Best of Craftsman Homes

by Gustav Stickley

This volume is comprised of outstanding selections from the two books which Gustav Sticklley published to promote his domestic architectural ideas in America. These books - Craftsman Homes (1909) and More Craftsman Homes (1912 - contained Stickley's own designs as well as articles and essays promoting a more simple and natural philosophy of life and architecture. Immensely popular in their day, the books were complied from the plans which Stickley published in his magazine "The Craftsman" to provide prospective homebuilders with ideas and working plans. This volume can do the same today, and is, in addition, a most timely reminder of the beauties and joys of the Arts and Crafts Movement - where wisdom was expressed and sought in a simple, direct and natural relation to life. - Not only includes house plans, but also information on features in specific rooms, craftsman gardens and garden accessories, building craftsman furniture and cabinets, wood finishing, and much more. Many photographs and drawings

245 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1979