The Backroad Home: Simple Country Designs of Cottages, Cabins, Barns, Stables, Garages and Garden Sheds With Sources for Blueprints, Kits, Building Accessories, catalogs - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0966307526 ISBN 13: 9780966307528

Publisher: Donald J Berg, 1999

Synopsis

If you're dreaming of moving to the country, retiring to a smaller house or just getting away from big home mortgage and maintenance costs, this is a book that you should take a look at. It's a sourcebook and guide to the best small, simple, inexpensive and easy-to-maintain country homes. Seventeen of America's best country architects and designers contributed 86 plans of vernacular-style cottages, cabins, backyard barns, garages and garden sheds. Home sizes range from just over 2,000 square feet for a traditional New England farmhouse and a gracious Southern cottage with a wrap-around porch, to just 144 square feet for a tiny getaway cabin. Addresses, phone numbers and website information will help you reach any of the designers directly to order construction blueprints or to see additional home designs.

About this title

About the Author

Don Berg is a member of the American Institute of Architects and the Society of Architectural Historians. He appeared in the TV special "The American Farmhouse" on the Home & Garden Network. His designs and articles have been published in Traditional Building Magazine, Home, The Old House Journal, Yankee Home magazine and many other publications. His fifteen books include "Barns and Backbuildings," "How to Build in the Country" and "American Country Building Design."

From the Back Cover

Are you thinking of building a simpler country life? This book is designed to help.You'll find designs for 22 cabins, 42 vernacular-style cottages and 22 traditional barns, stables, sheds and garages. The book's directory lists 144 catalogs and 68 useful websites full of more construction plans, building kits and hard-to-find country building products. There's also information on construction and restoration resources and helpful guidebooks. Start your new home right here.

Edition details

• Publisher: Donald J Berg
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0966307526
• ISBN 13: 9780966307528
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96
• Editor: Berg Donald J.