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Book A Passion for Interiors

    Book Details:
  • Author : Carolyne Roehm
  • Publisher : Three Rivers Press
  • Release : 2010
  • ISBN : 0307719995
  • Pages : 290 pages

Download or read book A Passion for Interiors written by Carolyne Roehm and published by Three Rivers Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a tour of the author's three homes--a pre-war Manhattan duplex, a Colonial-era Connecticut stone house, and an Aspen residence--in order to show how to make the most of architectural features and interior furnishings.

Book Parisian Interiors

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  • Author : Barbara Stoeltie
  • Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
  • Release : 2011-02-22
  • ISBN : 2080301721
  • Pages : 210 pages

Download or read book Parisian Interiors written by Barbara Stoeltie and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2011-02-22 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bursting with color and dramatic focal points, these exceptional interiors offer exclusive access into the homes of Paris’s finest art and antiques aficionados. The magic of Paris is distinctly captured in its interiors: windows are tall, and rooms have high ceilings with grand architectural details; but the real charm comes in the thoughtfully selected elements that bring those spaces to life. Paris is rife with antique collectors, art historians, architects, and interior designers who dedicate their lives to the contemplation of each element that goes into the ideal interior. Barbara and René Stoeltie invite us inside the private oases of twenty of the city’s celebrated interiors gurus, capturing in vivid photographs these havens of perfection, brimming with inspiration for the home. While each interior is distinctly unique, they all draw from a rich historical tradition of decorative arts combined with an instinctive desire to reinvent itself, mixing the best elements from different epochs with contemporary art, bold colors, or surprising pattern combinations. A foreword from Jacques Garcia, with his gracious nod to the great Madeleine Castaing, opens this handsome volume.

Book Early American Country Interiors

Download or read book Early American Country Interiors written by Tim Tanner and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2013 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inviting designs that have stood the test of time An idea book for designing beautiful interiors that embody the essence of early American country style--a sense of warmth, comfort, and familiarity. As an advocate that something well designed will stand the test of time, author Tim Tanner has coupled basic design principles with a wealth of examples using wonderful old objects and materials, illuminating effective design ideas for bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchens, living rooms, dining rooms, pantries, and other spaces. Featured homes are from Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Idaho, and Utah. Tim Tanner is a graphic designer, artist, and freelance illustrator. He currently teaches art and design at Brigham Young University, Idaho. He's been involved in home restoration and reproduction using reclaimed materials for more than thirty years. He lives in Teton Valley, Idaho

Book Modern Architecture and Interiors

Download or read book Modern Architecture and Interiors written by Adam Stech and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This atlas of more than one thousand Modernist architectural masterpieces uncovers hidden gems while offering new perspectives on old favorites. In 2006, architecture and design curator Adam Stech embarked on a photographic project to document the best Modernist architecture around the globe. More than thirty countries and more than a decade later, the fruits of that monumental project are gathered in this impressive collection covering nearly a century of architectural history. Driven by a passion for rediscovering forgotten or lesser known architectural treasures of Modernism, Stech took thousands of diverse photographs of exteriors and interiors. This survey features often overlooked details and hidden projects that Stech helps bring to light. His brief commentary on each featured building reveals insights into his vast collection of images that includes treasures of Italian Modernism, American mid-century classics, South American Art Deco, Belgian organic architecture, French Brutalism, forgotten Australian modern houses, and much more. This expansive and inspiring book is the definitive guide to architecture in the 20th century in all its different forms and tendencies from its strict rationalist to flamboyant decorative styles.

Book Vibrant Interiors

    Book Details:
  • Author : Andrea Monath Schumacher
  • Publisher : Gibbs Smith
  • Release : 2022-05-03
  • ISBN : 1423660161
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Vibrant Interiors written by Andrea Monath Schumacher and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Energetic, exuberant, personality-filled spaces from a 20-year interior design veteran. With exclusive projects and new photography, Vibrant Interiors features the best of Andrea Schumacher Interiors. Inviting, imaginative homes that draw the viewer in and ignite the desire to see more, ultimately revealing Andrea’s creativity and skill at developing energetic, exuberant, personality-filled interiors. Regardless of location or style, the skillfully designed homes are layered with a well-balanced mix of complexity and simplicity; sophisticated yet playful; layered but minimal. This dynamic interplay is compelling, unexpected, and creates conversation. In her debut interior design book, Vibrant Interiors, Andrea explores her creativity and ability to transform interior spaces into something unique for each client.

Book Passion for Primitives

Download or read book Passion for Primitives written by Franklin Schmidt and published by Schiffer Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Primitive, rustic, one-of-a-kind furnishings are wildly popular with a wide range of homeowners and professional decorators. Passion for Primitives, with more than 200 lush and stunning photographs, depicts the unpretentious honesty of pieces that come from the imaginations and hearts of the untrained artisans who created them. These furnishings, accent pieces, rustic architectural and structural elements, and displays of country collectibles and folk art are iconic Americana. This book unveils a legacy that is not only intrinsic to our historic design tradition, but is newly flourishing throughout the country. Passion for Primitives is a photographic tour of private homes throughout the U.S., ranging from country simple to modern. It is also a guide to designing with primitives that gives readers an invaluable tool for understanding the range of possibilities in decorating-an ideal book for decorators, designers, architects, and homeowners.

