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Indoor Outdoor Living

Indoor Outdoor Living

Artful ways to blend indoors and outdoors in today's house designs.

3 Other Ways To Use Your Dining Room

3 Other Ways To Use Your Dining Room

Why should the dining room only get used for holiday meals? Here are three other ways to make it work for you.

Why We Love Bungalows

Why We Love Bungalows

Why the bungalow has remained a popular American house type for more than a century.

Farmhouse/Barn House

Farmhouse/Barn House

A new house inspired by vintage dairy barns.

Modern House in Brazil on Film

Modern House in Brazil on Film

For Your Dream House File. A fluffy Persian cat takes us on a tour of this remarkable modern house by Sao Paolo architect Marcio Kogan.

The Other Eames House

The Other Eames House

A tour of the design-filled home of sculptors Lucia Eames and Llisa Demetrios, daughter and granddaughter of Charles and Ray Eames.

In Praise of the Japanese Imagination

In Praise of the Japanese Imagination

Influential examples of Japanese architecture, landscape, and furniture design.

Small-House Secrets

Small-House Secrets

How architect Cathy Schwabe made this house feel much larger than it's 800 sq. ft. size.

Bunk Rooms Provide Functional Sleeping Spaces

Bunk Rooms Provide Functional Sleeping Spaces

A round-up of design ideas for bunks, with a listing of key requirements.

Architect Rick Thompson Talks Bungalows and Living Roof Plans

Architect Rick Thompson Talks Bungalows and Living Roof Plans

Design insights about sustainability, bungalows, and living roofs from an architect specializing in ready-made house plans.

The Florida Cracker  -- A Rural House Type

The Florida Cracker -- A Rural House Type

A quick introduction to the rural Florida and Georgia house type known as the Cracker.

Marianne Cusato's Talk at the National Building Museum

Marianne Cusato's Talk at the National Building Museum

The designer, best known for her work on the Katrina Cottages, has co-written a new book called The Just Right Home (Workman Publishing, $12.95) engagingly explored popular American house types from Cape Cods to ranch houses to split levels, ending up at the much-derided McMansion.

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