Mediterranean inspiration Bringing the allure of the sunkissed Mediterranean directly into readers hands, all 125 home plans are inspired by the traditional Southern European style.
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19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
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Mediterranean Inspiration,
This review is from: Mediterranean Inspiration: 125 Home Plans Influenced by Southern European Style (Inspiration (Homeplanners)) (Paperback)
Title should be "Mediterranean Lack of Inspiration".
This book will appeal to those with too much money, too few brains and absolutly no taste Although America, rightly so, lays claim to some of the finest examples of Mediterranean Revival in the world, this book does nothing to bring the reader into the understated elegance created by those homes. Instead it continues the trite and tasteless habit of ostentatious behavior we Yanks have become known for the world over. The designs are thinly vieled examples of the MacMansions found on converted corn fields, complete with corn fed owners, throughout America. Bigger is better and gaudy is better still. The book should not be used for reference material or even a coffee table book unless you need something on which you may rest your Bud while watching Monster Truck episodes. Using this book for reference will not supply any insight into the Mediterreanean style, but it will demonstrate just how good we are at commandeering a style that has been perfected over hundreds of years and "fixing" or "improving" it. If you are interested in the Mediterranean style in America, try "Red Tile Style" by Aroll Gellner or "Santa Barbara Style" by Kathryn Masson. There are also many books covering he work of Addison Mizner and George Washington Smith in Florida and giants such as Julia Morgan in the West. This book MIGHT be good to line the cat's litter box, but be forwarned, the cat may object.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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We built a new home from one of the plans in the book!,
By Alex F Stop (Jerusalem, Israel) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mediterranean Inspiration: 125 Home Plans Influenced by Southern European Style (Inspiration (Homeplanners)) (Paperback)
This book was just what we needed. We picked one of the designs and took it to a local architect, who adapted it to our requirements. The house is up now and we're planning to move in soon, and it is drop-dead GORGEOUS! So for us this book was a wonderful investment.
Of course it has many many designs we didn't like one bit, and it's low on art theory etc. But it's very practical and we consider ourselves lucky we found it.
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This book has some beautiful pictures and I enjoy looking thru it periodically to get new ideas. Makes a great coffee table book.
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Few places on Earth move the imagination like the coastal lands of the Mediterranean. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
two family bedrooms, bayed breakfast nook, master suite features, leisure room, dual vanities, bedrooms share, bonus room, island kitchen, ceiling treatments, gourmet kitchen Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old World, Two Car Garage, The Sater Design Collection, Italian Renaissance, French Country, The U-shaped New!
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Few places on Earth move the imagination like the coastal lands of the Mediterranean. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
two family bedrooms, bayed breakfast nook, master suite features, leisure room, dual vanities, bedrooms share, bonus room, island kitchen, ceiling treatments, gourmet kitchen Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old World, Two Car Garage, The Sater Design Collection, Italian Renaissance, French Country, The U-shaped New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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