Product Description
Filled with lush photography that illustrates the warm details that make a home, The Good Home is about the details needed to deliver just that. Whether your home is a renovation or a new construction, a small space or a large one, in the city or in the country, The Good Home provides ideas and inspiration so inviting it’s hard to put down. Included are exquisite photography, drawings and elevations within a wide variety of styles in a portfolio of 13 homes. This … More >>
The Good Home: Interiors and Exteriors
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#1 by Steve Thompson on April 4, 2010 - 6:04 am
I Am an Optimist but I Am also a Realist, some people would give something in the road dead a good review but there are some things nothing good can be said about it.
I bought 2 books “The Good Home” and “The Cabin” The Cabin is a little bit better but both are over priced, $8.00 would be a better price. they are a professional looking books hard cover with high gloss pictures.
The information these books give have little to be desired, sometime these books will tell what materials was used and a little bit about the history of the owenrs but that is about it.
If You are look for a these books to show You how to build it, forget it! these books are more like if they were written by a real-estate agent or something not a Carpenter.
Rating: 2 / 5
#2 by Anonymous on April 4, 2010 - 6:39 am
I had read glowing reviews of this book and expected more than I got when I read it myself. Disappointment is often a function of expectations and reality being out of synch and I think that was the source for me here. It’s not that it’s a bad book, but I didn’t get the DEPTH of information I was expecting. After going through the design and build process a couple of times, I felt as thought I already knew what was broadly covered in this book. Also, I was disappointed in the photo layouts. Like another reviewer here, I found the spaces to be pretty impractical for living in.
Rating: 2 / 5
#3 by misterbeets on April 4, 2010 - 8:53 am
This is an enjoyable book. It consists of photo spreads of several homes by the architect author, with explanatory text. It’s much more focused than similar books, but, like them, uses polished professional photography and ghost writing.
The theme is houses with Picturesque charm, or at least as much as can be had with new construction. I feel true charm is always accidental and only accrues over time, but, for those who feel instant charm is better than none at all, there are no better examples. At least for modern homes. Otherwise, Storybook Style: America’s Whimsical Homes of the Twenties takes the cake.
Rating: 4 / 5
#4 by Christine on April 4, 2010 - 10:16 am
The Good Home is a Great Book! More than that it is a motivating book. You’re probably thinking how does a book about architecture do this. This book gets the reader to think about what the architect and author, Dennis Wedlick, is explaining then motivates the reader to expand on it. You like his concepts and the thinking behind them yet he’s telling you to take it further. He’s an expert who provokes not imposes a concept and then lets the reader take it higher. Mr. Wedlick includes beautiful photographs of his finished products that mesmerize the reader and beg you to read on. I highly recommend this book as both a learning tool and a new way to approach your idea of how to live.
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by Anonymous on April 4, 2010 - 11:11 am
Dennis is one of the most talented young architects in America. Anyone who has come into contact with his work, whether its been a real built home or an exhibit such as the ones put up in the Winter Garden at the WFC, Grand Central Station or the Mall of the Americas will walk away saying “that’s really neat…I wish I could live like that for a day”. Rarely has someone so gifted focused on designing and sharing those concepts with everyday people on budgets. Most architects with a quarter the talent are the ones that design impractical spaces for Wall Street budgets. Refer to the LIFE magazine house of the year series. Dennis’ design is by far the most popular one built, in spite of trophy talent like Graves, and Stern sharing the winners circle. To the reader who said he was disappointed…think about this. The mere fact that Dennis’ floor plans are in the book is invaluable….try buying a better floor plan for $50. That reader should stick to buying stock house plan magazines at the checkout counter.
Rating: 5 / 5