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Capes: Design Ideas for Renovating, Remodeling, and Building New (Updating Classic America)
Cape Cod homes are a perennial favorite among small and growing families, and they can often benefit from being brought up-to-date. Capes is a combination of practical, attractive designs and proven ideas that include a wealth of style, size, and budget choices for renovating, remodeling, or building a Cape Cod-style home. Featuring over 20 case studies of updated homes and Capes built from scratch, the book is generously illustrated with inspiring original color photographs and before-and-after floor plans.
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Loved this book. Both a decorating and an architectural design book, Updating Classic American Capes is a handy reference and idea guide for anyone looking to make changes to an existing cape cod style house. The author shows before-and-after floor plans that illustrate common layout problems and how they can be eliminated. It’s easy to apply changes people in this book have made to one’s own situation. Issues common to capes–lack of light upstairs, headroom, square footage–are addressed with various solutions, ranging from working within the existing confines of the structure to turning a cape into a colonial, gambrel, etc.Wait…a colonial isn’t a cape, you say! No, the title is Updating…, and sometimes the solution to a lack of space is to expand upward. A few of the houses in the book are expanded into full two-stories; some retain the look of a cape through clever use of gables and dormers, while others are completely transformed.But there are plenty of examples of…
Book review I purchased this book with the idea that I would find some design ideas for practical living in a cape; in particular, bedrooms and closets. The book was published in 2003, my first comment is that every page has a picture and there are 215 pages! I am not certain that I currently agree with the comment on the back cover that this should be a handbook …I will take the time to read it more thoroughly and may update my review. I purchased this book used and am very happy that I did not pay full retail.
Great Book for Cape Owners This is a great book for owners of Cape homes looking for ideas on updates. The text explains in layman’s terms what makes a house a “Cape” and the essential architectural elements to consider when making changes. The photos and text cover a couple of dozen Cape homes that have been updated. The possibilities for renovations are endless, yet the book presents these in a manner that allows the reader to visualize projects ranging from small to large. Both indoor and outdoor updates are addressed. While not an architectural guide, this book is a good starting point for a Cape owner with expansion or renovation plans in mind.