This Old House 2001 - Abstracts

This Old House 2001
TitleSubjectAuthors
A fortress of one's own: in search of solitude and inspired by a comic-book superhero's hideaway, novelist Michael Chabon built a private retreat in his backyard.Home and gardenMichael Chabon
A fulldeck: An L.A. family gives their Shingle Style house an open-air room they can enjoy year-round.Home and gardenJill Connors
A house for all seasons: a thoughtful renovation transforms a rough-and-tumble weekend cottage into a year-round residence.Home and gardenBarbara Flanagan
A house grows in Brooklyn: How a once humble home claims some modern-day glory.Home and gardenDonna Paul
All systems go: Equipping the Timeless Home with electricity, plumbing, and heating and cooling.Home and gardenTravis Neighbor Ward
A sprinkle in time: Automatic irrigation systems mean beautiful landscapes without ever touching a hose.Home and gardenMolly Miller
Beauty on a budget: Secondhand cabinets are the key to this sleek, chic kitchen redo.Home and gardenMichael Wagner
Black Magic: bringing a worn asphalt driveway back to life with a coat of sealer.Home and gardenNancy Lackman
Bridging the gap.Home and gardenWalecia Konrad
Cabinet decision: a built-in hutch provides ample storage and a traditional look.Home and gardenNancy Stedman
Close shave: Tom Silva tightens up and pares down a sticking door.Home and gardenRebecca Zacks
Coming up roses: climbers and ramblers will cover a trellis, an arbor, even a shed roof, with a profusion of blooms.Home and gardenPeter V. Fossel
Common ground: What you need to know about easements that give others use of your property.Home and gardenAnne Krueger
Cook's tour de force: a dream kitchen drives a farmhouse's remodel.Home and gardenLaura Fraser
Creating new classic: This Old House magazine sets out to build a show house that combines modern comforts with vintage-home charm.Home and gardenAmy Laughinghouse
Desperately seeking sorrel.Home and gardenAlison Sloan
Dip in the heart of Texas: Collected rainwater fills a pool designed to look like a natural swimming pool.Home and gardenJeannie Ralston
Eastern Eden: a garden teahouse provides a quiet sanctuary.Home and garden 
Exploring new turf: No grass is required to create a lush, low-maintenance front yard.Home and gardenNancy Beaubaire
Fair harbor: This Old House heads to Boston's North Shore to reclaim a 19th-century Shingle Style retreat.Home and gardenAlexandra Bandon
Fix-up funds: For big projects, construction and renovation loans can be a better bet than home equity lines or credit cards.Home and gardenSarah L. Roberts-Witt
Found money.Home and gardenScott Noland
Framing a partition wall.Home and gardenScott Gibson
Garage Garret: Building an art studio becomes a creative outlet.Home and gardenTerry Moffatt
Gardens under glass: plants flourish in a climate-controlled habitat.Home and gardenFrancesca Lyman
Giving the kids a bath: clear colors and quality materials highlight a bathroom designed with children in mind.Home and gardenJohn Riha
Hanging kitchen cabinets.Home and gardenTim Synder
He cooks, she cooks: A kitchen redo provides an efficient and luxurious workspace for two.Home and gardenMary Kelly Selover
Holding patterns: examine your mortgage escrow account closely to be sure you're not over- or underpaying.Home and gardenKaren Cheney
Home and harmony.Home and gardenThomas Moore
Home away from home: calculating the costs of owning two houses.Home and gardenStephen M. Pollan
Homey ranges: Whether vintage or brand-new, classic stoves are hot.Home and gardenJudy Ostrow
Leaves off grass.Home and gardenClayton Dekorne
Louisiana Purchase: a novice renovator takes on an overlooked gem in an up-and-coming Baton Rouge neighborhood-and finds his calling.Home and gardenLouise Jarvis
Once and again: They loved their house, but needed more space. So they built it again-bigger and better.Home and gardenJane Innes
One for all: in creating a universal bath, tight space and special considerations need not present an aesthetic handicap.Home and gardenBarbara Elliott
On the same wavelength: a home computer network means there's no waiting in line to get online.Home and gardenIan Austen
Our home...for now.Home and gardenDavid McCue, Janet McCue
Painting pickets: Proper prep and a roll-and-brush technique brighten a fence's worn finish.Home and gardenErica Sanders
Retrofit cool: Mini-duct air-conditioning goes where no conventional duct has gone.Home and gardenScott Gibson
Screen adaptations: Removable panels make a porch more versatile.Home and gardenNancy Stedman
Sea change: A '70s ranch is transformed into the quintessential waterfront cottage.Home and gardenClaire Whitcomb
Serial renovator.(building )Home and gardenRussell Morash
Shady business: At a push of a button, motorized awnings give shelter from the sun.Home and gardenDiane Dicostanzo
Shaping up: With the foundation poured and the framing under way, This Old House's Atlanta show home takes form.Home and gardenAmy Laughinghouse
Sowing lessons: how Roger Cook reseeds a worn-out lawn.Home and gardenErica Sanders
The art of stucco: An ancient siding material with durability and style.Home and gardenDiane Simon
The final lap: This Old House wraps up the work on a sun-drenched Floridian paradise.Home and gardenJennifer Kolle
Their old Kentucky Home: A young couple restores and beatifies a waterlogged "fright".Home and gardenLou Harry
True grit: For the money, asphalt shingles may be the most durable roofing material around.Home and gardenTed Cushman
Wash room.Home and gardenDan Diclerico
Water, water, everywhere: two ponds and a waterfall connect a house on Long Island Sound to its landscape.Home and gardenTom Connor
When life imitates work.Home and gardenDonna Sapolin
Willing player.Home and gardenRob Thompson
With a little help from their friends: Step by step, a Michigan family rebuilds and restores an old farmhouse.Home and gardenLou Harry
Working in concert: a new generation of Internet-ready appliances cooks, cleans, and shops so you don't have to.Home and gardenIan Austen
Working weekends: homeowners redo a 19th-century farmhouse in their spare time.Home and gardenDiane Di Costanzo
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