Adobe by the Rio Grande - Watch the construction of a traditional adobe home being built near Albuquerque, NM. Weekly updates by Adobe Home builder, David C. Peterson.
Meta Description: [ Come watch the construction of a traditional Santa Fe style Adobe Home near Albuquerque, New Mexico. Weekly updates by award winning adobe home builder David C. Peterson. ]
American Hardwood Species Guide - Independent information source on North American hardwoods.
Meta Description: [ The Hardwood Information Center is the source for information, articles, and tips on U.S. hardwoods and hardwood products including:
species guide and design values, flooring, cabinets, kitchens, bath, woodwork, furniture, toys and gifts, care and repair, shopping and decorating, sustainability,... ]
Andy's How To Homebuilding - Tips and advice on designing, contracting and building your own home.
Meta Description: [ Free advice on home design, house plans, home building, home plans, house design and house building. ]
Building at the Ledge - Building a dream home, a journal by the owner. Discusses passive solar design, alternative methods, design decisions, emotional turmoil.
Meta Description: [ Home improvement, home remodeling, home decorating and design articles, information and tips from Rafter Tales. ]
Code Check - Online version of the popular field guide to the most common code violations for residential construction.
Design Basics: Trends - Covers trends in home improvement and house buying.
Meta Description: [ Your resource to articles and information about home plan design, design ideas, decorating ideas, cutting edge construction techniques and more from Design Basics. House and Home Designs from Designs Basics Online. DBI offers award-winning house plans, a custom house design sevice and design alte... ]
Examples, Photos, and Ideas about Custom Home Libraries and Library Designs - An extensive resource filled with examples of custom home libraries and related links.
Meta Description: [ Home library, home libraries, and custom home libraries. Numerous examples and information on custom home libraries, home office libraries, bookcases, and library designs from around the world. ]
Family Room Project - One homeowner's journal of converting the garage into a family room--includes pictures.
Meta Description: [ family room home improvement fix it up paint nail paslode ]
500General Contracting Your Own Home - Homeowner's account of a home construction project where the family acted as general contractor. Includes an overview of the plan, a journal, and photographs from foundation to finish.
How Did I Do It? - Information, pictures, and instructions for home improvement projects such finishing a basement, remodeling a bathroom, and installing central air.
Meta Description: [ Offering ideas, information, pictures and instructions on a range of categories varying from home improvement to personal care. Everything you need to do it yourself - (DIY). ]
How Stuff Works: Home Building - Informative 7-part narrative, with figures and pictures, illustrates how a house is built.
Meta Description: [ Ever wonder what's involved in building a house? Find out about everything from the foundation to the frame to the roof and see how a chunk of land ends up with a home on it. ]
Idea Workshop Journal - Collection of articles focusing on design issues in the home. Covers designing a home office, basement foundation guidelines, planning for accessibility, zoned heating and cooling systems, creating architectural detail with drywall, and kitchen design.
Log Homes and Cabins Information - Articles on contractors, building, buying, and financing related to residential log buildings.
Meta Description: [ Log homes & log cabins articles on building, buying, contractors, financing, and more ]
Mass Custom Home - Article by Masa Noguchi, Ph.D that discusses a new approach to the delivery of quality affordable homes of tomorrow.
404MSN House and Home: Working with a Contractor - Step-by-step advice for evaluating contractors, creating a remodeling budget, and working with a contractor and other workers throughout the project.
Project: Pembee - An account of building a kit pole home on a block of bushland in Pemberton, Western Australia.
Meta Description: [ Project Pembee: Overview. ]
Rafter Layout with Log Timbers - Instructions and drawings explaining how to layout log rafters using a steel square.
Meta Description: [ Index to Rafter Layout with Log Timbers ]
Renovation Wizard - A calculator that offers average costs of numerous projects then shows their value when selling the home.
Meta Description: [ What home renovation gives you the most bang for your buck? This tool will help you find out if the investment is worth it. ]
Septic System Information - Articles, FAQ, and diagrams that explain residential septic systems.
Meta Description: [ We tell a careful homeowner how to build a septic system. All stages are covered from site layout, getting permits, to final back filling. How to build a septic system is all here. ]
Split-Level Homes - Homeowner guide to various divided entry homes, including bi-level, split-level, and raised ranch. Concepts, interior design, additions, landscaping.
Meta Description: [ celebrating the vitality and versatility of Bi-level, Split-level and Raised Ranch homes ]
The Wilder Home - Homeowners' account of the construction of their hurricane-proof waterfront home in Gulf Shores, Alabama of Dac-Art man-made stone, with glass tile mosaics.
Meta Description: [ DAC-ART Building System small concrete vacation home in Gulf Shores Alabama ]
Village Post And Beam - Photo journal which documents the 1998 construction of a post and beam home centered around a great room.
Meta Description: [ In the fall of 1998 we built a 2118 sq. ft. Post And Beam home centered on a great room. ]
