Book Description
Prefab Home looks at the emerging world of prefabricated or modular housing, and delves into how new advances are being made to create prefab homes for the twenty-first century family. When Michael Buchanan set out to find ways to build a house more cost-effectively, he turned to prefab construction. He wanted to pursue his dream without sacrificing his sense of style, all while staying within a realistic budget. Prefab Home traces the home's creation from beginning design phases, through production at the factory, to placement and assembly onsite, to interior design and decoration. The whole process was filmed and featured as special episodes for "Bob Vila's Home Again," currently in syndication. Michael Buchanan is the owner of Michael Buchanan Designs, a New York-based interior design firm that pairs European philosophies with practical and functional needs. He is also the owner of a popular antique store in the Pennsylvania countryside. His designs have been featured in Traditional Home and Better Homes and Gardens. Michael's design work has also been featured on HGTV.
From the Inside Flap
Prefab Home is the story of a modular home from start to finish as seen on popular episodes from Bob Vila's Home Again. Tour the house with author/designer Michael Buchanan as he explains the process and offers advice on the pitfalls of one of the most unique but growing building methods. Prefab Home will teach you about what makes modular homes superior to stick-built homes, why it takes less time to build them, how they can save you money, and why they are a great choice for the home of the future. It's sure to get your design thoughts "rolling"!
From the Back Cover
From factory to finished house, renowned designer Michael Buchanan turns an out-of-the-box structure into an out-of-this-world home.
Excerpted from Prefab Home by Michael Buchanan. Copyright © 2004. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Modification: Adding Cottage Elements The goal for this project was to build a prefab twenty-first-century bungalow: to create a house that looked like it had evolved over time. The structure was meant to have the appearance of a rambling country farmhouse whose wings were added a generation after the main house was built. The objective was to depict a natural progression-from humble cottage beginnings to a house that had grown and outgrown itself over time. Here would be a new modular house, nestled in the mountains and looking like it had been there through the years.
Prefab Home FROM THE PUBLISHER
PreFab Home is the story of a modular home from start to finish as seen on popular episodes from Bob Vila's Home Again.
Tour the house with author/designer Michael Buchanan as he teaches you about what makes modular homes superior to stick-built homes, why they take less time to build, how they can save you money, and why they are a great choice for the home of the future. It's sure to get your design thoughts "rolling"!
FROM THE CRITICS
Library Journal
Houses can be designed or customized to uniquely fit one's lifestyle and budget. Buchanan (FIT, New York) discusses the process of creating a modular home-"housing that is factory assembled in full-dimensional units"-from picking the house to the final finish, which was featured on the TV show Bob Villa's Home Again and is depicted in color photographs throughout. Buchanan delineates the details he added to each room, such as wallpaper, paint, and architectural details, while always discussing costs, that gave this "prefab" house his own signature. His touches were so successful that the modular home manufacturer asked him to decorate a model home. For public libraries. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
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