The Complete Idiot's Guide to Designing your Own Home

By Oreste Drapaca and Abigail R. Esman

Book Overview

Be creative a] and save some cash. Building or renovating a home used to require an architect, but this guide teaches readers how to do most of an architectas work themselves, from visualizing... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592575013
• ISBN13: 9781592575015
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Alpha
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.8" x 0.6" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

Most Comprehensive Book on the Subject

Striking out on designing one's own house is a lonely prospect. I read every book I could get my hands on. Most provide cursory information, which left me hungry. This book goes into much greater detail on the process than any other. So start with it and then wander over to [...] and go to the home forum. That is where you'll get a major education from people who are building homes whether with book plans, and architect, or their own design.

A MUST HAVE!

This book is a very helpful, easy to understand, and comprehensive guide to home design and renovation. Mr. Drapaca's excellent sense of esthetics, great negotiation skills and committment to high quality projects evidently inspired the content of this book. We had the pleasure to work with Mr. Drapaca on the renovation of our apartment and found in the book many of the things we learned thanks to his advice.