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Whether your favoured look is sophisticated or relaxed, traditional
or modern, urban or country, fabrics can help you create a look
that is individual, comfortable and effortlessly stylish. In
Decorating with Fabric, Kate French and Katherine Sorrell offer
imaginative ideas for every room, including bathrooms, home offices
and outdoor areas. They look at how to use colour, texture and
pattern and how to choose the right fabric for the right place.
With the help of specially commissioned photographs by Lisa Cohen,
many showing the work of internationally renowned designers, Kate
and Katherine demonstrate the timeless appeal of fabrics in myriad
forms, from curtains to cushions to lampshades. While there are
plenty of simple yet effective ideas that would be both useful and
beautiful in any home, Decorating with Fabric also features a range
of more unusual ideas, from using vintage grain sacks for cushion
covers or mirrored bedspreads as curtains. The authors show that no
matter what your budget, you can employ fabrics in many exciting
ways to express your personality and inject style into your home.
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Ask almost anyone to describe their ideal home, and the chances are
that it'll be spacious and glamorously decorated, as though it has
leapt straight from the pages of a glossy magazine. But enviable
decor alone does not result in happiness. The days of simply
'getting the look' are over; we are now more interested in
achieving a contented home life than in considering purely the
aesthetics of our interiors. After all, home is not simply a pretty
backdrop to life, but a practical and integral part of it. In this
timely new book, interiors expert Rebecca Winward first considers
what makes our homes so vital to our happiness, then outlines the
basic principles that create a happy home. The main part of the
book follows a clear room-by-room arrangement, with sections on
such elements as layout, colour, coverings for walls and floors,
storage and accessories for each main space in the house. Useful,
down-to-earth advice is accompanied by inspirational photographs
from stylish homes of all kinds, and every chapter concludes with a
list of dos and don'ts for achieving the perfect happy room. Happy
Home is not so much about a certain style as about a certain style
philosophy. Follow these principles, and your home will be
functional, beautiful - and ultimately happier.
Arriving in Los Angeles from London during the 1970s, Paul Fortune
gradually made his way as a graphic artist, art director of music
videos, and even nightclub owner. But with the renovation of his
own now legendary Laurel Canyon house in 1978, Fortune s career as
an interior designer was born. Fortune Design Studio, based in Los
Angeles, has been operating since 1982, enjoying the patronage of
discerning clients worldwide, whose ranks include Marc Jacobs,
Sofia Coppola, and David Fincher. Exhibiting a distinct style
widely recognized for its integration of refinement with lived-in
comfort, Fortune s designs are uniquely geared toward accommodating
the history and material integrity of each chosen venture. In Notes
on Decor, Etc., Fortune a natural raconteur not only documents his
favourite of these timelessly elegant projects but also his life
and times as a designer, an expatriate, and an Angeleno in a
one-of-a-kind chronicle that Architectural Digest, in its 2018 AD
100 list, describes as, A tell-all monograph-cum-memoir detailing
significant projects and stories from Fortune s peregrinations
through the beau monde.
For many years, Maud Lewis was one of Nova Scotia's best-loved
folk painters. In the 1990s she was embraced by the rest of the
country when the landmark exhibition of her work "The Illuminated
Life of Maud Lewis" travelled across Canada. By the time the tour
was over, half a million people had become acquainted with her
delightful work.
Between 1938, when she married Everett Lewis, until her death in
1970, Maud Lewis lived in a tiny one-room house near Digby, Nova
Scotia. Over the years, she painted the doors inside and out, the
windowpanes, the walls and cupboards, the wallpaper, the little
staircase to the sleeping loft, the woodstove, the breadbox, the
dustpan, almost everything her hand touched. Her house was a joy to
behold, and it became a magnet for tourists as well as a focal
point in her village. In 1979, after Everett Lewis died, the Maud
Lewis Painted House Society worked diligently to raise funds to
acquire, preserve, and display the house as part of the cultural
heritage of the area as well as a memorial to their beloved
artist.
In 1984, the house and its contents were purchased by the
Province of Nova Scotia for the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. In "The
Painted House of Maud Lewis," Laurie Hamilton, the conservator at
the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, shows how all the different parts
of the house -- the building itself, the painted household items,
even the wallpaper -- were catalogued, conserved, and prepared for
exhibition. The preliminary stages of conservation treatment began
in 1996 in a most unusual location: the Sunnyside Mall in Bedford,
just outside Halifax., where conservators worked in full view of
the public. The conservators used established techniques and
invented new ones to complete their unique project and documented
every stage of the restoration photographically.
The book also features more than sixty-five colour photos
including several taken by noted photographer Bob Brooks in 1965
for the "Star Weekly." Today, anyone can visit the tiny house that
has become a folk art phenomenon. The restoration story spans two
decades, but the story of the Painted House continues as each new
visitor to the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia finds delight and
inspiration in Maud Lewis's joyous vision.