Book Expressive Modern

    Book Details:
  • Author : Amy Lau
  • Publisher : The Monacelli Press, LLC
  • Release : 2011-10-11
  • ISBN : 1580933084
  • Pages : 218 pages

Download or read book Expressive Modern written by Amy Lau and published by The Monacelli Press, LLC. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vivid color, specially commissioned artisanal pieces, and exquisite midcentury furnishings define the work of interior designer Amy Lau. Inspired by her passion for nature and abstract art, she incorporates elements of both into every space while tailoring each experience to the personalities and lifestyles of her clients. Thirteen residential interiors, from glass-walled city apartments to demure Hamptons cottages, are presented in luscious full-color photography; lifely text peppered with design tips captures the designer’s energy and explains her creative process. Prior to opening her firm in 2001, Lau managed the prestigious Lin/Weinberg Gallery in New York City—specialisits in twentieth-century furniture and decorative objects—and her love of this period permeates her work to this day. Her designs are sophisticated yet exuberant and full of impeccably restored original pieces yet entirely livable. Amy Lau’s belief in curating rather than merely decorating spaces results in collections arranged to complement the most unique feature of each individual object, color schemes that relate to a property’s location or enhance a specific view, and in one-of-a-kind textiles designed to subtly mirror a room’s other artwork or furnishings. A final chapter details the artists, movements, places, and visionaries that have had the largest influence on Lau’s development of her own unique style, and encourages all interested in design to create a similar catalog of admired pieces in order to begin refining and defining their own tastes.

Book Veranda a Passion for Living

Download or read book Veranda a Passion for Living written by Carolyn Englefield and published by Hearst. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What makes a home exceptional, with an unforgettable sense of personality and passion? The answer [is revealed in this collection] of 30 ... European houses, from France and Italy to Switzerland and Sweden"--Amazon.com.

Book Old World Interiors

Download or read book Old World Interiors written by David Naylor and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2008 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interior designer David Naylor embraces the broad range of possibilities presented by a world of materials old and new, of objects both found and manufactured. He calls his approach "infusion design," by which he means capturing the ideas of the Old World without forgetting about the present, stirring melting pots of cultures and allowing opposites to coexist, and pulling together objects from around the world. The timelessness, natural warmth, and adaptability of the popular Southwesternstyle aesthetic provide an appealing backdrop for his interpretations, which eschew the clich�s while retaining the essence. The architectural elements of the region-round beams, adobe walls, natural wood finishes-create a versatile aesthetic that can embrace an infinite variety of designs, while the nomadic nature of Americans generally, who move freely about the country bringing their favorite decor items with them, makes for limitless opportunities to infuse designs with intriguing juxtapositions and unexpected placements. Chapters include: Old World, New World Luxe Americana Contemporary Comfort Mixing It Up Trained as a painter and visual artist, David Naylor turned to furniture and interior design and has opened his own workrooms and showroom to feature pieces that he incorporates into his design commissions. He has studied at Philadelphia College of Art and later the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. His designstudio, Visions Design Group, is located in Santa Fe, NM.

Book Interiors Europe and the Americas II

Download or read book Interiors Europe and the Americas II written by Gianni Franchellucci and published by Visual Profile Books. This book was released on 2021-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautiful design improves the quality of our lives and photographer, Gianni Franchellucci has captured the best in international interior design with the all new second edition of, INTERIORS: Europe & the Americas II. This book is the ultimate global celebration of over 30 interior design and architect firms. Gianni, is also the author of Interiors, providing interesting and in- depth text about each project. The book showcases the details of rooms, such as, layered textured and patterns, collected pieces and designer vignettes and providing gorgeous photography for the reader. This book presents never-before-published spaces by these design firms. Successful interior design is built from layer upon layer of color, texture, pattern embellishment, and more. Prominent photographer and author Gianni Franchellucci provides an incisive exploration of the essential aspects of interior design. INTERIORS: Europe & the Americas II features over 400 color photographs in 272 pages showcasing 32 projects. This is a book to be treasure and enjoyed by readers with a passion for interior design. The locations include: New York, Boston, Washington DC, Palm Springs, Palm Beach, Moscow, London, Paris, Rome, Amagansett (Long Island), San Francisco and many more. Successful interior design is built from layer upon layer of color, texture, pattern, embellishment, and more. Prominent photographer and author Gianni Franchellucci provides an incisive exploration of the essential aspects of interior design. Interiors: Europe & the Americas II features over 400 color photographs in 272 pages showcasing 32 projects. This is a book to be treasured and enjoyed by readers with a passion for interior design. The locations include: New York, Boston, Washington DC, Palm Springs, Palm Beach, Moscow, London, Paris, Rome, Amagansett (Long Island), San Francisco and many more. Partial list of design firms: Lucinda Loya Interiors Monica Ballesio Interiors Martyn Lawrence Bullard Design Doble Oficio Arquitectos Roberto Barbero / Jose Maia Rodriguez Lopez Studio Riviello Architetti Amathea Ltd. Maurizio Pellizzoni Adam Cassino Design Studio Todd Raymond Katerina Koroleva Interiors

Book Swedish Interiors

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rhonda Eleish
  • Publisher : Gibbs Smith
  • Release : 2013-10-15
  • ISBN : 1423613953
  • Pages : 330 pages

Download or read book Swedish Interiors written by Rhonda Eleish and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swedish Interiors is the first book to share the history, progression, and key elements of Swedish style and how to use it in many different styles of homes. From the white and blue-hued images of the familiar Gustavian style to the gold accents and luxurious patterns found in the Swedish Baroque, Rococo, and Biedermeier periods, the secret to Swedish design is in having the confidence to mix old and new while maintaining a clean and simple aesthetic. Swedish Interiors emphasizes light, comfort and elegance. The authors operate Eleish Van Breems Antiques, a renowned Swedish antiques and decorating resource. Featured on Martha Stewart Living, and in Country Living, House Beautiful, Travel & Leisure, the New York Times, Traditional Home, Better Homes and Gardens, Victoria, and Yankee.

Book Modern English

    Book Details:
  • Author : Helen Chislett
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2021-09-28
  • ISBN : 9780865653931
  • