Your Older Home

Books

  • Caring For Your Old House by Judith Kitchen (643.7KIT)
  • Renovating Old Houses by George Nash (643.7NAS)
  • The Old House (643.7OLD)
  • New Life For Old Houses by George Stephen (643.7STE)
  • Bob Vila’s Complete Guide to Remodeling Your Home: Everything You Need to Know about Home Renovation From the #1 Home Improvement Expert by Bob Vila (643.7VIL)
  • The Gingerbread Age: a View of Victorian America by John Maass (720.973MAA)
  • A Field Guide to American Architecture by Carole Rifkind (720.973RIF)
  • Interior Details: the Designer’s Style by Noel Jeffrey (728JEF)
  • Old Houses by Steve Gross (728.0973GRO)
  • Old-House Dictionary by Steven Phillips (728.028PHI)
  • The Preservationist’s Progress: Architectural Adventures in Conserving Yesterday’s Houses by Hugh Howard (728.0288HOW)
  • Common Houses in America’s Small Towns by John Jakle (728.37JAK)
  • Adventures with Old Houses by Richard Jenrette (728.37JEN)
  • Country House Book by Barty Phillips (728.37BAR)
  • Victorian Details by Joanna Wissinger (728.37WIS)
  • Martha Stewart’s New Old House: Restoration, Renovation, Decoration, Landscaping by Martha Stewart (728.372STE)
  • Houses by Mail: a Guide to Houses From Sears, Roebuck & Company by Katherine Stevenson (728.373STE)
  • Period Style by Mary Gilliatt (747GIL)
  • Victorian Interiors by Kathryn Livingston (747LIV)
  • Preservation of Historic Architecture (692PRE)
  • Victorian Splendor: Recreating America’s 19th Interiors by Allison Leopold (747.213LEO)
  • The Victorian Home: The Grandeur & Comforts of the Victorian Era by Ellen Plante (Q747.1PLA)
  • Victorian Revival in Interior Design by Jim Kemp (747.204KEM)
  • Decorating Old House Interiors by Lawrence Schwin (747.213SCH)

Magazines

The library subscribes to the following magazines:

  • Old House Journal
  • This Old House
  • Traditional Home
  • Victorian Homes

Videos

  • Bob Vila’s guide to historic homes: The Northeast (HOW BOB)
  • Bob Vila’s guide to historic homes: The Midwest & West (HOW BOB)
  • Bob Vila’s guide to historic homes: The South (HOW BOB)
  • Residential Architectural Styles in Illinois (DOC RESIDENTIAL)

CD-ROM

  • Remodeling Your Home (CDR 643REM)

Web sites