Recommended Reading

for individuals considering designing and building a new home.

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"Home by Design"

Author: Sarah Susanka
Publisher: The Taunton Press

Acclaimed architect Susanka, who spawned a virtual cottage industry of home books favoring quality over quantity (see below), now turns her eye to 30 key design principles that produce a home. See pages 181 (pattern feature) and 223 (Brackets photo)-- these are Seahome Services projects.

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"The Not So Big House"

A Blueprint for the Way We Really Live
Author: Sarah Susanka with Kira Obolensky Publisher: The Taunton Press

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"The New Cottage Home"

A Tour of Unique American Dwellings
Author: Jim Tolpin
Publisher: The Taunton Press

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"Country Houses"

Great Houses from Fine HomeBuilding
Author: Fine Homebuilding
Publisher: The Taunton Press

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"Small Houses"

Great Houses from Fine HomeBuilding
Author: Fine Homebuilding
Publisher: The Taunton Press

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"Creating the Not So Big House:

Insights and Ideas for the New American Home By Sarah Susanka, Grey Crawford (Photographer)

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"The New Family Home:

Creating the Perfect Home for Today and Tomorrow By Jim Tolpin, Mary Lathrop (Contributor)

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"Rural Escapes:

A Celebration of North American Homes
By Bo Niles Jo Denbury (Editor)

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"The Cabin:

Inspiration for the Classic American Getaway
By Dale Mulfinger Susan E. Davis

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"Little Retreats (American)

Jane Tidbury & Peter Aprahamian

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"Interior Details"

By Fay Sweet

Authoritative and practical, this is the ultimate visual reference guide to the wide range of contemporary interior design materials and ideas available today.

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"The Custom Home"

By Vernon D. Swaback

Vernon Swaback FAIA is extremely passionate about his craft, and that is very evident in both his words and his own completed work. Swaback continues the Frank Lloyd Wright tradition of thoughtful and highly intelligent strategies for making homes, rather than houses.

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"Lighting by Design"

By Sally Storey, Luke White (Photographer)

Lighting by Design takes an imaginative and creative look at the potential of creating and using light both inside and outside the home.

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Good House Parts

By Dennis Wedlick
Published by Taunton Press

"A great house really is the sum of its parts." This is the thinking that makes Good House Parts required reading for anyone who imagines living in the "perfect" home one day.

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"Designing the Good Home

By Dennis Wedlick
Published by HarperCollins Publishers

Following up on the success of the Good Home, Designing the Good Home continues the exploration of the elements that go into the making of a good home. Author Dennis Wedlick looks at the work of three architects whose attention to detail and fine craftsmanship have gained them broad recognition.

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Magazines

Several magazines are full of wonderful ideas.

• Fine Homebuilding
• Architectural Record
• Home And Architectural Trends
• This Old House