Q. I have an existing patio at my home that I'd like to enclose with screening and a roof. The rear wall of my house is irregular, the roof is at different heights and one corner of the patio abuts an ...

Q: I’d like to enclose a patio with screening and a roof. The rear wall of my house is irregular, the roof is at different heights and one corner of the patio abuts an octagonal room. It seems ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I think old houses, and the people who love them, are fascinating. Designers, architects, inventers and imaginative homeowners are ...

The craze for octagonal living was a relatively brief one, but in the mid 19th century eight-sided houses popped up in small towns across the country. This Oneida county example is a fetching one, ...

The Crevits of Glendale recently built an addition to their historic Octagonal House. “The Octagonal House,” originally named Parnassus, was first built of clapboard 1884. The house burned to the ...