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Bungalow Colors Exteriors | 
| Author: Robert Schweitzer
Publisher: Gibbs Smith, Publisher
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 115782
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 192
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 9.7 x 0.7
ISBN: 1586851306
Dewey Decimal Number: 728.3730973
EAN: 9781586851309
ASIN: 1586851306
Publication Date: October 15, 2002
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Condition: Ships immediately! Perfect and New! Has a publisher remainder mark. 1st Edition. 2002 Paperback.
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Product Description
Bungalow Colors: Exteriors addresses the importance of color in Arts& Crafts architecture. Drawing on the works of such Arts & Crafts master as Greene & Greene, Stickley, and Wright, this new volume outlines the history of color within the Arts & Crafts movement. Schweitzer provides practical advice for integrating historically accurate colors today. Whether restoring an older bungalow or aiming to impart an authentic flavor to a new Arts & Crafts-style home, Bungalow Colors: Exteriors focuses on "outside" solutions. Schweitzer addresses exterior walls, windows, roofs, and other architectural features, plus body, trim, accents, stucco, shingles, and clapboards. It's everything an Arts & Crafts enthusiast is looking for to create a visually stunning bungalow exterior. Robert Schweitzer teaches architectural history and historic preservation at Eastern Michigan University. He is an advisory board member for American Bungalow magazine and a columnist for Victorian Homes. He live in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 VERY INFORMATIVE!!! October 8, 2008
M. Long (Springfield, MA)
I just bought my first bungalow, and being a foreclosure property, it needs a lot of work. I want to keep the integrity of the bungalow so I thought I should buy books on bungalows. I am surprised how much information this particular book has to offer; if you want to keep the historic charm of the bungalow, this book is a must!
The History of Home Colors April 4, 2007
Marina Kushner (SCR Books)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Learn about the trends of home colors throughout history, and find tips for returning your bungalow to a shade from the period in which it was built.
Pleasantly Surprised March 15, 2007
Snowball's Chance (Bay Area, CA)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
It is a well thought out and researched book, beginning with a significant amount of history about Bungalows and their Craftsman cousins. From a historical perspective it is definitely worth the read, and contains many source images of homes from this era highlighting the different color choices and how they changed over time. I learned that dark window sash paint was prevalent until the 1920's, when it shifted to white (paving the way for ubiquitous white vinyl!).
It then goes into the process of picking colors, including very helpful suggestions to work with various roof colors, period and real world examples, as well as specific details such as porches, steps and eaves. The book also has a short technical section on colors, very helpful to educate husbands in how to articulate thoughts about colors.
My only real peeves with the book is the lack of references past 1930, and the lack of any Spanish styles, save the cover of the book. My house is (obvious by my peeves) a 1938 Spanish style bungalow. Even without a plethora of period examples for my specific need it helped me decide where I wanted to go with my house, and how to draw focus without detracting from the whole.
Very useful for building my new bungalow home March 10, 2007
H. Rich (Floyds Knobs, IN USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I was skeptical about this book after reading other reviews. However, I was very pleasantly surprised how useful two particular sections of this book were for me. The "Developing Your Own Color Scheme" section takes you through decisions for each part of your exterior. Not only is there the body of the house to decide a color for, but there are the trim and accent colors, the window sash, the roofing materials, and the foundation. In order for a color scheme to work and show off your bungalow's best features, all of these elements need to work together. The other section I liked is "Before And After," which shows how actual homes were improved by emphasizing or de-emphasizing certain elements of their exteriors. I even chose my own colors from one of the alternate color schemes the author suggests. Warning -- the color swatches printed in the book look nothing like the real Sherwin-Williams colors of the same name. If you see a color you like, take the book with you and find a similar color at the paint store.
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