Compendium: Architectural Antiques

Antique building materials immediately give timeless, inimitable style to a new or restored home. Reclaimed wooden floors, old terracotta tiles, traditional Burgundy slabs, old roof tiling, antique fireplaces...these all fit perfectly into contemporary or classic surroundings. This volume is a completely new, revised edition of the bestselling "Building with Reclaimed Materials". It features a full overview of what can be found amongst 'construction antiquarians' today: magnificent old wooden floors and weathered natural flagstones, distinctive terracotta tiles, historic mantelpieces, antique plumbing fixtures and fittings, roof tiles and tiles...