In an age when teardowns, scrape-offs, and wraparounds are radically altering the residential landscape and "McMansions" are the prevailing crop of our farm fields, people are awakening to the value of traditional American neighborhoods. Many of us are returning to what can be called classic American housing types -- the Bungalow, the Colonial, the Cape, and the Ranch. We are drawn to their attention to materials, to details that would be prohibitively expensive today, and to attractive neighborhoods located close to downtowns and mass-transit lines.
In Updating Classic America: Bungalows, Caren Connolly and Louis Wasserman provide a history and overview, along with proven, tasteful design solutions for a variety of bungalow-style remodels, additions, renovations, and new construction. One such remodel, a "classic old-world charmer with the potential to be fabulous," is featured in this excerpt from Chapter 2, "Remodeling Inside the Walls."
