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How to Choose the Right Architect
How to Choose the Right Architect
Each architect has his or her own style, approach to design and methods of work. So, it's important to find an architect who understands your ...
Indiana University Greenhouse Tour
Indiana University Greenhouse Tour
Bob interviews Don Burton from Indiana University as he tours a 1955 state-of-the-art greenhouse. He then tours a modern state-of-the-art ...
Initial Tour of the House to be Restored
Initial Tour of the House to be Restored
Richard Marks, the restoration contractor who's responsible for much of the expert work being done in and around Charleston, S.C., takes a tour of ...
Installing Custom-Style Insulated Cedar Faced Garage Doors
Installing Custom-Style Insulated Cedar Faced Garage Doors
Bob and Kevin take a brief tour of the project before Bob goes off to meet Kent Forsland of Designer Doors Inc. to look at the new garage doors.
Isaac Bell House Tour
Isaac Bell House Tour
Bob takes us on a visit to the Isaac Bell House in Newport, Rhode Island, for a look at one of the finest examples of the Shingle Style to be ...
Island Cottage on Keewaydin Island Tour
Island Cottage on Keewaydin Island Tour
Bob takes us on a field trip to Keewaydin Island, where we tour an island cottage that was created by a unique and colorful artist. The house has ...
Kitchen Banquettes
Kitchen Banquettes
Space-saving, cozy and visually appealing, kitchen banquettes offer more than built-in seating. BobVila.com looks at the latest trends influencing ...
Layout for a Container-Built Home
Layout for a Container-Built Home
Bob talks to Steve Armstrong, the project architect and engineer, about converting old shipping containers into houses. Armstrong recounts how he ...
Loft Living
Loft Living
Once strictly industrial spaces converted to housing in major urban areas, lofts are changing. They’re showing up in smaller cities, in new ...
Making the Home Handicapped Accessible
Making the Home Handicapped Accessible
Bob takes a tour with the architect for the Roxbury project, Fernando Domenech, to understand the difference between "adaptability" and ...
Malibu Beach Front Property
Malibu Beach Front Property
Bob winds up on Malibu Beach on a forty by approximately one hundred and fifty foot lot in a house built in the mid 50’s. It maintains most of its ...
Manhattan Remodel and Cape Cod Affordable
Manhattan Remodel and Cape Cod Affordable
The second half of Bob Vila’s Home Again Season 15 features two very different approaches to building a home as Bob revitalizes a 1890s ...
Massachusetts Queen Anne Victorian
Massachusetts Queen Anne Victorian
Bob is in Rowley, Massachusetts, which dates from 1694 when minister Ezekiel Rogers came to the New World with 20 families. Rowley is surrounded ...
Millford Plantation Tour
Millford Plantation Tour
Bob takes us on a field trip to Millford Plantation, a spectacular Greek Revival governor's mansion with echoes of the Civil War still ringing ...
Modeling the Loft Project
Modeling the Loft Project
Back at our site, the architect and designer have modeled some intriguing ideas for Bob.
Modern Colonial Floor Plans
Modern Colonial Floor Plans
Behind the Scenes - Modern Colonial
Modular Homes Make Sense
Modular Homes Make Sense
Factory-built homes offer all the amenities of traditionally built homes, often at reduced cost and increased quality.
Modular Homes: An Updated Look at a Rising Industry
Modular Homes: An Updated Look at a Rising Industry
Whether it’s called a modular home, a systems-built home or a factory-built home, the modular home is a green alternative to stick-built, ...
Nathaniel Russell House Tour
Nathaniel Russell House Tour
Bob takes a tour of the spectacular home of Nathaniel Russell, one of Charleston's wealthiest merchants of the Colonial period. Inside, Bob ...
Neighborhood Tour of Naples, Florida
Neighborhood Tour of Naples, Florida
In this episode, Bob goes on a neighborhood tour of Naples, Florida. We see the highlife both by car and by boat as Bob selects a "cracker" ...
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