Rustic Home, The - Hardcover

Kylloe, Ralph

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1586858106 ISBN 13: 9781586858100

Publisher: Gibbs Smith, 2006

Synopsis

The Rustic Home explores the mythical and romantic West through the architecture and artistry of its residents. This unique new book reveals how rugged old cabins, settler shelters, and mountain shacks have influenced and shaped modern Western architecture. Today, homes of the West reflect the passion, aesthetic, and history of the places that made the West the ultimate destination it is today: Yellowstone National Park, the Grand Canyon, the Teton mountains, and the Redwood forests. Kylloe's luxurious photography reveals how the West's rugged environment has influenced modern architecture with romance, lore, passion, and history. Take a visual vacation into the heart of the West to explore how homes are incorporating that romance today!
The Rustic Home features homes that:
Utilize on-site natural resources such as stones and recycled/reclaimed timbers
Are designed to blend in with the immediate environment
Are constructed to appear timeless; as though they have always been there
Incorporate the most advanced technology used in homes today
Are able to withstand enormous snowloads and possible earthquakes
Are warm and inviting and beg to be lived in!

About this title

About the Author

Ralph Kylloe received his EdD from Boston University and has taught at the university level for many years. He is a leading authority on rustic furniture and owner of the aplh Kylloe Gallery at Lake George in New York's Adirondack Mountains. His previous books include Fishing Camps, Rustic Architecture and Design, and Cabins & Camps.

From the Inside Flap

The RusticHome
With the publication of The Rustic Home, Ralph Kylloe continues his artistic exploration of the rustic arts movement. Rustic living is undergoing a dramatic expansion. While some traditional homes offer a few hickory rockers on their front porches, many others are boasting the addition of an Adirondack room or handcrafted furniture pieces placed alongside traditional ones. At the extreme high end are extraordinary rustic homes filled with quintessential rustic furniture. This book contains examples of each style.
From small guest cabins to large homes that can sleep groups of forty, building a rustic home is a collaborative effort that starts with the vision of the homeowner. Add a talented architect and dozens of skilled engineers, carpenters, electricians, masons, painters, roofers, landscapers, interior designers and so on, and the result is nothing short of amazing. The Rustic Home explores distinguishing features created by these artisans, from flat-stacked stone walls that seem to grow out of the environment and recycled timbers that beg to be touched, to hand-hammered chandeliers and massive rock fireplaces casting warmth all around.
Stunning photography masterfully reflects the warmth and artistry that are the epitome of today's rustic evolution.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

I had passed the home several times throughout the years and had always admired both its form and location on the Big Wood River in Idaho. I had stood several times in full fly-fishing regalia in the front yard of the home as I tied files on my line in hopes of catching a few elusive brown trout. In time my good friend rustic artist Doug Tedrow asked if I would like to see a wonderful riverside home full of great rustic furniture. How could I refuse? Within the hour we are standing on the front porch of the home I had admired for years.

Edition details

• Publisher: Gibbs Smith
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1586858106
• ISBN 13: 9781586858100
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256