Opinion

You may find these notes and essays useful:

Home renovation

Preparing to Renovate Your House

Remodel or Remuddle?

Kim's Cape in Disputed Territories

Ballard Craftsman featured in Old House Journal (pdf)

Impact of Arts & Crafts Revival

The Chief Goes Through

Louis B. Easton and the Simple Life

Parsons House Revisited

New house design

Designing a New Traditional House

Cottage Character

Historical perspectives

Betsy Ross House, Philadelphia

Wow!  The house in its 19th Century context and prior to restoration looks so much more real and revealing than the theme park setting we see today.

Betsy Ross House, 2011