Homes Sweet Homes

Homes Sweet Homes
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AuthorOsbert Lancaster
PublisherJohn Murray
Publication date
1939

Homes Sweet Homes is a book by the artist and author Osbert Lancaster. It was published in 1939 as a sequel to the same writer's Pillar to Post. The earlier work focused on the exteriors of buildings over the ages; its successor concentrated on the interiors. The book comprises 34 chapters, each consisting of a page of text on the left and a drawing on the right. The texts vary in length but are between 220 and 450 words each.

In 1959 Lancaster published Here, of All Places, which brought together most of the chapters from Pillar to Post and all the chapters of Homes Sweet Homes, with some additional text and drawings.

Although the texts and the drawings are entertaining and sometimes comic, the book serves a serious purpose: making readers aware of good – and bad – architecture.