips that will help you stage your humble abode for...

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