Easy Upgrade Ideas for Your Balcony Flooring
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Easy Upgrade Ideas for Your Balcony Flooring

Balconies can often seem like an architectural afterthought. They are usually pretty utilitarian: a wood or concrete floor, and a metal railing. Not really the outdoor living area of your dreams. Upgrading the balcony flooring can be the first step in transforming your space into a real oasis where you enjoy spending time. Before you…

Identifying House Styles: Prairie Style Homes
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Identifying House Styles: Prairie Style Homes

Back in October, we toured Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. Wright was a true genius, and developed the Prairie style over many years. The Robie House is the epitome of that style. This post continues our series on identifying house styles, so let’s take a look at how to identify…

Identifying House Styles: Richardsonian Romanesque Homes
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Identifying House Styles: Richardsonian Romanesque Homes

This post on Richardsonian Romanesque homes is the first in a series that will help you identify house styles. While on an  Old House Society Tour of Homes, Kim and I saw everything from a tiny cottage to an enormous Victorian. There aren’t many Richardsonian Romanesque homes around here, so we were excited to see one….