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Flooring raised to new heights

Leftover flooring strips on the ceiling can make for a warm, comfortable atmosphere in your bathroom by Jennifer Pruitt

Small Kitchen Goes from Cramped to Comfortable

Open up the ceiling, rearrange the plan, and this kitchen feels a lot bigger without adding much floor spaceby Warren Lloyd

Sweeping Curves and Simple DetailsOnline Membership Required

A small guest house proves that you can make elegant spaces with stock materialsby Gale Goff

Rooms Without Walls

Ceiling heights define spaces in an open floor planby Sarah Susanka

Editors PickRemoving a Bearing WallOnline Membership Required

Hide the new carrying beam in the ceiling, and they'll forget that wall ever existedby John Michael Davis

Timber-Frame HybridsOnline Membership Required

Adding timber-frame elements to a stick-frame house makes economic and aesthetic senseby Anthony Zaya

Looking Old, Living NewOnline Membership Required

Maintaining historical proportions and details makes a big, modern house look like a traditional New England colonialby Steve Heffner

At Home in the ForestOnline Membership Required

Soaring cathedral ceilings and a four-step footprint enable a narrow cottage to fit comfortably between a golf course and a steep ravineby Gary Bowen

A Suburban MetamorphosisOnline Membership Required

A modest renovation transforms hodgepodge of revival styles into a coherent shingle-style designby John Ineson, Elizabeth Ineson

Q & A: Figuring out groin vaultsOnline Membership Required

by William F. Doran

Building barrel Vaults Using longitudinal Wood I-BeamsOnline Membership Required

Longitudinal Wood I-Beamsby Lamar Henderson

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