With Fine Homebuilding's 40th anniversary upon us, we thought an origin story (and more) would be a good place to begin this new interview series- and who better to speak with than one of Fine Homebuilding 's founding editors, Mike Litchfield. Mike was among the pioneering technical journalists to visit job sites and gather first-hand information from builders, and his classic book, Renovation, was published in its fifth edition by The Taunton Press in May 2019.The Taunton Press founder Paul Roman's first public announcement of the publisher's forthcoming magazine about building houses appeared in Fine Woodworking magazine in May 1980. It read: "Just as a void existed for the serious woodworker when we started Fine Woodworking magazine five years ago, so does a void exist for the serious home builder and renovator today. There is no magazine that covers the whole broad and vital field of home building with quality, style and depth. So, we at The Taunton Press are starting a magazine this fall that will do just that, and we're calling it Fine Homebuilding, because that's what it will be about."
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