In the tradition of the "Bungalow" series comes a marvelous celebration of the 20th century's most delightful and whimsical architectural style. 200 color photos.
Buckle up as Douglas Keister takes you for a decidedly retro ride in the world of diminutive travel trailers in "Teardrops and Tiny Trailers". The demand for vintage trailers - the smaller the better - has risen dramatically in recent years, with the most in-demand trailers being 'teardrops', first manufactured in the 1930s and containing just ...
Small, livable, unpretentious, and ground-hugging, the bungalow's economy of construction has made it one of the most prolific housing styles in American history. Here, text and photos combine to cover the major types of bungalow--American Craftsman, Spanish Colonial, English Cottage, English Tudor Revival, and many others. Full-color photos.
Caravans are cool! OK, these recreational vehicles are a little more elaborate than your average caravan in Bognor Regis...Celebrities are embracing the motorhome as a luxurious and fun way to take a break - features the homes of celebs from Howard Hughes to Ken Kesey. These are motorhomes like you have never seen them before! What do Henry Ford, ...
Popularity meets affordability as America's favorite house style (according to a 2005 survey on About/Architecture.com) comes at a price point that every bungalow fan can afford. There is perennial interest in all things bungalow related. Every year there are numerous books, magazines and floor plans published that are all geared to the bungalow ...
Americans in search of family oriented domestic travel, safe and inexpensive, are buying trailers and RVs in record numbers. "Ready to Roll," with more than 300 color photos, taps into this trend in gloriously illustrated and insightfully chronicled retro style.
Packed with more than 250 lush color photos taken by Douglas Keister, this handsome volume explores one of America's most popular architectural styles--Spanish Revival.
Featuring color photographs taken in cemeteries around the world, this field guide decodes hundreds of symbols used in memorials. To facilitate quick reference, the symbols are organized into sections devoted to (for example) flowers, mythical creatures, the human body, religious symbolism, and secr
Now, eleven years after the original Painted Ladies these authors feel it is the perfect time to take their thousands of readers back to San Francisco and give them a house tour of another marvelous collection of proud Victorians--inside and out. Illustrated.
This companion book to "The Bungalow" includes chapters devoted to all aspects of bungalow interior design, including the front door--with its sense of arrival--the fireplace, the living room, the den, study, or library, the kitchen and dining room, and bedrooms that range from nursery to sleeping porch. 250 color photos.
A design historian explores gardens of famous bungalows, focusing on fixed architectural elements such as fountains, gazebos, swings, tree-houses, and benches. A companion to INSIDE THE BUNGALOW, which covers interior design of the Arts and Crafts movement.
Now, the long-awaited companion to Painted Ladies, Daughters of Painted Ladies, and Painted Ladies Revisited is available in paperback. Presents a dazzling orgy of Victoriana inside and out with more than 400 color photographs of Painted Ladies across the country.
The first book to focus on the vintage trailer as an object of design retraces the history of this American classic, discussing the role of World War II in trailer design and the impact of RV associations on the emergence of the "streamlined trailer." Original. 15,000 first printing.
Sophomore level course in Food Service Management. Chapter on computers. Focus on management of all aspects of food and beverage control from cash flow to cost formulas. Extra market with food service managers.
A tour of the astonishing and stunning newly painted Victorian homes now beautifying all of the United States as ancestors of the original Painted Ladies of San Francisco! 172 full-color photographs.
"Forever Dixie" is an exploratIon of thirteen of the South's best cemeteries and forty notable southerners who have chosen to call the South their permanent home. "Forever Dixie" gives cemetery explorers GPS directions to the graves of famous southerners and features interesting and unique graves of ordinary citizens like Thelma Holford of ...
Romantic and picturesque, the word "cottage" brings to mind the idyllic charms of the countryside. Who can resist the appeal of a sweet little house, surrounded by wild roses, at the end of a winding cobblestone lane? From Anne Hathaway's cottage, which became synonymous with the innocent charm of the English countryside, to the sturdy Cape Cod, ...
Architectural photographer Keister and Cronin, the former associate editor of American Cemetary , present a tour of mausoleums located in such cities as Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Boston, Chicago, New Orleans, Los Angeles, San Francisco. Captions describe the architectural style, the life of
Journey through Beijing and the magical hutong neighborhood with a young Chinese girl, Zhang Yue, her cousin, and her waipo-Chinese for "maternal grandmother"-for a day of adventure and tradition in the new book "To Grandmother's House". On their way to visiting their waipo, the girls see the sights of Beijing and wander around the shops and ...
The popularity of cottage style and cottage homes is thriving. A refreshing addition to the Home Design category. 500 Cottages is a collection of the facades of 500 cottages organized by styles, including English, storybook, bungalettes (mini bungalows), Victorian cottages, and casitas (Spanish-style cottages). There is one photo per page, with a ...
Courtyards: Intimate Outdoor Spaces presents a pictorial survey of an increasingly popular part of indoor/outdoor design-the courtyard. Today's architects and designers are creating beautifully private indoor/outdoor spaces amidst escalating urban development. Doug Keister's striking, color photography illustrates a diverse selection. From ...
In 1978, a landmark book about San Francisco's Victorian houses sparked a revolution known as The Colorist Movement. Painted Ladies became the bible for the restoration and rejuvenation of Victorians all over America. Now comes a lavish new volume featuring hundreds of new and beautiful Painted Ladies from all over the country. 398 full-color ...
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