Recent Plan Books
- 1924 Homes From Forest to You
- 1924 Blue Ribbon Homes
- 1921 American Homes Beautiful
- c1918 Representative California Homes
- -1912 LA Investment Co.
- 1924 Telegram Plan Book
- 1926 Universal Plan Serv.
- 1908 Western Home Builder
- 1916 Hewitt Lea Funck
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Plan Books on the Fall Calendar
Summer 2011 is now a memory along with sunny days and warmth as we head into our rainy season here in the Pacific Northwest. We're working on the following plan books:
- 1928 Matot Distinctive Homes — This will be of particular interest to Portland, OR homeowners. Matot was one of the larger home builders in Portland and claimed to have constructed more than 1000 homes since the company was established in 1920.
- Bilt Well Homes of Comfort — Bilt Well didn't copyright or date their plan books so the date is an educated guess but I'd say early 1920s, probably 1920–21.
- Bungalowcraft, Fourth Edition— "A Book on Bungalow and Cottage building in its latest development. Illustrated with half-tone and line engravings of the charming Bungalow of Los Angeles, Pasadena and adjacent towns which for artistic beauty and coziness are justly famed the world over." c. 1913. Again, no copyright date, but the pictures and plans tell the tale. There's an ad for Stickley Craftsman Furniture with a 1912 date.
- 1921 "Modernist Decoration in Paris" — An article on the emerging Modern design that would soon be known the world over as Art Deco.
We are also creating a new section of vintage recipes that we've mined from some of our publications. Some of them, like Cranberry Meringue Pie, should be up and available by early November ... just in time for Thanksgiving.
September Book Review
Adirondack Style is a brand new release (September 2011) and we were lucky enough to get a review copy. It's a beautiful coffee table book with rich photography and the histories and details of more than three dozen "great camps" built in the Adirondacks of Upstate New York. Most are turn of the 20th century summer homes built by the wealthy, but you can easily see where many of the rustic details for the American Arts & Crafts movement came from. A few others are new, but tie in well with their predecessors. More ...
Rustic Style — 1900 to 1960
One home style that was always on the radar and continues to be popular with a small group of home builders is the rustic style, most frequently expressed now as a log home. From 1900 to 1960, rustic, artistic, small houses were built at the beach and in the mountains as getaways and summer homes. More ...
The Books of a Thousand Homes
New images are going up this month from Henry Atterbury Smith's The Books of a Thousand Homes. Plans are taken from Volume 1 - 500 Small House Plans, but it's important to note that a second volume, while planned, was never produced. The plans range from very small houses of just three rooms to rather grander than average homes of five to seven rooms. The English, bungalow, and colonial styles are particularly well represented.
The first couple plans are posted with more coming soon!
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