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500 Bungalows

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500 Bungalows

 
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Popularity meets affordability as America's favorite house style (according to a 2005 survey on About/Architecture.com) comes at a price point that every bungalow fan can afford. There is perennial interest in all things bungalow related. Every year there are numerous books, magazines and floor plans published that are all geared to the bungalow enthusiast. Taunton Press has published several bungalow-related books to great success including Bungalow Style and Updating Classic America: Bungalows. 500 Bungalows features an irresistible package at an incredible price, making this the perfect stocking stuffer or impulse buy.

 
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Product Details
Author:Douglas Keister
Paperback:508 pages
Publisher:Taunton Press
Publication Date:October 01, 2006
Language:English
ISBN:1561588423
Product Length:4.9 inches
Product Width:6.44 inches
Product Height:1.05 inches
Product Weight:1.32 pounds
Package Length:6.3 inches
Package Width:4.9 inches
Package Height:1.2 inches
Package Weight:1.3 pounds
Average Customer Rating: based on 12 reviews

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  • ISBN13: 9781561588428

  • Condition: New

  • Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!


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Average Customer Review:3.5 ( 12 customer reviews )
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2Size Might Matter...  Mar 27, 2007 By M. Vacha
Wow... well I must say that I really feel "taken"!! Both Taunton Press and Keister have done excellent work in the past, so I did not think twice about purchasing the book... Unfortunately I did not pay attention to the SIZE! I fully expected this to be a picture book because that was how it was advertised. But I assumed it would be 8"x10" like similar Taunton publications. Did it do what it set out to do? Yes. It is a picture book about cottages. I did not expect the book to be 5" x 6" -- less than half the size of normal books. This is a "post card book". Buyer Beware-- This book is tiny!

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4Pretty pictures  Dec 11, 2007 By Rosemary Thornton "Niece of Addie Hoyt Fargo (age 29)"
The photos are beautiful and they're all color, but...

This book is a mere 6" by 4" which was a surprise. Plus, the great majority (probably 90%) of the photos are from California. A better title might be, "500 California Bungalows."

The non-Californian photos are from Bellingham, WA, Lincoln, NE and Nashville, TN and a couple from St. Paul, MN. Those are the only other non-CA cities represented in this book.

The book features several photos of kit homes from Pacific Ready-Cut Kit Homes of Los Angeles, but with nary a mention that these are indeed kit homes. For example, the houses on pages 248, 436 and 500 are gorgeous (and classic) examples of the 40,000 homes that Pacific Ready-Cut sold throughout California.

Page 163 features what appears to be a Sears Ashmore, but it is also not mentioned as being a kit home. It's a fun book and as mentioned above, the photos are all crisp, clear and colorful. While it's long on photos, it's way short on text. Two very short pages in the front of the book answer the question, "What is a Bungalow?" and that is the full extent of the historical info.

It's more a miniature coffee-table book, with its pretty, pretty bungalows, outfitted in a dazzling array of bright California colors.

Rose Thornton
co-author, California's Kit Homes

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5Great exterior photos!  Feb 23, 2008 By paintergirl "Mary"
This book is wonderful if exterior bungalow photos are what you are looking for. As a remodeler who specializes in 1920's bungalows, I often need reference photos for ideas. This book is ideal for this purpose, or if you just want to dream about ideas for your own home. One small complaint is that we found some duplicate photos within the book. And I don't mean different views, for instance a front and a side elevation. That I understand. I mean the same house fifty pages later with a different title. Kinda weird in an otherwise beautiful and exhaustive collection of bungalow facades.

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4Good Resource  May 19, 2007 By B. Anderson
This book has a large variety of examples of bungalow homes. It's an excellent resource for getting ideas for design when doing remodeling, new design or even landscaping. The pictures are all of exteriors and there is no text, except for captions noting city and state of the home.

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4Provides good ideas for colors  Jan 11, 2007 By S. Brennan
This book provides lots of good examples if you're interested in painting a house. Good value for the price

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