Many of the items listed here are among our own favorites on our bookshelves in the office and workshop.
Peter & Noelle LordWe have linked as many items as we can directly to a point of purchase site for your convenience. Click on the image to research the item further.
TRICKS OF THE TRADE:
PLASTERING & PAINTING SKILLS
A How-to Guide for Do-It-Yourself Restoration
by Peter & Noelle LordSoftbound, illustrations, color photos.
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By popular request, we have compiled our many articles, workshop handouts, and as much information and resources as we can think of into this guide intended to walk you through many restoration projects. Learn more.
A Field Guide to American Houses
by Virginia & Lee McAlesterSoftbound, 525 pages, 1,200+ b/w illustrations, photos.
This guide enables you to identify, and place in their historic and architectural contexts, the houses you see in your neighborhood or in your travels across America. It features houses built for American families (rich, poor, and in-between), in city and countyside, from the 17th century to the present.
Old-House Dictionary
by Steven J. PhillipsSoftbound, 237 pages, 1500 terms, 750 definitions, 17 cross references, 450+ b/w illustrations.
An illustrated guide to American domestic architecture from 1600 to 1940. This is a concise and easily understandable architectural dictionary for professionals and amateurs alike.
Landmark Yellow Pages
by National Trust for Historic PreservationSoftbound, 395 pages, 100+ b/w illustrations.
This completely updated and expanded edition provides readers with thousands of extremely useful sources of information and includes a special "yellow pages" section on suppliers, services and products relating to historic preservation.
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