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Designing Your Vacation Home

2ndhome® Journal includes second home design resources in every issue. Here is a roundup of books and articles featured in 2ndhome® Journal and on the 2ndhome® Blog.

Winter 2007 

The Winter issue of 2ndhome® Journal included photos from Inside The Not So Big House: Discovering the Details that Bring a Home to Life by Sarah Susanka.

Also featured:
Your Vacation Log Home: Suitable for Many Lifestyles by Frank James

Green Remodeling: Eco-Friendly Options for Your Second Home

Winter 2007 Books from Amazon.com 

Inside the Not So Big House: Discovering the Details that Bring a Home to Life (Susanka)

Amazon Price: $14.93 (as of 10/11/2008)

Fall 2007 

The Fall 2007 issue of 2ndhome® Journal featured photos from Lakeside Living: Waterfront Houses, Cottages, and Cabins of the Great Lakes by Linda Leigh Paul.

Also featured:
Remodeling Your Second Home by Tim Menk

Fall 2007 Books from Amazon.com 

Lakeside Living: Waterfront Houses, Cottages, and Cabins of the Great Lakes

Amazon Price: $26.37 (as of 10/11/2008)

Summer 2007 

The Summer 2007 issue of 2ndhome® Journal featured photos from Creating the Inspired House: Discovering Your Place Called Home by John Connell. Also featured was Log and Timber Frame: A Greener Second Home by Mira Jean Steinbrecher, A.I.A.

Summer 2007 Books on Amazon.com 

Creating the Inspired House: Discovering Your Place Called Home

Amazon Price: $23.07 (as of 10/11/2008)

Spring 2007 

The Spring 2007 issue of 2ndhome® Journal featured photos from Timberframe: The Art and Craft of the Post-and-Beam Home by Ted Benson.

Also featured were A Second Home of Wood: Endless Possibilities by Mira Jean Steinbrecher, A.I.A. and Architect's Choice: Bringing Your Second Home to Life by Ellen Newbury

Spring 2007 Books on Amazon.com 

Timberframe: The Art and Craft of the Post-and-Beam Home

Amazon Price: $19.77 (as of 10/11/2008)

Winter 2006 

The Winter 2006 issue of 2ndhome® Journal featured the book The Barefoot Home: Dressed Down Design for Casual Living by Marc Vassallo. Also featured was Natural Design: Inviting Mother Nature In by Karla Krengel.

Winter 2006 Books on Amazon.com 

The Barefoot Home: Dressed-Down Design for Casual Living

Amazon Price: $19.80 (as of 10/11/2008)

Fall 2006 

The Fall 2006 issue of 2ndhome® Journal featured the book Island Living: Inland Retreats and Shoreside Havens by Linda Leigh Paul. Also featured were A Plantation Dream House: Saving Louisiana's Heritage by Lorraine Stuart Merrill and Log Home Living: A Natural Way to Conservation by Ellen Newbury

Fall 2006 Books on Amazon.com 

Island Living: Inland Retreats and Shoreside Havens

Amazon Price: $34.20 (as of 10/11/2008)

Spring 2005 through Summer 2006 

A number of additional books were featured in the Spring 2005 through Summer 2006 issues of 2ndhome® Journal. They were:

Summer 2006: Good Green Homes by Jennifer Roberts
Spring 2006: The New Wood House by James Grayson Trulove
Winter 2005: Beach Homes (The Best of Fine Homebuilding)
Fall 2005: The Cabin Book by Linda Leigh Paul
Summer 2005: Maine Cottages: Fred L. Savage and the Architecture of Mount Desert by John M. Bryan and The Adirondack Cabin by Robin Obomsawin
Spring 2005: The Getaway Home: Discovering Your Home Away from Home by Dale Mulfinger

Spring & Summer 2006 Books on Amazon.com 

Good Green Homes

Summer 2006

Amazon Price: $26.37 (as of 10/11/2008)

The New Wood House

Spring 2006

Amazon Price: (as of 10/11/2008)

2005 Books on Amazon.com 

Beach Homes (Best of Fine Homebuilding)

Winter 2005

Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 10/11/2008)

The Cabin Book

Fall 2005

Amazon Price: $26.37 (as of 10/11/2008)

Maine Cottages: Fred L. Savage and the Architecture of Mount Desert

Summer 2005

Amazon Price: $34.53 (as of 10/11/2008)

Adirondack Cabin, The

Summer 2005

Amazon Price: (as of 10/11/2008)

The Getaway Home: Discovering Your Home Away from Home

Spring 2005

Amazon Price: $19.80 (as of 10/11/2008)

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