diff --git a/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/GlobalSectionParser.cs b/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/GlobalSectionParser.cs
index 861c677..3728fdb 100644
--- a/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/GlobalSectionParser.cs
+++ b/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/GlobalSectionParser.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public GlobalSectionParser(string solutionContents) : base (solutionContents)
             
         }
 
-        public new IEnumerable<GlobalSection> Parse()
+        public override IEnumerable<GlobalSection> Parse()
         {
             var match = GlobalPattern.Match(SolutionContents);
             while (match.Success)
diff --git a/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/HeaderParser.cs b/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/HeaderParser.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f794d27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/HeaderParser.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace Onion.SolutionParser.Parser
+{
+    public class HeaderParser
+    {
+        private readonly string _solutionContents;
+
+        public HeaderParser(string solutionContents)
+        {
+            _solutionContents = solutionContents;
+        }
+
+        public IEnumerable<string> Parse()
+        {
+            var result = new List<string>();
+            using (var sr = new StringReader(_solutionContents))
+            {
+                var line = sr.ReadLine();
+                while (line != null)
+                {
+                    if (line.TrimStart().StartsWith("Project(") || line.TrimStart().StartsWith("Global("))
+                    {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    result.Add(line);
+                    line = sr.ReadLine();
+                }
+            }
+            return result;
+        }
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/ISolutionRenderer.cs b/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/ISolutionRenderer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b147b25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/ISolutionRenderer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+namespace Onion.SolutionParser.Parser
+{
+    public interface ISolutionRenderer
+    {
+        string Render();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/Model/ISolution.cs b/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/Model/ISolution.cs
index 8b2dd96..92e319b 100644
--- a/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/Model/ISolution.cs
+++ b/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/Model/ISolution.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace Onion.SolutionParser.Parser.Model
 {
     public interface ISolution
     {
+        IEnumerable<string> Header { get; }
         IEnumerable<GlobalSection> Global { get; }
         IEnumerable<Project> Projects { get; }
     }
diff --git a/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/Model/Solution.cs b/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/Model/Solution.cs
index 69dc907..6927213 100644
--- a/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/Model/Solution.cs
+++ b/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/Model/Solution.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace Onion.SolutionParser.Parser.Model
 {
     public class Solution : ISolution
     {
+        public IEnumerable<string> Header { get; set; }
         public IEnumerable<GlobalSection> Global { get; set; }
         public IEnumerable<Project> Projects { get; set; } 
     }
diff --git a/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser.csproj b/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser.csproj
index 90fc6e3..591c590 100644
--- a/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser.csproj
+++ b/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser.csproj
@@ -40,8 +40,10 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="GlobalSectionParser.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="HeaderParser.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ISolutionItemParser.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ISolutionParser.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="ISolutionRenderer.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Model\GlobalSection.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Model\ISolution.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Model\ISolutionItem.cs" />
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="SolutionItemParserBase.cs" />
     <Compile Include="SolutionParser.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="SolutionRenderer.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
diff --git a/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/ProjectParser.cs b/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/ProjectParser.cs
index a1ce85e..7396097 100644
--- a/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/ProjectParser.cs
+++ b/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/ProjectParser.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ public ProjectParser(string solutionContents) : base(solutionContents)
             
         }
         
-        public new IEnumerable<Project> Parse()
+        public override IEnumerable<Project> Parse()
         {
             var match = ProjectPattern.Match(SolutionContents);
             while (match.Success)
diff --git a/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/SolutionItemParserBase.cs b/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/SolutionItemParserBase.cs
index af77a21..e334fca 100644
--- a/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/SolutionItemParserBase.cs
+++ b/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/SolutionItemParserBase.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ protected SolutionItemParserBase(string solutionContents)
             SolutionContents = solutionContents;
         }
 
