The Art of Home Conversion: Transforming Uncommon Properties into Stylish Homes

by MacK, Lorrie

• ISBN13: 9781841880235
• ISBN10: 184188023X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: Sterling Pub Co Inc

Summary

A stable, a crude fisherman's shack, a ballet studio, and a Dutch barge--these are some of the properties which have been transformed into stylish homes by those who have the resources and imagination to do so. In this handbook, Mack provides know-how and inspiration for this daunting task. Full color.

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(8)
A Picture Palace
Hay loft	8	(8)
Small-Space Crafts
Grain warehouse	16	(4)
A Brush With Time
Coach house	20	(6)
Sea Changes
Fish store	26	(6)
Mill Power
Flour mill	32	(6)
Taking Steps
Ballet studio	38	(4)
Wood Notes
Plywood workshop	42	(6)
Putting Back The Docks
Tea wharf	48	(6)
Developing Trends I
Water tower	54	(10)
Developing Trends II
Fruit and vegetable shop	64	(8)
Drive and Vision
Army garages	72	(4)
A Change of Scene
Field barn	76	(10)
Friendly Persuasion
Quaker meeting house	86	(4)
A Triumph of Style
Triumphal arch	90	(6)
A Fighting Spirit
Martello tower	96	(6)
Stable Manners
Tack room and stables	102	(4)
Reformed Chapel
Methodist chapel	106	(8)
Factory Results
Metal components factory	114	(4)
Open Plans I
Victorian warehouse	118	(6)
Open Plans II
Engineering workshop	124	(8)
Barn Lore
Stone barn	132	(6)
An Anglican Conversion
Church hall	138	(4)
Water Colours
Warehouse	142	(6)
Floating Flair
Dutch barge	148	(4)
A Monks' Habitat
Cistercian abbey	152	(8)
Index	160