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Porch Railing Height, Building Code vs Curb Appeal

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Porch railing height and porch design are extremely important. The height of your porch railing will determine if your house has curb appeal or is just a clown house. Porch railing height of 3 feet or more will destroy the look of your house and all your hard work. Forget about your beautiful architectural features [...]

A Sad Story of America

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Did you ever wonder what that busy intersection in your town looked like 50 years ago?  200 years ago?   What will it look like in the future? Artist Robert Crumb shows us how a beautiful countryside slowly fades away as population increases and consumerism stamps out the living nature. What have we done to our […]

How and Why to Write a Good History of Your House

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Wouldn't you like to know who built your house, the names of all the owners throughout the years, their children, their occupation, when they planted that big tree in the backyard, why they put on that addition, what colors they painted the house, and why in God's name did they ever paint that chestnut woodwork [...]

The Taliban of Architecture

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Cooper Union Building stands out like a sore infected thumb. There are Traditionalists in architecture and Modernists. Unfortunately when it comes to Modernists, it is not a matter of live and let live or everyone just getting along. The Modernists seem to be on a mission to stamp out traditional architecture.  There are some really [...]

How and Why to Write a Good History of Your House

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Wouldn’t you like to know who built your house, the names of all the owners throughout the years, their children, their occupation, when they planted that big tree in the backyard, why they put on that addition, what colors they painted the house, and why in God’s name did they ever paint that chestnut woodwork […]