Review of Gustav Stickley's Craftsman Homes and Bungalows (Paperback)

Gustav Stickley is the most far-thinking American in the Arts & Crafts period. Like many others he designed house and furniture. But inlike many of them, he wrote about it and wrote lots. This volume is a collection of his three books of house plans, reproduced just as he published them.

It's a revelation of good design in houses.And a source of great ideas for our own homes.Looking at this book I found so much to admire and desrie and emulate.

I want to live in a Stickley house and, since that's not possible, I want to make my house look like one.

Product Description
Designs, plans, and illustrations fromthe leader of the Arts and Crafts movement inhomebuilding.

In 1901, Gustav Stickley began to create thefirst uniquely American style of furniture andhome design—known as Craftsman. Stickley'sprinciples of home design include constructionthat is in harmony with its landscape, openfloor plans, built-in storage, and naturallighting. He was a major influence on FrankLloyd Wright, and he remains one of the greatnames in American architecture. CraftsmanHomes and Bungalows showcases his work inan affordable, attractive new edition. Featuring hundreds of black-and-white photographs, linedrawings, and sketches of cabins, cottages, andbungalows from concept to finished product, itpresents easy-to-understand directions on bothhome construction and improvement. Thisresource, a combination of three of Stickley'sworks, is a comprehensive introduction to thedesign and building of beautiful Craftsmanhomes.

500 black & white; 55 black & white photos.

About the Author
Gustav Stickley (1858-1942) wasa leader and innovator in America's Arts andCrafts movement and published several books,magazines, and articles on the subject.

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Review of Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills, Third Edition (Hardcover)

A primer on self-reliance and rural skills, this is a large-format book of456 pages lavishly illustrated with photographs and drawings, about half infull color. Here are 57 subjects, many with subsets, as in gardening, whichincludes information on soil, cultivation methods, making and using agreenhouse, and specific information on many veggies, herbs, fruits. Somepresentations are simplistic, like telling you how to find and evaluate afarm or can produce in only four pages. Building and using a smokehousegets one page. Using dairy products butters ten pages. Woodworking andfurniture making nail down thirty pages. Build and decorate a house and thechairs, tables, beds to furnish it. Build a springhouse, a dam, a well, awater system. Grow vegetables, fruits, grains. Raise bees, fish, chickens,ducks, geese, rabbits, hogs, sheep, goats, cows, horses. Make cheese, maplesyrup, beer, wine, bread, soap, candles, baskets. Cook with wood. Spinyarn, use natural dyes, make cloth, quilts, rugs, hammocks. Learn tanningand leather work, tinsmithing, blacksmithing, toolmaking. Celebrate harvestand holidays with traditional decorations, recipes, toys, games, dances.Learn camping, hiking, fishing, canoeing, snowshoeing, skiing. Whew! Thisbook will keep you happily occupied for several decades.



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