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
- Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois
A leading statewide architectural preservation organization. - McLean County Museum of History
A great resource for researching local history. - National Trust for Historic Preservation
America’s largest architectural preservation organization. - Old House Journal
A leading restoration magazine in American for more
than 30 years.