Colonial Home magazines are the essential magazines for the American homeowner. They cover everything from architecture and remodeling to decorating and landscaping. Each inspirational issue delivers the latest developments in home improvement. They are one of the most beautiful and enduring home styles, with a rich past and numerous offshoots including Georgian, Dutch Colonial, Adams style, and even Colonial Revival. Featuring over 20 case studies of updated homes and Colonials built from scratch, the magazines are filled with hundreds of inspiring original color photographs and before-and-after plans.

These thorough guides combine outstanding designs and proven ideas for redoing an existing Colonial or building a new one. Colonial Home magazines are a wonderful reference for anyone contemplating a remodel or a new house with colonial styling. The photos are first class, and the text is conversational while providing real information grounded in history. These are design magazines where the text is important. There are highlighted features where the author gives informational snippets about everything from variations in roof design to conservation and wetlands, and even hints on lighting; all useful whether you're building, renovating or remodeling. 

Far more than a coffee table magazines, these magazines will get dirty from hands-on use! A well-written introduction to the settlement of the writer. Colonial Home magazines offer an in-depth investigation of adapted Dutch building styles, architecture and materials in and around the counties. Easy to use and able to quickly shed water, shingles were the efficient choice of early settlers. Technological changes and the economic boom following the Civil War made the shingle the top choice for architectural expression. The exteriors of these 165 fanciful homes maintain the classic look from the shingle-clad influences of the 19th Century, adding a carefree, easy-feeling appearance to al styles past and present. Today's best designers make the most of modern interior floor planning techniques, using built-ins, storage areas and efficient traffic flow form room to room.

Colonial Home magazines explore elegant shingle whimsy from coast to coast: Capes, Colonials, Craftsman Bungalows, Country Cottages, Victorians, Farmhouses, Vacation and Waterfront Homes. They include 32 pages of full color designs, many with interior photos. Kick back, put up your feet and enjoy the optimistic flair and unique eclectic styling mixes found in each and every home showcased in here. Complete construction blueprints are available separately. It continues with the new cultures, arriving in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and how they influenced the variety of home building ranging from the log cabins and tiled stove-warmed interiors in the northern Midwest to row house parlors and kitchens.