Firehouse rescue: Imagination and hard work spark the dramatic transformation of a firehouse into a home
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Kingston, New YorkEs Cornell Firehouse was restored and converted into a home by the Dijk family. The house was converted so as to include an art school and studio, which occupies half of the first floor, a wholesale flower shop on the other half, and the upper floor was converted into a modern 3-bedroom, 2-bath home.
Publication Name: This Old House
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1086-2633
Year: 2001
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Screen Gems: Creative options for hedges, fences, and walls
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Creative screening options are provided to reduce the noise from the road nearby and to keep kids from cutting across the lawn. The advantages and disadvantage of using plants, grasses, flowering shrubs, evergreens, deciduous trees, berms, walls and fences as screens is provided.
Publication Name: This Old House
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1086-2633
Year: 2004
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Postgraduate work: Learning on the job, a young Floridian rebuilds his childhood home
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A young graduate from Florida, Ivor Kincaid successfully rebuilds his 1,250-square-foot Cracker-style structured childhood home in Gainesville, Florida. The efforts taken by Ivor Kincaid for rebuilding his home and the changes brought about by him to the house are presented.
Publication Name: This Old House
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1086-2633
Year: 2001
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