- Unknown Binding: 208 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Oct 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0743238680
- ISBN-13: 978-0743238687
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Few history books capture the story of America's past as vividly as the farmhouses that fill our countryside. Read the first page
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Few history books capture the story of America's past as vividly as the farmhouses that fill our countryside. Read the first page
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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Sumptuous and Informative
11 Oct 2002
Format:Hardcover
As a devotee of country style and an admirer of farmhouses around the northeast, I found this book to be charming. A cross between a coffee table book and a reference guide, it's the kind of thing you can pick up and peruse easily without having to read straight through. It's refreshingly useful-with just enough historical information for the nonacademic. I learn something new every time I refer to it. Yet it's lovely to page through, which also makes it a great Christmas gift for anyone who loves country style. The nicest thing of its kind to come on the market in a while.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
a new must=have for country decorating
20 Jan 2003
Format:Hardcover
This book could revolutionize and galvanize traditional country decorating, much like Mary Emmerling's American Country did when it was first published. If you buy only one decorating book, this should be it. Not a bad photo in the whole book. I am thrilled with it!
24 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Great, but narrow spectrum
25 May 2005
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I grew up in California agriculture and the houses selected for this book bare little resemblence to Western farmhouses. All the houses are from east of the Mississippi, mostly East Coast and very old. There is one Texas farmhouse from the Civil War era.
It seems that the design strategy of the owners has been to restore the old farmhouse ambience with older style elements. In California we try to reach the ambience of the farmhouse but with modern elements and techniques. If this is your objective then the book is still interesting but it won't give you much direct inspiration.
I rate it three stars because the author forgot that the western US has its own farmhouse style and we happen to be American also. A more appropriate title would have been "Colonial American Farmhouses".
- jim
It seems that the design strategy of the owners has been to restore the old farmhouse ambience with older style elements. In California we try to reach the ambience of the farmhouse but with modern elements and techniques. If this is your objective then the book is still interesting but it won't give you much direct inspiration.
I rate it three stars because the author forgot that the western US has its own farmhouse style and we happen to be American also. A more appropriate title would have been "Colonial American Farmhouses".
- jim
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