Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #114988 in Books
• Published on: 2007-08-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 112 pages

From the Inside Flap
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.

About the Author
Christian Gladi is the owner of The Bungalow Company in Bend, Orgeon. His phiosophy and plans have been feautered in Country Living, American Bungalow, Oregon Home, and on Home and Garden television. Gladu also co-authored The New Bungalow. He lives in Bend, Oregon.

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Creating buildings in harmony with nature and place begins with taking time to understand your site. In the fast-paced world of building, it is easy to overlook what attributes the site has and to view them as obstacles.

Customer Reviews

too modern for my taste
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.

Small Bungalows
Found this book very interesting. There were pictures and plans of the houses featured. There were also explanations of features inside and outside the houses. Enjoyed reading this book. One of my favorites

Expected a little more
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?)