-        public new IEnumerable<T> Parse()
+        public virtual IEnumerable<T> Parse()
         {
             throw new System.NotImplementedException();
         }
diff --git a/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/SolutionParser.cs b/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/SolutionParser.cs
index b11658e..a53d433 100644
--- a/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/SolutionParser.cs
+++ b/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/SolutionParser.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System.IO;
+using System;
+using System.IO;
 using Onion.SolutionParser.Parser.Model;
 
 namespace Onion.SolutionParser.Parser
@@ -17,10 +18,32 @@ public SolutionParser(string path)
             }
         }
 
+        public SolutionParser(Stream stream)
+        {
+            if (stream == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException("stream");
+            }
+            using (var reader = new StreamReader(stream))
+            {
+                _solutionContents = reader.ReadToEnd();
+            }
+        }
+
+        public SolutionParser(TextReader reader)
+        {
+            if (reader == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException("reader");
+            }
+            _solutionContents = reader.ReadToEnd();
+        }
+
         public ISolution Parse()
         {
             return new Solution
                 {
+                    Header = (new HeaderParser(_solutionContents)).Parse(),
                     Global = (new GlobalSectionParser(_solutionContents)).Parse(),
                     Projects = (new ProjectParser(_solutionContents)).Parse()
                 };
@@ -31,5 +54,17 @@ public static ISolution Parse(string path)
             var parser = new SolutionParser(path);
             return parser.Parse();
         }
+
+        public static ISolution Parse(Stream stream)
+        {
+            var parser = new SolutionParser(stream);
+            return parser.Parse();
+        }
+
+        public static ISolution Parse(TextReader reader)
+        {
+            var parser = new SolutionParser(reader);
+            return parser.Parse();
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/SolutionRenderer.cs b/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/SolutionRenderer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..674c8e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Onion.SolutionParser.Parser/SolutionRenderer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using Onion.SolutionParser.Parser.Model;
+
+namespace Onion.SolutionParser.Parser
+{
+    public class SolutionRenderer : ISolutionRenderer
+    {
+        private readonly ISolution _solution;
+
+        public SolutionRenderer(ISolution solution)
+        {
+            if (solution == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException("solution");
+            }
+            _solution = solution;
+        }
+
+        public string Render()
+        {
+            using (var sb = new StringWriter())
+            {
+                foreach (var header in _solution.Header)
+                {
+                    sb.WriteLine(header);
+                }
+                RenderProjects(_solution.Projects, sb);
+                RenderGlobal(_solution.Global, sb);
+                return sb.ToString();
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void RenderProjects(IEnumerable<Project> projects, StringWriter sb)
+        {
+            foreach (var project in _solution.Projects)
+            {
+                RenderProject(project, sb);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void RenderProject(Project project, StringWriter sb)
+        {
+            sb.WriteLine("Project(\"{0}\") = \"{1}\", \"{2}\", \"{3}\"", project.TypeGuid.ToString("B").ToUpperInvariant(), project.Name, project.Path, project.Guid.ToString("B").ToUpperInvariant());
+            if (project.ProjectSection != null)
+            {
+                sb.WriteLine("\tProjectSection({0}) = {1}", project.ProjectSection.Name, Render(project.ProjectSection.Type));
+                foreach (var entry in project.ProjectSection.Entries)
+                {
+                    sb.WriteLine("\t\t{0} = {1}", entry.Key, entry.Value);
+
+                }
+                sb.WriteLine("\tEndProjectSection");
+            }
+            sb.WriteLine("EndProject");
+        }
+
+        private void RenderGlobal(IEnumerable<GlobalSection> global, StringWriter sb)
+        {
+            sb.WriteLine("Global");
+            foreach (var globalSection in _solution.Global)
+            {
+                RenderGlobalSection(globalSection, sb);
+            }
+            sb.WriteLine("EndGlobal");
+        }
+
+        private void RenderGlobalSection(GlobalSection globalSection, StringWriter sb)
+        {
+            sb.WriteLine("\tGlobalSection({0}) = {1}", globalSection.Name, Render(globalSection.Type));
+            foreach (var entry in globalSection.Entries)
+            {
+                sb.WriteLine("\t\t{0} = {1}", entry.Key, entry.Value);
+            }
+            sb.WriteLine("\tEndGlobalSection");
+        }
+
