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Title: Creating a New Old House: Yesterday's Character for Today's Home by Russell Versaci, Erik Kvalsvik ISBN: 1-56158-615-3 Publisher: Taunton Press Pub. Date: September, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.86 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A great source of ideas and inspirations
Comment: In this wonderful book, widely acclaimed architect Russell Versaci tells the reader how to capture the character of an old house in a new house, tailored for today's needs. The author, who is well known for this sort of designing, starts out with his "Eight Pillars of Traditional Design", and then shows you how to put them into practice. Taking eighteen houses found throughout the country (and reflecting the traditional regional style), he uses a combination of brightly colorful pictures and highly informative text to take you around and through the houses, giving you an insiders look into what was done and why.
Having grown up in an old house, I have always found the boxy/characterless/styleless post-World War 2 houses to be nothing short of depressing. My wife and I now own a 1916 house, and wish to add in the character that makes an old house a gem. Well, we found this book to be a great source of ideas and inspirations. If you like the style and grace of well-made older houses, and want to incorporate that style and grace into your own home, then you must read this book!
Rating: 5
Summary: A simply beautiful concept sourcebook
Comment: Creating A New Old House: Yesterday's Character For Today's Home by Russell Versaci (an experienced home designer and a founding member of The Institute for Traditional Architecture) is an impressively organized and presented guide to recapturing images, impressions, and positive virtues drawn from past traditions of interior decor in today's homes. Superbly showcasing full-color photographs in order bring interior design principles and ideals to light, Creating A New Old House is a simply beautiful concept sourcebook for adding a strong touch of enduring flavor to one's dwelling and a welcome addition to professional, academic, and community library Interior Design reference shelves.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great source of inspirations. Great photographs.
Comment: I love older homes. And when it came to renovating our newer home we were challenged to put the old into the new. I've been a magazine junkie, culling pictures here and there. But this book is a one-stop shop for classic American styles and details. I love that these houses are not lavishly large (for the most part) but intimate. The strength is in their high quality details.
My husband and I really love this book. We have been able to visually resolve some ideas about mantels, flooring, and window styles to compliment our New England home. The side bars and floor plans are easy to follow. And notice how light plays in the interiors. Sumptuous!
(I just wish I could find an old stlye interior pattern book, complete with example photos, dates and locations. Hint, hint!)
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Title: Good House Parts: Creating a Great Home Piece by Piece by Dennis Wedlick ISBN: 1561586285 Publisher: Taunton Press Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Home by Design: Transforming Your House Into Home by Sarah Susanka ISBN: 1561586188 Publisher: Taunton Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Colonials: Design Ideas for Renovating, Remodeling, and Building New (Updating Classic America) by Matthew Schoenherr ISBN: 1561585645 Publisher: Taunton Press Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Distinctive Home: A Vision of Timeless Design by Jeremiah Eck ISBN: 1561585289 Publisher: Taunton Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: A House on the Water: Inspiration for Living at the Water's Edge by Robert Knight, Pub Group West Taunton Pr, Randy O'Rourke ISBN: 1561586072 Publisher: Taunton Press Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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