Home Front Guide to Doing Up Your Period Home by Stewart Walton
Linked to the BBC2 television series, Home Front, this book for people restoring houses contains advice on period style on a small budget, and is intended particularly for owners of Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian houses. Its topics range from choosing a surveyor and architect to dealing with damp, rot and rust, restoring old floors, staircases, plaster-work, doors, windows and fireplaces.