Binding: Hardcover
Description: From the founders of the HGTV show and Instagram Cheap Old Houses comes a stunning collection of beautiful affordable homes and inspiration for buying and restoring an historic house. Welcome to the magical world of Cheap Old Houses where the new American dream comes with zero mortgage and an affordable lifestyle fit for a storybook. Ethan and Elizabeth Finkelstein have scoured the country to find homes in desperate need of saving including a $45,000 Victorian in Mississippi a $25,000 mansion in Indiana an $82,000 recreational camp in Maine and more. Cheap Old Houses features the stories of how these homes were acquired and lovingly restored. Within these pages you'll discover sprawling Victorian mansions Italianate - style farmhouses off - the - beaten - path cabins and even old churches turned into residences. You'll meet a couple who camped out on their back porch while they made their 6,000 - square foot manor livable and homeowners who found a free bungalow and moved it seventy miles to their property. Additionally Elizabeth a historical preservationist gives information on the details to preserve in historic houses from pocket doors that might be hiding in the walls to badly cracked plaster walls that are worth repairing and butler's pantries that are once again more desirable for storing dishes and small appliances. With hundreds of beautiful photographs capturing these homes in all their glory you'll be inspired to find "the one" a fixer upper to rescue that will rescue you right back.
Title: Cheap Old Houses An Unconventional Guide To Loving And Restoring A Forgotten Home
Author(s): Finkelstein Ethan
Publisher: Potter/ Ten Speed/ Harmony/ Rodale
Barcode: 9780593578766
Pages: 288 Pages, 290 4c Photographs
Publication Date: 10/10/2023
Category: Home Renovation & Extension