Trip Haenisch has decorated homes for celebrities over the past
three decades, and partnered with the interior world s elite, but
it s his unique eclectic style that s established him as one of
Hollywood s top designers. Fusing refined creativity with the
unexpected, his modern, artistic aesthetic mixes the traditional
with the contemporary to create luxurious yet livable spaces for
his notable clients like Courteney Cox, Hank Azaria, and Laura
Dern. With a foreword by Courteney Cox, Personal Space: Trip
Haenisch celebrates the designer s stylish homes, highlighting a
selection of his top design projects from celebrity homes in Bel
Air and the Pacific Palisades to a chic mountain abode in Park
City. Featuring beautiful photography that showcases the interiors
of these eclectically designed dwellings the final product is
always a sharp yet comfortable space, focusing on function while
greatly prizing aesthetic. This gorgeous tome is an essential
addition for style and interior design enthusiasts. Trip Haenisch
began his design career in 1996, and has continued his design
excellence in his independent practice, Trip Haenisch and
Associates. One of Hollywood s Top 20 Interior Designers by the
Hollywood Reporter, Haenisch s work has been featured in countless
publications such as Architectural Digest, Los Angeles Times, and
Vogue.
The world is full of houses. Big houses and little houses. Houses that stay in one place and houses that move from place to place. Some houses are made of wood or stone; others are made from mud or straw. But all of them are made for families to live in.
Featuring thirty years of acclaimed interiors, paired with
thoughtful advice and packaged with a real cloth case and mixed
paper stocks, A Point of View is a rich album of Grenney s
decorating work, from London townhouses to Long Island estates,
with multiple images per page. Organized by room, these chapters
feature Grenney s room-by-room decorating philosophy for entrances,
living rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms, and kitchens, and explore
thematic topics such as Englishness and composition and balance.
Grenney also shares his own story, from his early years on the 70s
London design scene to starting his own firm, from his first flat
in London to his renovation of David Hicks former house, the
Temple, to his new holiday house in Tangier. There is also a
chapter on the iconic designers who have inspired him. Whether it s
a country house or an urbane apartment, Grenney s world is one of
settled calm and welcoming comfort, where there are always generous
fireplaces to sit in front of, billiard rooms and stone-flagged
passages, and utility rooms where boots and coats are stored;
grandeur and modesty side by side. This book is a must for
Anglophiles and design lovers.
Take a tour of more than 200 kitchens and gather ideas for your own
culinary center. Nearly 300 beautiful color images help you choose
cabinet door styles, wood finishes, floor textures, and colors to
suit your tastes. Special emphasis is placed on the small to
mid-size kitchen, with great examples of storage solutions and
space enhancing designs. This is a virtual showroom for the
professional designer or remodeler who wants to hash through ideas
with clients, and a great way for homeowners to express their
tastes. Here's the first step toward a showplace kitchen: Get your
sticky tabs out and start marking the elements that you would like
to see in your home.
The author takes us on a photographic journey through the beautiful
English countryside. The book is part decorating journal, part
recipe book and part gardening yearbook. Most of all, it is a
celebration of England's manor houses, cottages and country
gardens.
Design ideas for every style, skill level, and budget, from the
beloved couple behind YoungHouseLove.com
This debut book by bloggers Sherry and John Petersik is filled
with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for
sprucing up a home. With two home renovations under their (tool)
belts, 5 million blog hits per month, and an ever-growing audience
since the launch of "Young House Love" in 2007, Sherry and John are
home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects,
tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Whether
an experienced decorator or a total novice, on a tight budget or
with money to spend, any homeowner or apartment dweller will find
ideas for his or her own home makeovers here. Learn to trick out a
thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your
Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.
Packed with 243 tips and ideas both classic and unexpected
every project pictured was exclusively executed for the book. With
more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that
readers will return to again and again for the creative projects
and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the
Petersiks are known for. Adding a little wow factor to your home
has never been more fun "
There's no such thing as too many books, simply not enough places
to put them Decluttering is all the rage, but what do you do when
your preferred interior decor is miles of overstuffed bookshelves?
If you can't bring yourself to clear your collection, SHELF RESPECT
will validate your life choices. Do you alphabetise your books or
organise by genre... or (heaven forbid) colour? Have you merged
your collection with your other half's? (And do you write your name
inside the cover, just in case?) Do you keep all the books you've
read, or only the most cherished? Is there such a thing as too many
books? (No.) Bound to provoke (good-natured) debate between
Bibliophiles, SHELF RESPECT is a charmingly illustrated book in
defence of towering TBR piles and overflowing shelves... no matter
how you choose to organise them.
History is brought to life in many historic houses, especially at
Christmas time, when special decorations help to welcome the social
season and visiting guests. In this revised second edition, learn
history and local customs through engaging text and over 420 color
photos. Costumed guides interpret Christmas traditions in some of
the thirty specially decorated houses that are featured from across
America. Both magnificent estates and simple residences offer a
variety of styles, tastes, and ideas to inspire your own
celebrations. See preserved buildings with illuminated gardens,
inviting dining halls, and stunning interiors. Enjoy the many
efforts on display here that help to make the Christmas season a
magical time of sharing, caring, and gratitude.
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