Builders + Remodelers Books

  1. Washington at Home: An Illustrated History of Neighborhoods in the Nation’s Captial/2nd Edition

    by Chesapeake Home Magazine | December 17, 2010

    Edited by Kathryn Schneider Smith
    Washington, DC may be home to some of the most famous monuments, museums, and memorials in the world, but there is more to the capital of the United States than the National Mall. In the second edition of her 1988 classic Washington at Home, Kathryn Schneider Smith and a team of [...]

  2. The House at Royal Oak

    by Annliese Scott | May 26, 2010

    By Carol Eron Rizzoli
    Ten years ago, urbanites Carol Eron Rizzoli and her husband Hugo left the city life (and their careers) behind and moved to an old farmhouse in the small, rural town of Royal Oak, Maryland, transforming it into a quaint bed-and-breakfast on the Eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay. Written with poignant honesty, [...]

  3. Roots of Home: Our Journey To A New Old House

    by Annliese Scott | April 1, 2008

    Part architectural, part historical, Roots Of Home narrates the various European and Continental customs that influenced regional house styles throughout the country.

  4. BOOKS FOR FURTHER REVIEW – Builders & Remodelers

    by Chesapeake Home Magazine | April 1, 2008

    Adirondack Home
    Written and Photographed
    By Ralph Kylloe
    Published by
    Gibbs Smith

    Craftsman Homes “More than 40 Plans for Building Classic Arts & Crafts-Style Cottages, Cabins, and Bungalows
    By Gustav Stickley
    Published by The Lyons Press

    OFF THE GRID Modern Homes + Alternative Energy
    By Lori Ryker
    Published by Gibbs Smith

    NEW SUSTAINABLE HOMES Designs For Healthy Living
    By James Grayson Trulove
    Published by Collins Design

    LIVING GREEN A [...]

  5. The New Traditional

    by Melanie Lowe | April 1, 2008

    By Darryl Carter, with Trish Donnally
    Darryl Carter, a Washington, DC resident and the author of the highly praised book The New Traditional, reminds us that “environments become even more exceptional when they express individual tastes.” He believes the significance of designing a home is to create comfortable surroundings that uniquely suit you.
    An inclusive guide to [...]

  6. Modular Mansions

    by Brandy Keller | April 1, 2008

    By Sheri Koones
    In Modular Mansions, author Sheri Koones takes readers on a tour of large modular homes from several states, displaying the versatility, adaptability, and grandeur of modular construction. Modular homes are often perceived as glorified mobile homes, but Koones dispels this stereotype with colorful photographs and profiles of expansive homes with styles ranging from [...]

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