Homes from Home
Inventive Small Spaces, from Chic Shacks to Cabins and Caravans
Published on 19. September 2013
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-1-906417-98-7 (ISBN)
Description
There is an enormous pleasure in having a place where you can get away from it all, a small intimate space where you can live out your fantasies or simply indulge a passion. This could be a boat moored on an urban waterway or a wilderness shack miles from anywhere, lost among nature.
The book is divided into two main sections, with a wealth of case studies showing a fantastic selection of individual homes from home. Huts and Hideways includes low-impact buildings, often constructed to blend with their surroundings, made of materials sympathetic to their environment. They include cabins made from wood, metal and stone or carved from the landscape itself, to treehouses perched in leafy heights. The second section Homes to Go covers mobile or moveable accommodation, providing temporary shelter in various locations, from vintage shepherd' s huts and gleaming airtstream trailors to bell tents and tipis and sleek and compact boats.
The book is divided into two main sections, with a wealth of case studies showing a fantastic selection of individual homes from home. Huts and Hideways includes low-impact buildings, often constructed to blend with their surroundings, made of materials sympathetic to their environment. They include cabins made from wood, metal and stone or carved from the landscape itself, to treehouses perched in leafy heights. The second section Homes to Go covers mobile or moveable accommodation, providing temporary shelter in various locations, from vintage shepherd' s huts and gleaming airtstream trailors to bell tents and tipis and sleek and compact boats.
Reviews / Votes
'This book is dedicated to homes from home in all their various shapes and sizes. Focusing on quirky and personal the homes are fun and achievable.' 'A dreamy book. Provides escapist inspiration for small spaces.' 'From beach huts to canal boats, this delightful book is full of inspiring ideas from around the world. The common thread is harmony with the environment and a dreamy escape from everyday life.' 'A dreamy book. Provides escapist inspiration for small spaces.''From beach huts to canal boats, this delightful book is full of inspiring ideas from around the world. The common thread is harmony with the environment and a dreamy escape from everyday life.'
'This book is dedicated to homes from home in all their various shapes and sizes. Focusing on quirky and personal the homes are fun and achievable.'
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing PLC
Illustrations
300 colour photograph
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 230 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-906417-98-7 (9781906417987)
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Person
Vinny Lee is a writer and stylist specializing in interior lifestyle features, who also broadcasts on television and radio. She is Interiors Editor of The Times magazine and had written several books on design, including The Colourful Home, Kitchens, Bathrooms, Recycled Spaces, Innovative Interiors and The Spiritual Home. She was awarded Newspaper and Supplements Stylist of the Year in 2001. She lives in London.