+        private string Render(ProjectSectionType type)
+        {
+            switch (type)
+            {
+                case ProjectSectionType.PostProject:
+                    return "postProject";
+                case ProjectSectionType.PreProject:
+                    return "preProject";
+                default:
+                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("type", type, null);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private string Render(GlobalSectionType type)
+        {
+            switch (type)
+            {
+                case GlobalSectionType.PostSolution:
+                    return "postSolution";
+                case GlobalSectionType.PreSolution:
+                    return "preSolution";
+                default:
+                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("type", type, null);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public static string Render(ISolution solution)
+        {
+            var renderer = new SolutionRenderer(solution);
+            return renderer.Render();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Onion.SolutionParser.Tests/Onion.SolutionParser.Tests.csproj b/tests/Onion.SolutionParser.Tests/Onion.SolutionParser.Tests.csproj
index c6f9009..a91cc7d 100644
--- a/tests/Onion.SolutionParser.Tests/Onion.SolutionParser.Tests.csproj
+++ b/tests/Onion.SolutionParser.Tests/Onion.SolutionParser.Tests.csproj
@@ -45,9 +45,11 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="Parser\GlobalSectionParserTest.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Parser\HeaderParserTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Parser\ProjectParserTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Parser\SolutionParserTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Renderer\SolutionRendererTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Utility.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/tests/Onion.SolutionParser.Tests/Parser/HeaderParserTest.cs b/tests/Onion.SolutionParser.Tests/Parser/HeaderParserTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3323532
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Onion.SolutionParser.Tests/Parser/HeaderParserTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using Onion.SolutionParser.Parser;
+
+namespace Onion.SolutionParser.Tests.Parser
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    public class HeaderParserTest
+    {
+        public HeaderParser Parser { get; set; }
+        public string SolutionContents { get; set; }
+
+        [TestFixtureSetUp]
+        public void BeforeAll()
+        {
+            SolutionContents = Utility.GetFixtureContents("NDriven.sln");
+        }
+
+        [SetUp]
+        public void BeforeEach()
+        {
+            Parser = new HeaderParser(SolutionContents);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void Parse_should_return_IEnumerable_of_string_with_correct_count()
+        {
+            var lines = Parser.Parse();
+            var count = lines.Count();
+            Assert.IsInstanceOf<IEnumerable<string>>(lines);
+            Assert.AreEqual(3, count);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void Parse_should_return_correct_lines()
+        {
+            var lines = Parser.Parse();
+            Assert.AreEqual("", lines.ElementAt(0));
+            Assert.AreEqual("Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00", lines.ElementAt(1));
+            Assert.AreEqual("# Visual Studio 2012", lines.ElementAt(2));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Onion.SolutionParser.Tests/Renderer/SolutionRendererTest.cs b/tests/Onion.SolutionParser.Tests/Renderer/SolutionRendererTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3459c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Onion.SolutionParser.Tests/Renderer/SolutionRendererTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using Onion.SolutionParser.Parser;
+using RealParser = Onion.SolutionParser.Parser;
+
+namespace Onion.SolutionParser.Tests.Renderer
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    public class SolutionRendererTest
+    {
+
+        [Test]
+        public void Renderer1_should_render_same_contents()
+        {
+            var contents = Utility.GetFixtureContents("NDriven.sln");
+            var parser = new RealParser.SolutionParser(Utility.GetFixturePath("NDriven.sln"));
+            var solution = parser.Parse();
+            var renderer = new SolutionRenderer(solution);
+            var rendered = renderer.Render();
+            Assert.AreEqual(contents, rendered);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void Renderer2_should_render_same_contents()
+        {
+            var contents = Utility.GetFixtureContents("Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.sln");
+            var parser = new RealParser.SolutionParser(Utility.GetFixturePath("Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.sln"));
+            var solution = parser.Parse();
+            var renderer = new SolutionRenderer(solution);
+            var rendered = renderer.Render();
+            Assert.AreEqual(contents, rendered);
+        }
+
+    }
+}