Just a few, with good pictures too!
So, a shortlistâ€â€mostly because this is all I’ve had time to look through so far.
At the very top of my current list is Inside the Bungalow
by Paul Duchscherer and Douglas Keister. This book includes numerous photographs of virtually every room in a bungalow-style house with a section specifically about craftsman style fireplaces. Many of the fireplace photographs are quite unique and they all give you a number of ideas to begin designing your own fireplace.
Two more of my favorites are Craftsman house plan books originally issued by Gustav Stickley. Craftsman Homes and More Craftsman Homes both contain many hand drawn sketches of Craftsman interiors and since Craftsman homes typically featured fireplaces as a central feature, these books contain dozens of fireplace drawings in a variety of design styles. More Craftsman Homes even includes a section at the back of the book detailing how the the fireplaces were designed to heat the entire home.
Finally, while not specifically about Craftsman style fireplaces, Sarah Susanka’s Not So Big House and Creating the Not So Big House have wonderful photos of a variety of fireplaces that, while not “Craftsman” by design, would certainly fit well in any Craftsman style home.
With regard to the Not So Big books, Kathy and I used these extensively to guide us during the design process of our house.
