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"Delightful...even if the hint or tip appears at first anachronistic, the kernel of truth always emerges, as applicable today as it was a hundred years ago." - Country Living Magazine

How to Build in the Country 

128 Page Softcover Book with Good Advice from the Past on how to Choose a Site, Plan, Design, Build, Decorate & Landscape Your Country Home  

 

How to Build in the Country:  128 Page Softcover Book with Good Advice from the Past on how to Choose a Site, Plan, Design, Build, Decorate & Landscape Your Country Home  

In this revised and enlarged edition of his popular book, architect Donald Berg presents time-tested design ideas and building advice from the best of last century's architectural books, builders' guides, farm journals and garden magazines. This new book is arranged as a step-by-step guide for today's country home builder, and is illustrated with hundreds of beautiful old-time engravings.

"A significant contribution to the how-to bookshelf that will stand the test of time" - The Midwest Book Review

"A nostalgic look at yesterday that is eminently practical" - The Newark Star Ledger

"A virtual gold mine of information" - Jan Paul, Around the House syndicated column

"All `modern' builders and prospective homeowners should have a copy" - John Rice Irwin, author and director of The Museum of Appalachia

"This advice from the past fits today's home" - The Chicago Tribune

"Welcome help"- The San Diego Union

 

 

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