Cottage: America's Favorite Home Inside and Out

By Louis Wasserman

Book Overview

The humble cottage offers a place of calming retreat and the opportunity to express a proud sense of individuality. In this timeless photographic treasury, the authors shine light on three charming characteristics that unify all cottages: a connection to nature, an intimately scaled design, and the use of locally made materials. They explore 24 superb American examples of all types-permanent homes and weekend getaways in rural, suburban, and urban locations, new cottages and remodels-discussing site planning, vernacular building materials, roof pitches, window sizes, interior design, and garden styles. Emphasizing current and future trends, "Cottage" is a storybook fantasy come alive.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1561587311
• ISBN13: 9781561587315
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Taunton Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 2.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.9" x 0.8" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Inspirational

A sampling of cottages from across the country - backgrounds on the owners of the cottages, beautiful interior and exterior pictures and floor plans. I thoroughly enjoyed reading and looking at the pictures - very inspirational.

Cottage: America's Favorite Home Inside and Out

Excellent book, great ideas for people that have lake homes and are looking for ideas for building and decorating. Highly recommend it.

Margaret Pfeifer

This is a great book. Beautifully designed and written by people with a passion for cottages and cottage style and the knowledge to match. It made me think of the cottage I went to as a child with my grandparents and inspired me to bring some cottage elements into my own contemporty home. Bravo!

a piece of a cottage

I don't own a cottage but feel like i do own a piece of one now that I own this book. It's beautiful to look at and read, I would very much recommend it and am actually buying a copy for a friend just because reading it is like a little vacation.

Finally!

Finally a book about cottages that was well written, witty and you can really tell you are dealing with a writer that has a true aesthetic of a variety of designs. I love cottages, and have been lucky to lovingly restore three in my life. This book might just inspire me to get started on working on another. Great book!