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	Bungalows: Design Ideas for Renovating, Remodeling, and Building New (Updating Classic America Series)
	no such product found The first in a Taunton Press series "Updating Classic America," the book focuses on bungalow houses built throughout Canada and the U.S. between 1900 and 1930. The authors and bungalow owners offer suggestions on how to modify the bungalow. (full details ...) See full details . . . Buy it now through Amazon

	The Opulent Interiors of the Gilded Age: All 203 Photograhs from "Artistic Houses"
	no such product found Originally published in 1883-84, Artistic Houses comprised 203 photographs of the interiors of homes of the well-to-do, with a flattering text that called attention to the woodwork, wall coverings, color schemes and other aspects of interior decor. (full details ...) See full details . . . Buy it now through Amazon

	The New Bungalow
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	Georgian House Style: An Architectural and Interior Design Source Book
	no such product found Illustrated throughout with specially commissioned photographs and extensive contemporary source material, this sumptuous volume will enable anyone who wishes to create or preserve period interiors to do so with complete confidence and success. (full details ...) See full details . . . Buy it now through Amazon

	Williamsburg Christmas: The Story of Decoration in the Colonial Capital
	no such product found Specially commissioned photographs capture the festivities in the historic town and adapt the Williamsburg Christmas style to modern homes and settings. (full details ...) See full details . . . Buy it now through Amazon

	American Bungalow Style
	no such product found Celebrating the beloved American architectural form of the bungalow, this lavishly illustrated volume provides a wealth of ideas for restoring and decorating these historic American homes. (full details ...) See full details . . . Buy it now through Amazon

	The Bungalow: America's Arts and Crafts Home ^{AN OHW BEST-SELLER!}
	no such product found Through 182 color illustrations, the reader can appreciate the almost infinite variety of the bungalow style. (full details ...) See full details . . . Buy it now through Amazon

	Inside the Bungalow : America's Arts & Crafts Interior
	no such product found A companion volume to the popular The Bungalow: America's Arts & Crafts Home, this volume take you inside the cherished homes of the early 1900s. Author Paul Duchscherer and photographer Douglas Keister team up again to show the interior of bungalows through 250 color photographs. (full details ...) See full details . . . Buy it now through Amazon

	Art Deco Interiors
	no such product found Art Deco Interiors documents this flourishing of design ingenuity in Europe and America with more than 300 illustrations, 151 in color. (full details ...) See full details . . . Buy it now through Amazon

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