Small Bungalows (Hardcover)

by Christian Gladu (Author), Ross Chandler (Photographer) "CREATÍNG BUÍLDÍNGS ÍN HARMOMY WÍTH NATURE AND PLACE begins with taking time to understand your site..." (more)
Key Phrases: bungalow interior, rafter tails

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Small Bungalows is a compact guide to getting started on building a new Arts and Crafts home that fits today's modern lifestyle-all under 1,800 square feet. Author Christian Gladu shares valuable information on choosing a plot of land, following green building principles, staying true to the principles of Arts and Crafts style, plus incorporating modern necessities into this classic home style. Also included are photographs, illustrations, and home plans to get you started, plus a comprehensive resource section that makes it easy to gather the right information.


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The bungalow is a true reflection of our culture, and like any art form, trend or technology, it is forced to change to accurately reflect our time. Small Bungalows is a compact guide to getting started on building a new Arts and Crafts home that fits today's modern lifestyle. From interior elements such as entry, living room, dining room, pantry, mudroom, den, staircase, bedrooms and bathrooms to exterior elements such as siding, vented gables, roofing, windows, porch columns and railings, author Christian Gladu shares ideas on incorporating modern necessities into this classic home style. This handy volume features detailed home plans, photographs and illustrations as well as sections on following sustainable and green building principles to help design the small bungalow that's perfect for you.
Christian Gladu is the owner and founder of The Bungalow Company, a residential design studio in Bend, Oregon, specializing in stock plans and custom designs that reinterpret turn-of-the-century Arts and Crafts philosophy for today's lifestyles. Over the past ten years, Christian and The Bungalow Company have provided plans and Consulting services to help develop bungalow neighborhoods that integrate the timeless charm of the past with a modern point of view. During this time, Christian authored The New Bungalow, and with his wife, Christen, coauthored Bungalow Plans. Christian and The Bungalow Company have been featured in several publications including American Bungalow, New Old House, Arts & Crafts and the Revival, and This Old House.


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Product Details

• Hardcover: 112 pages
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith; 1 edition (August 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1423600983
• ISBN-13: 978-1423600985
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 8.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #148,326 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love this book, October 3, 2007

By	Janice Johnson - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is the perfect book for me. I am a big fan of Arts & Crafts homes and I love to look at home plans. This book has both. The plans have all the details one looks for in a bungalow, plus a modern open floor plan. I want to build them all.

Janice
in the Sierra

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars too modern for my taste, October 1, 2008

By	Katy (Rochester, MN USA) - See all my reviews

The houses in this book were "cute". If I were building a new bungalow now, I might have found this book to be of more use to me. I am fixing up my 1929 home, and this book was almost useless. The homes in this book were more like a bungalow shell with typical run of the mill interior. I MUCH prefer any book by Jane Powell as I prefer historically correct homes.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Expected a little more, December 23, 2007

By	Wilhelmus van der Pijl "Garyoakman" (Victoria, B.C. Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I believe the value (value for money) to be good. I got some very neat ideas for the house we will be building from this very book. The setup of the book is high quality and the photography is awesome, the lay-out is clear and an easy read. I also need to state that some of the material has absolutely nothing to do with bungalow style interiors A (Kelly green computer room with sixty-ish style blue purple figures?)