The House to Ourselves: Reinventing Home Once the Kids Are Grown

by Todd Lawson and Tom Connor

Book Overview

Parents with grown children represent one of the largest demographic groups in the country today, and their living needs are often radically different from when they were raising families or working... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1561587931
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Taunton Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.9" x 0.6" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Your High-End Dream House

Typical of its kind with lots of great photos of fabulous makeovers, requiring extensive remodeling and an architect. But it does have some concrete ideas that push it up a notch over the competition.

Outstanding resource

What an outstanding resource for empty-nesters looking to redefine their lives! The house is yours again, what do you want to do with it for the second-half of your life? I can't wait until the last child leaves so I can put so many of these examples to use. Well, I'll enjoy the time left and just use it to plan. The attractive photo of Todd Lawson is an added benefit.

Fabulous book, somewhat mis-titled!

When I picked up this book, I thought it was for empty nesters and retirees who wanted to downsize or "undecorate" the kids out of their former rooms. Not so! These homes are for people who have lots of living and big plans for themselves. There are only a couple of places I would call "retirement" homes. The rest include homes with offices to make work life go along with home life,homes with studios for the fulfillment of dreams and even homes with guest wings and guest houses to welcome whole troops of extended family. Absolutely brimming with ideas.

The House to Ourselves

I purchased this book for my parents who are planning on building. They absolutely loved it! It has lots of great ideas.

The Wiggins

We purchased this book hoping to find new ideas to fit our needs. It was obvious the authors researched the material at length and offered a variety of solutions that could be adaptable to any lifestyle. Lots of illustrations which helps visualization. We are able to incorporate many of the suggestions in this book to our remodeling projects. Now the hard part - tackling the hammer and nails.