House Thinking A Room-By-Room Look at How We Live

Name: House Thinking A Room-By-Room Look at How We Live
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ISBN: 9780060538699

ISBN-10: 0060538694

ISBN-13: 9780060538699

Edition: 2006

Authors: Winifred Gallagher

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IKEA, Ethan Allen, and HGTV may have plenty to say about making a home look right, but what makes a home feel right? Is it the objects you've collected from your travels, or that armchair by the window that reminds you of your grandmother? Is it the "friendly" feeling of a classic American farmhouse, or the "prestige" of a formal Tudor mansion? These kinds of questions, which have more to do with environmental psychology than mere decorating, can give us a new way to think about the diverse spaces Americans call home. In House Thinking, noted journalist and cultural critic Winifred Gallagher takes the reader on a psychological tour of the American home. In each room, Gallagher explores…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 2/7/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.13" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English



Introduction: Why There's No Place Like Home



Home: When We See It, We Know What We Like



The Entry and Plan: Who You Are Is Where You're At



The Living Room: Decoro Ergo Sum



The Kitchen: Woman's Work Is Never Done?



The Dining Room: Status and Stuff



The Great Room: Same Time, Same Place



The Bedroom: Behind Closed Doors



The Bathroom: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall



The Child's Room: A Place to Call One's Own



The Basement: Doing It Yourself



The Office: Home Work



The Garden: Outside or In



The Second Home: Domesticity to Go



The Neighborhood: No Home Is an Island


References and Suggested Reading


Web Resources


Acknowledgments


Index