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Tasteful Christmas Lighting
Christmas lighting can add to the joyful holiday festivities with houses decorated in all their splendor. Christmas lighting with brightly colored lights can make a beautiful house much more beautiful but it needs to be done right. Just like everything else! We have all seen houses decorated with Christmas lights in such a way that [...]
Adding Victorian Decoration – Good or Bad?
Victorian decoration - gingerbread ornamentation and fretwork are features that make people stop and admire a house. It is these features that give a house that extra charm and character. The more ornamentation the better sometimes making the Victorian building look like it was on steroids. Victorian decoration. Victorian decoration is admired so that today [...]
McMansion Hell
The McMansion is a large home guilty of allowing homeowners to feel and flaunt their wealth while showing their lack of taste.
It breaks almost every architectural rule there is. Learn what’s done wrong and recognize good from bad architecture. [Read more]
New Homeowners Undo Historic Restoration
Historic restorations are admired by most people but old houses are not for everyone. It takes a special person to appreciate and understand the workmanship of an old house. It takes someone even more special to rescue a neglected home and restore it to its former glory. If you’re reading this, you are that special [...]