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The Arts and Crafts Home

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This is an excellant book for the layman enthuisist of the Arts & Crafts movement. Primarily covering the Arts & Crafts home (as the title suggests) it would be the perfect first book for the individual looking to build upon an Arts & crafts theme in their home. The frist chapters (all pages containing beautifull & well choosen photos) cover the Arts & Crafts philosophy for the uninitiated in order to develop an understanding with the reader of the concepts covered later in the book. All areas of the arts & crafts home are well covered from the house itself to gardens to interiors, lighting, artwork etc. If you were looking to decorate or restore your home in the arts & crafts style this is definately a great place to start. If, after gleaming it's pages you are thirsty for more, the index at the back has a very comprehensive list of further reading, arts & crafts reproduction furniture etc manufacturers, tours, resources etc. Full marks to the authors for a well conceived & executed publication.

For those of us remodeling and looking to restore old bungalows to the arts and crafts style, this book came to us highly recommended as a good place to start.

How right this advice was. This is an excellent book which walks you through the history and philosophy, then on to regional variations, landscape, interior, furniture, lighting and accessories.

These are all supported by excellent photography, glossary and sources for everything from auctions to books to Interior Designers, etc. A must have for the Arts and Crafts rookie.

I thought I would check out what the Arts & Crafts Home movement was all about so I got this book based on it's great reviews. It is full of history, and photos, enough to either satisfy your curiosity, or like me, it will cause a hunger in you for more books on the subject.