Monday, April 16, 2007

Building a New Home? Resources on Home Design


[Left:The famous Witch's House in Los Angeles--an example of home design gone whacky and wonderful. Illustration form the book Storybook Style.]

I started this blog just a few weeks ago, and by God I think now it is almost fit to look at.

I have stocked my shelves with a fair amount of titillating and tantalizing information and conversation on home design--and there is more on its way.

FIND HERE: A couple of reviews of architectural books; rants on vinyl siding and on subdivision style; some savvy advice (more like a rant so far!) on the design of your planned new house; a poll of sorts on a couple of house designs of the Tudor persuasion; and some juicy links to home plan websites, etc. And did a mention a nice post telling all about my home design service? And did I mention the Google ads?

A feature to be added soon, if all goes according to plan: A listing of websites offering home plans with short reviews, i.e., my humble opinion as to the design quality of the plans offered. There is a wide variety of stuff out there, much of it routine and boring but some of it very impressive indeed. I can't wait to tell you just what I think--for this is a blog, after all, is it not?

And the ultimate resource: Just ask. My sage advice goes for free.

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