This text offers advice for introducing more colour in to interior design schemes. Each chapter deals with specific living requirements in the townhouse, the lake house, the clock tower, the beach house, the city apartment, the country house and the period house. A full chapter also explains the scope and potential of colour and offers up inventive ways of using it to dramatic effect.
Furnishing the Home of Good Taste a Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interio
by Lucy Abbot Throop
This is a benchmark book which encourages interior designers to raise their professional status and offers their clients an insight into the complex profession of modern interior design. It demystifies what an interior designer does, and showcases the range of skills that interior designers can bring to a project to help achieve a successful outcome. The book attempts to explain the broad scope of the interior design profession, including:the wide range of projects and specialismsthe people, ro...
Beautiful hand-wrought iron gates, grilles, architectural details, and fireplace equipment feature scrollwork and floral embellishments, from many ancient towns in Italy. Medieval and rococo elements are plentiful. 487 full-page, black and white photographs illuminate details that will inspire blacksmiths and designers today. The original locations of the ironwork are identified in the text.
In her stunning new book, fabric designer Mary Norden shows you how to make country contemporary. Drawing from the colors, patterns, and textures of nature, she has restated these elements in her elegantly simple, modern interiors. In modern Country, a dozen projects bring traditional crafts into contemporary focus: chic, monochromatic cushions rendered in classic country knits; stylishly simple table linens appliqued with faded floral borders; smooth, linen-covered pillows; a rug of softly-text...
"What's in Style-Window Treatments" is a photo-packed display of the latest styles and trends in window treatments. It is perfect for the contemporary young homeowner who wants to flip through gorgeous pages of fresh ideas, similar to flipping through TV channels with a remote. In fact, this book is lavished with over 150 richly colored photographs of cutting-edge looks, featuring today's many options in curtains, draperies, shades, blinds, shutters, decorative hardware, and embellishments. To s...
A study of the Western interior and its decoration between 1620 and 1920. The scope of the book is international - from the Ukraine to Louisiana - and the homes portrayed encompass those of aristocrats and artists, of the "beau monde" and the bourgeoisie. The work is divided into six sections covering 50 year periods. Each has an introduction which discusses the prevailing tastes in architecture and furnishings, before moving through a series of illustrations. These range from designs for firepl...
Working in conjunction with the popular Inspirations magazine, this series of design books presents a fresh look at popular and traditional crafts. A techniques section takes the reader through the essentials of the craft.'
This book explores the warmth and vibrancy of ethnic patterning and colour from cultures around the world that can be adapted for any home today - whether large or small. Each chapter exmaines individual styles from areas that have had a strong influence on design worldwide. "The African Section", for example, includes special features on Moroccan and tribal looks, while "The Americas" includes North American Indian and cowboy themes. Within each theme, folk traditions are explored, examples giv...
Rainbow Like an Emerald (College Art Association Monograph, #47)
by Meredith Parsons Lillich
Rainbow Like an Emerald is the most comprehensive study of Lorraine stained glass as a regional style developed in conjunction with the typical Gothic architecture of the province. Situated between France and Germany, medieval Lorraine increasingly looked to France for it cultural standards. While French in inspiration, however, its Gothic architecture and stained glass quickly developed strong regional and distinctive characteristics. This architecture has only in the last decade been studied,...
"New Swedish Style" presents hundreds of ideas to inspire pure and simple elegance in the home. Easy shapes and textures, crisp checks and florals dominate these cozy painted rooms, where gingham curtains and fresh flowers evoke the brisk breezes of summer and the spirit of Carl Larsson's Sundborn.
Whether you want to transform a room, add an unexpected detail or give a new look to a piece of furniture, "Trompe L'Oeil" provides the know-how and ideas for decorating with this fabulous paint effect.