Designed for the 1940s family with a "limited budget but unlimited good taste,"this fascinating volume presents56 floor plans and elevations of lovelysmall homes that originally cost less than $15,000 to build. Each home, bearing the honorable designation of House-of-the-Month by the era's Monthly Small House Club, Inc., was designed to give prospective homeowners an exceptionally well-planned house that was also a sound investment.
From Cape Cods to Colonials, "Small Houses of the Forties" offers an eden of illustrations of cozy, charming domiciles, complete with color combinations,...