Home by Design
Transforming Your House into Home
Published on 15. March 2004
Book
Hardback
250 pages
978-1-56158-618-9 (ISBN)
Description
In this groundbreaking book, Sarah Susanka looks at the key design concepts behind all well-designed homes. With these essential ideas, she allows all homeowners to transform a house from mere shelter into a comfortable home filled with character and beauty. The author presents 27 key concepts that can be applied to any home - no matter what the style or size. Using 30 best-designed ideal homes, she brings these concepts to life with 150 specific and inspirational examples - from something as simple as placing a rug under a table to defining one room from another with a framed archway or opening. - Space - Entrances - Sequences - Ceiling Heights - Interior Views - Layering - Changes in Level - Public to Private - Enclosure - Light - Reflecting Surfaces - Window Positioning - Views - Order - Pattern - Alignments - Points of Focus - Expressed Structure -
Reviews / Votes
"Think a bigger house would make everything perfect? Don't bet on it. Sarah Susanka's re-arranging and re-imagining strategies are brilliant, simple and beautiful" (Reader's Digest)"More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Connecticut
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Illustrations
42 illustrations, 520 colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 290 mm
Width: 230 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
1429 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56158-618-9 (9781561586189)
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