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Drawing Board

Making a Room Under a Deck

A remodel can create an inviting, usable living space under the deck.
Balustrades

If you can solve the geometry, spacing, and proportions of the balustrade along the rise and run of the stair, then the design for a level balustrade is a piece of cake.
Drawing Board: Second-floor Additions for a Ranch House

While designing a first-floor addition that looks like it has always been there is often straightforward, designing a second-floor addition can present a host of design hurdles.
Baths with Freestanding Tubs

Residential design tips: freestanding bathtubs add elegance to a bathroom like nothing else.
Exposed rafter tails

Drawing Board: Lessons in residential design
Upgrading Colonial Exteriors

Exterior trim is worthy of more than just a few fleeting moments of design time.
Traditional Sheds

Traditional Gable Shed The first structure I ever built, not counting tree houses, was a shed. It served its function but was too small, oddly tall, and narrow, and I…
Small Powder Rooms

Strictly speaking, powder rooms have only a sink and a toilet, but they afford an important measure of convenience to guests and residents alike and can also add value to a home.
Pinch Points

Many production builders in the 1970s, ’80s, and ’90s minimized construction costs by keeping the size of their houses as small as possible while still trying to include all the…
Laundry Closets

Three kinds of well-designed laundry closets: a narrow closet, a wide closet with the washer and dryer side by side, and a wide closet with the appliances stacked.