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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 ...
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 programming features two very different approaches to building a home, as Bob ...
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.
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" ...
Neighborhood Tour of Newton, Massachusetts
Neighborhood Tour of Newton, Massachusetts
To kick off the addition in Newton, Massachusetts, Bob takes us on a tour of the neighborhood: "The Garden City" boasts a wide variety of American ...
Overview of the Elmwood Neighborhood Project
Overview of the Elmwood Neighborhood Project
Bob gives some history of Providence, Rhode Island, then outlines plans for the 11 home Elmwood neighborhood project.
Placing Windows on a Home's Façade
Placing Windows on a Home's Façade
Bob discusses "fenestration" which is the placement of the windows and then meets Bob with Ryley to install a Marvin thermopane window with true ...
Project Plans and Tour of the Sears Kit House
Project Plans and Tour of the Sears Kit House
Bob kicks off the Studio City, California, project by meeting Gavin and Michelle Langley, happy new homeowners of a vintage Sears kit house. They ...
Renovating Historic Homes
Renovating Historic Homes
Embarking on any large-scale home renovation can be a trying experience for homeowners. But when a historic home is involved, the added layers of ...
Restoration of the Brooklyn Academy of Music Building
Restoration of the Brooklyn Academy of Music Building
Karen Brooks Hopkins, president of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, gives Bob a peek at the restoration of one of its facilities. BAM, which held ...
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