Water, water, everywhere: two ponds and a waterfall connect a house on Long Island Sound to its landscape
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A house situated on Long Island Sound having two ponds and a waterfall was remodeled so that the patio extended towards the woods and ponds using stone terraces, which gave the extension a natural look. The work was done by landscape architect Liz Hand-Fry and m'ainly consisted of natural stone.
Publication Name: This Old House
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1086-2633
Year: 2001
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House calls
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An architect's advice on screened-porch design is discussed. Specific guidelines on site orientation, rooflines, circulation, materials, screen walls, and amenities that are the basic design elements to consider so that it looks good and works well, are presented.
Publication Name: This Old House
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1086-2633
Year: 2005
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Whose house is it, anyway?
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Several tips by expert for protecting the house from mice, rats and squirrels, which are among three house invaders, are presented. The two ways include trapping the invader or using the poison making the invader die by internal hemorrhaging or by starvation.
Publication Name: This Old House
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1086-2633
Year: 2005
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