Location, location, location
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Duo Dickinson, an architect illustrates the way in which the additions (add ons) can impact different sites with an example a 20-by-30-foot family room/kitchen addition to an equally typical 3,400-square-foot center-hall Colonial. Several ways by which additions can be oriented to take advantage of unique landscape features of or compensate for specific site conditions is presented.
Publication Name: This Old House
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1086-2633
Year: 2005
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Take it from the top
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Several basic guidelines by experts to take maximum benefit from skylights as they have become a luxury item and available in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, with all sorts of options. Some of them include placement within the room, higher setup, putting fixed lightning and farther away skylights.
Publication Name: This Old House
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1086-2633
Year: 2005
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Clothes encounters: Principals of smart closet design
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A few ideas are given, for improving the function of any closet so that it is adaptable, durable and convenient to use. Some of the factors that should be kept in mind while making a closet are, the usage of vertical dimension, the lighting of the closet, and the habit of the person using it.
Publication Name: This Old House
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1086-2633
Year: 2004
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