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GIVE AWAY: Restoring a House in the City

Thanks to author Ingrid Abramovitch and the lovely people at Artisan Publishing, we have a copy of the amazing book, Restoring A House in the City, up for grabs! Whether you are currently renovating an old home, or plan to someday take on a huge renovation (me!), or even if you just have an appreciation…

Thanks to author Ingrid Abramovitch and the lovely people at Artisan Publishing, we have a copy of the amazing book, Restoring A House in the City, up for grabs!

Whether you are currently renovating an old home, or plan to someday take on a huge renovation (me!), or even if you just have an appreciation of beautiful old homes (and amazing decor!!), this book is a great read. Pure eye candy from start to finish, and loads of useful information.

To enter to win your own copy of this big, beautiful coffee table book, please leave a comment here about your dream home. A new build with classic details? A centuries-old townhouse in the city? A charming farmhouse in the country?

After finishing Restoring A House in the City, I definitely would chose a grand brownstone in the metropolis. I’m completely in love with the Greek Revival style especially.

Commenting closes Thursday, February 4 at midnight. Good luck!

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548 thoughts on “GIVE AWAY: Restoring a House in the City

  1. Gorgeous photos. My dream is an old house in a semi-urban neighborhood. Some outdoor space, but accesibility to walk places.

  2. My husband and I are looking at buying an old 1900's style house downtown in a small town. You get the best of both. Big yard but close to shopping!

  3. A farmhouse tucked away in a vineyard in Napa with a huge wrap around porch! I want to bask in the morning sun while drinking my coffee!

  4. My dream house…it changes daily! Sometimes I imagine us retiring to a big house in the country with lots of light and a chicken coop in the yard. Other times I imagine an old restored home downtown, within walking distance to the shops. I love modern, as well as historic, homes. Basically, I love looking at real estate and imagining my life in various beautiful spaces. I'm also very happy in my cozy 60s ranch.

  5. This is a beautiful book. We live in our dream home – a 1910 craftsman with 9 foot ceilings, picture rail mouldings, and lots of character! Would love to have this book for inspiration.

  6. I'm dreaming of an old Mobile home on Old Dauphin Way. Except, I want a big, airy kitchen with french doors that open onto a shady patio where I can watch my kids play while I cook. I also want a diamond patterned, gray/off-white painted floor. And it's all about the porches…

  7. I'm dreaming of an old Mobile home on Old Dauphin Way. Except, I want a big, airy kitchen with french doors that open onto a shady patio where I can watch my kids play while I cook. I also want a diamond patterned, gray/off-white painted floor. And it's all about the porches…

  8. We just bought a house…so my dream house is one without dust and dirt as we work our way through it!

  9. Oh pick me pick me!! My new husband and I are already at work on our dream home- our first home an 1842 colonial in the farm country of upstate NY. We are absolutely in love here – with each other and our home and would love more than anything to have some new inspiration!thanks for your blog- I adore it

  10. Since it's after Christmas, and I'm tired and bored, I imagine that I'd like two rooms all done up in washable Ikea.

    This feeling won't last long…

  11. It doesn't matter to me as long as it's an old house with large windows, lots of natural light and the renovation is true to the original architecture and era!

  12. Since we're dreaming, I'm going for a five story townhouse on West 10th Street between 5th and 6th Ave. A girl can dream, can't she?;-)

  13. I'm currently renovating a 1900 foursquare, but I want my next house to be post-electricity. No more rewiring or plaster walls for me!

  14. I would love a home like the beach house in Something's gotta give…everything in white, taupe and some blue thrown in. Plenty of linen slipcovers, jute rugs and white dishes…then amazing foldback windows that provide access to the beach in the back – pure luxury!

  15. An old church with gothic windows. Simple, really. Soaring ceilings, echoes from the choir caught in the rafters. Holy grace.

  16. I've lived in DC for the past 10 years, and have really grown fond of the many cape cods in our neighborhood. I love the porches, and the small-yet-enough-space feel of them.

  17. This looks lovely! Makes me want to renovate one of my own!!! However, I'm practical enough to realize that our schedules don't really allow time for that now. We would love a classic simple (and symmetrical) home someday, with inspiration from everywhere (Spain, especially). :)

  18. I love books about design and I've always wanted to restore an older home…one day I hope we will be able to! Thanks for the giveaway!

    ~Megan

  19. I have so many dreamhouses! one that would be great is to re-do my own mid-century Eichler with all the great details, and period furniture. looks like a great book!

  20. I would love a ranch house on the lake. It wouldn't have to be big, just two bedrooms and a living area of good size. All decorated very comfortably and simply.

  21. We might be living in our dream home. I love our 1926 foursquare close to downtown, but I need help and ideas decorating and making it ours!

  22. We just bought our first home. It’s a little bungalow in the city that is over 90 years old. Having studied architecture, I really love and appreciate all the great characteristics that come with an old house that you can’t find anywhere these days. It’s a small house but it fits us perfectly! We love it more and more every day and can’t wait to make our own improvements and work on it together.

  23. We just bought our first home. It’s a little bungalow in the city that is over 90 years old. Having studied architecture, I really love and appreciate all the great characteristics that come with an old house that you can’t find anywhere these days. It’s a small house but it fits us perfectly! We love it more and more every day and can’t wait to make our own improvements and work on it together.

  24. Either a Federal period house in a small-ish city or a colonial revival house (c. 1920s through 1940s) in a leafy, well-established suburb.

  25. good grief! i dare say,you'll have a hard time deciding who wins… well, i can say that i had to close my eyes while i scrolled down through the pictures, i am saving those images for when i have my very own copy…but i do know something about the book, having seen it mentioned so many times in both your blog (which i am an avid reader of) and on some of the other wonderful blogs i have found through yours. i am day dreaming (ok dusk dreaming) of redoing my kitchen in our current house that we are in the process of redoing. the small amount of the first kitchen pic that i spied through my fingers has sent me into a tail spin!

  26. My husband and I would love to own an old house in the city that we could renovate and restore – new amenities with all the old world charm – just like this book describes!

  27. Oooooh, my dream house would be white with shutters, dormers, and a huge wrap around porch with adorable rocking chairs. Some day… :)

  28. I live in my dream home. A 1912, 16 foot wide house in the city. Would love to have an extra room for the kids, but can't think of anywhere I'd rather be.

  29. I'd die to be able to retire to a gorgeously unique and authentic old home a few hours outside of Paris. Stone walls and floors, aged wood, every flaw could only make it more perfect in the light of a french afternoon with neighbors… on peut rever,oui!

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