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Books > Health, Home & Family > Home & house maintenance > Home furnishing & decoration > General
Interior design today is guided more than ever by the need to be
stylish and functional. In modern design, excessive decoration has
been replaced by the well thought-out arrangement of spaces, and
furniture with pure lines which meets specific needs. Whatever the
size of the room, the prevailing concepts are balance and
harmony--characteristics which make the home a place where people
will feel comfortable.
Get Scandi-cool with the Danish queen of minimal Scandinavia has
long been the home of outstanding interior design and classic
fashion brands like Acne Studios, Rains and Filippa K. But no one
personifies modern Danish cool as well as fashion industry stylist,
blogger and model Pernille Teisbaek. In her gorgeous first book
Pernille offers professional tips on how to create a minimalist
wardrobe and look, mix and match patterns successfully, adopt
androgynous looks or new colour combinations, try out new materials
and mix fabrics, plus plenty of timeless fashion advice such as a
jeans-fit guide and essential Dos and Don'ts. Her beauty chapter
reveals Pernille's capsule survival kit and how to achieve her
natural look. Pernille also covers pared-back Scandinavian home
design with an eye on balancing elegant simplicity and minimalism
with inviting homeliness and warmth, or hygge, and inspirational
pictures. A perfect gift for all Scandi lovers and anyone wanting
insider advice from one of fashion's most stylish experts.
The treehouse in its most simple and fundamental form enables us to
escape from the everyday pressures of modern life and feel closer
to nature. It can also be an architectural wonder, showcasing the
most creative of small space design and engineering solutions. This
beautiful book shows how the treehouse can be many things: from
simple structures based on centuries-old woodworking skills to
modern geodesic forms strung high up above the treeline. There is
something magical about treehouses - whatever your age. These
boltholes perched above the ground appeal to those of us who want
to get close to nature without forgoing any creature comforts...
there are treehouses with wood-burning stoves, some with copper
baths and some with elevated linking walkways obscured by the
canopy of trees above. Then there are the handmade simple
structures using recycled materials and the branches of the trees
for both internal and external support and design. There are also
free-standing structures on stilts inspired by the physical tree
but not attached in any way. The book offers both visual
inspiration from the specially commissioned photography but also
the human stories behind the creation and design of these
treehouses. The text covers topics such as the plan, structure,
materials and decoration, colour palette and texture, and style
notes to bring to life the personal and interesting story behind
each treehouse featured in the book.
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