Driveways and Garages

A new home combines privacy, daylight, and durability, and fits comfortably into a traditional neighborhoodby Charlie Witzke

There's more than just choosing a solid or loose surfaceby Ben Pequeno

Tripled in size, this house went from a weekend cottage to a home for four and still fits quietly into its old neighborhood

Relocating a detached garage adds privacy to the backyard and makes room for a bigger kitchenby Michael De Biasse

A living space above the garage works best when it's proportionally correct

Site-built shear walls help a building with large openings to stand up to high windsby John Spier

Tripled in size, this house went from a weekend cottage to a home for four and still fits quietly into its old neighborhoodby Charles Moore

New and noteworthy staff picks from the 2007 International Builders' Show

by Jim Benton

A woodshop/studio/kitchen with deck built on a shoestring by a Fine Homebuilding editor in his spare timeby Kira Obolensky

A team approach creates an energy-efficient and environmentally friendly house for a growing marketby Christopher Briley

There are plenty of new options for storage and organization; you might even reclaim some parking spaceby Charles Bickford

by John Carroll

by Paul Fisette

This excerpt from the Taunton book Garage Solutions shows how to apply a tough epoxy coating to this high-traffic area for a clean, durable and light-filled garage.by Tim Snyder

Don't force the footprint. Let the surroundings choose the palette, and plan plenty of outdoor rooms.by Chris Bigos

Turning the kitchen to the south, toward the family room, did more than improve the viewby David Amory, Sukie Amory

by Paul Fisette

Grading a driveway with one of these machines saves a lot of time, but much of the work is done in reverseby John La Torre Jr.