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Summary: I see it different.
Review: The initial review may have been a little hasty.The photo lay-outs are certainly a bit overpowering, but I find the text as well as the photos give somewhat a practical quality to this book. I bought a ranch some 13 years ago, and have been making the improvements that seem called for. Most of this time my only resource materials were magazines from the late '50s and early '60s (and I had to buy them in antique stores). As I think back, had I had this book when I moved in, I wouldn't have spent so much time with the "should I or shouldn't I" dilemmas that go with major remodeling. For instance, it took me over a year just to decide on adding a 300 square foot sun room. The authors showed examples how well this upgrade works when done to maintain the basic integrity of the architecture. New windows, room make overs, bathrooms, kitchens and on it goes, but with an insight you seldom get from another source. There are plenty of TV programs devoted to remodeling . . . ripping off old dark paneling and snatching up shag carpeting, but considering the rampant "real life" examples of bad remodeling projects, due in some measure to a lack of clear conceptual assistance, I argue this book should be "standard equipment" with the purchase of any ranch.
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Summary: Not worth the money
Review: This book is dry and boring. There are barely any photos and the photos it does have are boring. This is more like an expanded pamphlet you could get in shop class.
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Summary: A Disappointment
Review: This is not what I expected : I wanted a book that was page after page of ideas to read or look at in pictures. This book is a Flip Through and it's unattractive
Rating:
Summary: A Disappointment
Review: This is not what I expected : I wanted a book that was page after page of ideas to read or look at in pictures. This book is a Flip Through and it's unattractive
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Summary: What A Disappointment
Review: This isn't what I expected : I wanted a book that was page after page of interesting ideas to read or look at in pictures. This is a book to flip through and put back and is very unattractive.
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Summary: Boring and bland
Review: Who wants a boring and bland book when you're trying to make your boring and bland ranch into something better. I also checked this out before I bought it. I agree the book does not deal with 50s and 60s homes enough. The houses are boring and so are the pictures and writing.
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