| • | Adobe by the Rio Grande - Watch the construction of a traditional adobe home being built near Albuquerque, NM. Weekly updates by Adobe Home builder, David C. Peterson. |
| • | American Hardwood Species Guide - Independent information source on North American hardwoods. |
| • | Andy's How To Homebuilding - Tips and advice on designing, contracting and building your own home. |
| • | Building a Custom Home - One family's monthly diary on the construction of their home, complete with tips and ideas. |
| • | Building at the Ledge - Building a dream home, a journal by the owner. Discusses passive solar design, alternative methods, design decisions, emotional turmoil. |
| • | Code Check - Online version of the popular field guide to the most common code violations for residential construction. |
| • | Design Basics: Trends - Covers trends in home improvement and house buying. |
| • | Examples, Photos, and Ideas about Custom Home Libraries and Library Designs - An extensive resource filled with examples of custom home libraries and related links. |
| • | Family Room Project - One homeowner's journal of converting the garage into a family room--includes pictures. |
| • | General Contracting Your Own Home - Homeowner's account of a home construction project where the family acted as general contractor. Includes an overview of the plan, a journal, and photographs from foundation to finish. |
| • | Help For Unhappy Homeowners - List of steps which can be taken by homeowners that are unhappy with their builder. |
| • | How Did I Do It? - Information, pictures, and instructions for home improvement projects such finishing a basement, remodeling a bathroom, and installing central air. |
| • | How Stuff Works: Home Building - Informative 7-part narrative, with figures and pictures, illustrates how a house is built. |
| • | Idea Workshop Journal - Collection of articles focusing on design issues in the home. Covers designing a home office, basement foundation guidelines, planning for accessibility, zoned heating and cooling systems, creating architectural detail with drywall, and kitchen design. |
| • | Log Homes and Cabins Information - Articles on contractors, building, buying, and financing related to residential log buildings. |
| • | Mass Custom Home - Article by Masa Noguchi, Ph.D that discusses a new approach to the delivery of quality affordable homes of tomorrow. |
| • | MSN House and Home: Working with a Contractor - Step-by-step advice for evaluating contractors, creating a remodeling budget, and working with a contractor and other workers throughout the project. |
| • | Project: Pembee - An account of building a kit pole home on a block of bushland in Pemberton, Western Australia. |
| • | Rafter Layout with Log Timbers - Instructions and drawings explaining how to layout log rafters using a steel square. |
| • | Renovation Wizard - A calculator that offers average costs of numerous projects then shows their value when selling the home. |
| • | Septic System Information - Articles, FAQ, and diagrams that explain residential septic systems. |
| • | Split-Level Homes - Homeowner guide to various divided entry homes, including bi-level, split-level, and raised ranch. Concepts, interior design, additions, landscaping. |
| • | The Wilder Home - Homeowners' account of the construction of their hurricane-proof waterfront home in Gulf Shores, Alabama of Dac-Art man-made stone, with glass tile mosaics. |
| • | Village Post And Beam - Photo journal which documents the 1998 construction of a post and beam home centered around a "great room." |
