About us
Old House Fever: Introducing Antique Home & Style
Like half the population of the US, many of us have older homes, most of
which were built from 1900 to 1970. Our focus here at Antique Home &
Style is how to live in and enjoy our older homes. There's considerable
room for experimentation with new styles, taking what we can from the past,
and preserving the character and integrity of our homes.
For the most part, older houses were well built using old growth timber. They were designed to be sturdy and comfortable. If you can find one that hasn't been "improved" to death, it generally has only a single bathroom. They are often modest in size and pretension: Back in the day, most people were happy to own their homes and a bit of land large enough for a flower garden with a few vegetables.
Drawing from our vintage publications and other resources, we'll open a window into the past that allows you to see how people used to live in your antique home.
The Idea for Antique Home & Style
When you get a degree in History, the first thing people ask is if you are going to teach. When you have a passion for old houses and some education in architectural design, it seems like a logical extension that you might combine these varied interests. If you're a programmer, but of a kind of free-spirit ... If you make your living as a writer or web developer ... well, let's just say we started talking and one thing lead to another ...
After years of building information websites for other people, we've decided to build a few sites for ourselves centered around our interests, education, and experience. And so Antique Home & Style was born.
Our goal is to collect and publish both original articles and historical content that is no longer copyrighted to create an information resource that is rich, varied, and as accurate as we can make it. Making money from this kind of site is tough, because too much commercialism tends to degrade the pleasure of wandering amid this digital feast. On the other hand, it's important to cover costs. For now, we're limiting ourselves to Google Adsense and Amazon.
In time, we expect to expand to include a marketplace where vendors can list their businesses and sell their products and services if they fit in with our site. That means we can have advertisers who can enrich our site and benefit our readers without compromising our goals. Other possibilities include marketing our own publications and products.
If you like what you see, we won't be insulted if you want to give us some money. And if you don't have money, but if you want to give your old house plans catalogs (1900 to 1960) a new home, contact us. Our budget for acquisitions is limited so every little bit helps.
We welcome your interest, questions, comments, and criticism.
Contact us
To reach us, please send us an email.
To reduce marketing junk and other unsolicited mail, we've opted to not publish a physical address. Because we're a virtual entity that seems appropriate, but if you want to reach us, send an email; we'll respond with phone and mailing information when appropriate.
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