- Code Check - Online version of the popular field guide to the most common code violations for residential construction.
- Building at the Ledge - Building a dream home, a journal by the owner. Discusses passive solar design, alternative methods, design decisions, emotional turmoil.
- Building a Custom Home - One family's monthly diary on the construction of their home, complete with tips and ideas.
- Adobe by the Rio Grande - Watch the construction of a traditional adobe home being built near Albuquerque, NM. Weekly updates by Adobe Home builder, David C. Peterson.
- How Stuff Works: Home Building - Informative 7-part narrative, with figures and pictures, illustrates how a house is built.
- Idea Workshop Journal - Collection of articles focusing on design issues in the home. Covers designing a home office, basement foundation guidelines, planning for accessibility, zoned heating and cooling systems, creating architectural detail with drywall, and kitchen design.
- Andy's How To Homebuilding - Tips and advice on designing, contracting and building your own home.
- Village Post And Beam - Photo journal which documents the 1998 construction of a post and beam home centered around a "great room."
- Help For Unhappy Homeowners - List of steps which can be taken by homeowners that are unhappy with their builder.
- The Wilder Home - Homeowners' account of the construction of their hurricane-proof waterfront home in Gulf Shores, Alabama of Dac-Art man-made stone, with glass tile mosaics.
- General Contracting Your Own Home - Homeowner's account of a home construction project where the family acted as general contractor. Includes an overview of the plan, a journal, and photographs from foundation to finish.
- American Hardwood Species Guide - Independent information source on North American hardwoods.
- MSN House and Home: Working with a Contractor - Step-by-step advice for evaluating contractors, creating a remodeling budget, and working with a contractor and other workers throughout the project.
- Rafter Layout with Log Timbers - Instructions and drawings explaining how to layout log rafters using a steel square.
- Architects Attic - On-line resource of architectural information, home design, floor plan selection and building products.
- Split-Level Homes - Homeowner guide to various divided entry homes, including bi-level, split-level, and raised ranch. Concepts, interior design, additions, landscaping.
- Log Homes and Cabins Information - Articles on contractors, building, buying, and financing related to residential log buildings.
- Renovation Wizard - A calculator that offers average costs of numerous projects then shows their value when selling the home.
- Design Basics: Trends - Covers trends in home improvement and house buying.
- Mass Custom Home - Article by Masa Noguchi, Ph.D that discusses a new approach to the delivery of quality affordable homes of tomorrow.
- Septic System Information - Articles, FAQ, and diagrams that explain residential septic systems.
- How Did I Do It? - Information, pictures, and instructions for home improvement projects such finishing a basement, remodeling a bathroom, and installing central air.
- Family Room Project - One homeowner's journal of converting the garage into a family room--includes pictures.
- Project: Pembee - An account of building a kit pole home on a block of bushland in Pemberton, Western Australia.
- Examples, Photos, and Ideas about Custom Home Libraries and Library Designs - An extensive resource filled with examples of custom home libraries and related links.
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