Gustav Stickley's Craftsman Homes and Bungalows

If you own a craftsman house or just love the style this is the book for you. In addition to many, many floorplans, there is information about craftsman furniture, garden plans, hardware, etc. This book is a treasury of information. I spent many hours checking out the floorplans. The one thing that bothered me about Stickley's plans was all the built-ins. Now you'd think they would be a plus, and they certainly would add charm. However, when I imagined myself living in one of these homes, I'd think about where I'd put my furniture, how I'd use the rooms. I realized that with all the window seats, bookcases, Inglenook fireplaces, etc. there wasn't a place to put a sofa-or the fireplace was so surrounded by built in seats that you couldn't get a comfy chair anywhere near it. Built in benches are cute, but would you really want to sit on one for more than a few minutes? I thought about having a craftsman home with built-ins. I would probably feel like they were in my way, but the idea of tearing them out and destroying something of historic significance is horrifying. Perhaps, I am over thinking this. Anyway, if you are interested in Stickleys houses, including log cabins, concrete houses, cabins, bungalows, and more, this is certainly a must have book for you--and it is quite a bargain, since it contains three of his original books.

I bought a lot in a historic district and this book is helping me decide on a final house and floor plan that fits the period. Also, as someone who loves architecture this is very interesting.

Pros: Quality for price, size of book, informative, well-put together, table of contents. Cons: The quality for price is good, however, I was expecting something slightly nicer paper wise, some of the pages are hard to read. Overall, it's a great book and I'd highly recommend purchasing it.

This reprint by Dover is a classic by noted Craftsman era architect, Gustav Stickley. This volume is thick and filled not only with house plans but also interior decoration, furniture, linens and every aspect of the important Arts and Crafts or Mission Style movement. If you are restoring a vintage home or simply love the architecture, this book is a definite must have.

Really enjoy this book. We just bought a 1913 house, and this is a great source of inspiration about Craftsman aesthetics. Many of the essays are about the philosophical underpinnings of the Arts and Crafts movement, going back to the late 19th century. As a historian myself, I really loved that. I think some people who gave it bad reviews simply misunderstood what they were buying. Yeah, it's not a glossy home mag from 2016. It's a historical document. Yeah, they could have probably reproduced the photos better (I haven't seen the original magazines), but then it would have cost more.

I've seen many books on the period and style but this book covers both concept and example like no other. Obviously a reprint, it has some readability issues with the floor plans, but I think the rest makes up for it.

Gustav Stickley is the most far-thinking American in the Arts & Crafts period. Like many others he designed house and furniture. But inlike many of them, he wrote about it and wrote lots. This volume is a collection of his three books of house plans, reproduced just as he published them. It's a revelation of good design in houses. And a source of great ideas for our own homes. Looking at this book I found so much to admire and desrie and emulate. I want to live in a Stickley house and, since that's not possible, I want to make my house look like one.

Not as useful as I'd hoped, pictures and drawings fuzzy and unclear, really not transferable to design ideas for today, or even a clear understanding of how/why these designs are as they are.

What a beautiful book. It is definitely one for dipping in and dreaming about.