Home Renovations--Need Some Inspiration?

 I have to admit that I love to read, especially books on topics that touch where I am in life.  Are you considering a remodel of your home or major renovation?  Here are some books that can walk with you through the journey:

Digging In: Tending to Life in Your Own Backyard 

Robert Benson

The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home

George Howe Colt

Still Life with Chickens: Starting Over in a House by the Sea

Catherine Goldhammer

Rebuilding the House: One Woman's Passage Through Grief

Laurie Graham

Gutted: Down to the Studs in My House, My Marriage, My Entire Life

Lawrence LaRose

At Home in The Park: Loving a Neighborhood Back to Life 

Lola Lucas

Home Girl: Building a Dream House on a Lawless Block

Judith Matloff

Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy 

Frances Mayes (We met Frances' husband while we were in Cortona, Italy the site for this book.  He was a charming man!)

A Year in Provence

Peter Mayles

Bean Blossom Dreams: A City Family's Search for a Simple Country Life

Sallyann J. Murphey

Cottage for Sale: *Must Be Moved: A Woman Moves a House to Make a Home

Kate Whouley

The Barn House: Confessions of an Urban Rehabber

Ed Zotti