http://retrorenovation.com/2008/07/06/in-praise-of-royal-barry-wills-and-his-important-role-in-popularizing-and-proliferating-cape-cod-and-colonial-homes-in-the-postwar-era/ Remodeling, decor and home improvement for old homes Thu, 24 May 2012 17:27:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://retrorenovation.com/2008/07/06/in-praise-of-royal-barry-wills-and-his-important-role-in-popularizing-and-proliferating-cape-cod-and-colonial-homes-in-the-postwar-era/comment-page-1/#comment-124883 sally Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:30:29 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=2898#comment-124883 http://www.flickr.com/photos/americanvintagehome/3457829412/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/americanvintagehome/3457829412/

]]> http://retrorenovation.com/2008/07/06/in-praise-of-royal-barry-wills-and-his-important-role-in-popularizing-and-proliferating-cape-cod-and-colonial-homes-in-the-postwar-era/comment-page-1/#comment-116281 Laurie Belden Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:05:43 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=2898#comment-116281 You have peaked my interest. I want to pick up some of Royal Barry Will's books. I have always loved the Cape Cod home! You have peaked my interest. I want to pick up some of Royal Barry Will’s books. I have always loved the Cape Cod home!

]]> http://retrorenovation.com/2008/07/06/in-praise-of-royal-barry-wills-and-his-important-role-in-popularizing-and-proliferating-cape-cod-and-colonial-homes-in-the-postwar-era/comment-page-1/#comment-71245 Scott Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:41:35 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=2898#comment-71245 Last April, I bought a Royal Barry Wills Associates designed five-bedroom, center chimney garrison. Built in 1966, it features a first-floor brick front, the remainder covered in clapboards. After a year's habitation, I can report that this 45-year-old building is the most comfortable, beautifully constructed and engineered house I have ever lived in. Everything functions flawlessly. The rooms are elegantly proportioned and arranged, with the main facade facing southeast (as early New England houses did, regardless of their alignment to the street) to best capture the sun's daily course. And unlike the Frank Lloyd Wright inspired modernistic house I formerly occupied, the roof doesn't leak. Everyone who visits falls in love with the place -- it has a grace and poetry that is hard to describe. My mother begs me never to sell. Last April, I bought a Royal Barry Wills Associates designed five-bedroom, center chimney garrison. Built in 1966, it features a first-floor brick front, the remainder covered in clapboards. After a year’s habitation, I can report that this 45-year-old building is the most comfortable, beautifully constructed and engineered house I have ever lived in. Everything functions flawlessly. The rooms are elegantly proportioned and arranged, with the main facade facing southeast (as early New England houses did, regardless of their alignment to the street) to best capture the sun’s daily course. And unlike the Frank Lloyd Wright inspired modernistic house I formerly occupied, the roof doesn’t leak. Everyone who visits falls in love with the place — it has a grace and poetry that is hard to describe. My mother begs me never to sell.

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