Where’d it go?
I know most of the very earliest homes were without one, but many had wide eaves or a pent-roof to deflect rain and provide shade over windows and the entrance door. Nobody had leisure time to sit around on the porch anyway. Most sport one now as a later “update”. In the South, the verandah made an early appearance and then doubled the levels as homes ...
Archive for July, 2008
Paul in Vermont was reading the New York Times and saw an article that referred to a building as a "taxpayer-style."Paul couldn’t find anything with Google, so he shot me an e-mail, asking if I knew something about this style. So, for Paul and Google, here's what I know on the subject.
The Taxpayer isn’t a style of architecture – it’s the name given to the purpose of a building that ...
I recently received an email from a woman who purchased a home with a family room addition whose only source of heat is a wood-burning fireplace. Her husband is nervous about safety issues. This is a pretty common — and important — concern among owners of old homes.
According to the U.S. Fire Administration, over one third of Americans use solid fuel-fired appliances, including fireplaces, as their home’s heat source. All ...
