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Acclaimed architect Gil Schafer illustrates how he blends classical
architecture, interior decoration, and landscape to create homes
with a feeling of history. As a traditional architect, Gil Schafer
specializes in building new "old" houses as well as renovating
historic homes. His work takes the best of American historic and
classical architecture-its detailed moldings and harmonious
proportions-and updates it, retaining its character and detail
while simultaneously reworking it to be more in tune with the way
we live now-comfortable, practical, family-oriented. In his first
book, Schafer covers the three essential cornerstones of creating a
great traditional house: architecture, landscape, and decoration.
He discusses the important interplay between the interior
architecture and the fabrics, furniture, and wall treatments.
In-depth profiles build on these essays, including Schafer's own
new "old" house in the Hudson Valley; the renovation of a historic
home in Nashville designed by Charles Platt in 1915; and the
restoration of a magnificent 1843 Greek Revival mansion in
Charleston. Filled with hundreds of interior and detail shots, The
Great American House is an invaluable resource for anyone who loves
old houses and traditional design.
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Into the Garden (Hardcover)
Christian Peltenburg-Brechneff; Foreword by Bunny Williams; Contributions by Donald Kuspit
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Over the past three decades, artist Christian Peltenburg-Brechneff
has travelled around the world to visit some of the most glorious
private gardens to paint en plein air. He has created a luscious
visual record of 28 of them in this charming gift-sized book of
watercolours and gouaches. With contacts among the international
elite, the author has gained permission to enter some of the most
exquisite and heretofore unrecorded gardens from Sri Lanka to
Italy. With introductory texts by the distinguished art critic
Donald Kuspit and the ever-influential interior architecture and
garden designer Bunny Williams, Into the Garden chronicles this
long-term pilgrimage of a visionary painter, opening the exquisite
private gardens to the public for the very first time.
The owners of the acclaimed stores and decorating firm Circa
Interiors present eight stylish, beautiful homes blending comfort,
beauty, and function with classic Southern hospitality. A house
with an open door is like a friend with an open heart: inviting,
generous of spirit, and constant at the core. In their first book,
Jane Schwab and Cindy Smith present beautifully arranged interiors
in which the trademarks of their style-subtle color palettes,
graceful furniture, an emphasis on comfort and
entertaining-harmonize to create fresh yet classic rooms. Walking
the reader through each home with their characteristic Southern
charm, they share their vision and process, from big-picture topics
such as room flow and furniture plans, to the importance of
entryways and setting a beautiful table. The lessons also extend
from the interior to the garden, as Schwab and Smith discuss how
outside spaces can become natural extensions of the home for
entertaining. Throughout, they share specific ideas for arranging
rooms to welcome one, two, or four people as comfortably as fifty,
establishing multifunctional, adaptable gathering places that are
both gracious and functional for the family of the house as well as
their guests.
In this story-filled monograph, Bunny Williams presents new work
through 15 houses she has decorated and loved. She tells the tale
of each "affair," tracing the style of the spaces, what drew her to
the projects, and her approach to decor that evolves with the lives
of her clients. She offers personal secrets for choosing
classics-and for decorating with flexible pieces that can play more
than one role in a design scheme. Along the way, she offers many
amazingly chic, but always comfortable, residences whose interiors
she has designed during the latest phase of her astounding career.
As Bunny tells it, "The best pieces have the best stories," and in
this book, she shows readers a fresh collection of projects that
demonstrate just that.
This Southern gentleman's beloved property in bucolic Americus,
Georgia, has absorbed him for over six decades. It consists of four
intimate dwellings that exemplify various southern architectural
traditions - from a mid-nineteenth-century Gothic to a
Palladian-inspired cottage - charming gardens, and out buildings.
Gatewood shares his personal reflections on how he has created a
unique world for himself tailored to his refined sensibility.
Captured in thoughtful photographs, his seductive spaces illustrate
a relaxed Arcadian style. Gatewood describes the hunt for
discovering singular antique and vintage pieces with a poetic
patina. He is an expert on custom paint finishes and composing
subtle colour palettes, and has an innate talent for incorporating
arresting architectural elements. With flair, he has collected art,
antique furnishings, and decorative objects, which are artfully
displayed in the beautifully appointed dwellings. Gatewood respects
the importance of old world craftsmanship and architectural
restoration, and takes delight in designing picturesque grounds and
plantings, as well as creating comfy areas for his beloved dogs and
peacocks. His close friend, Bunny Williams, has contributed a
section about the lessons she has learned from this master of
discernment.
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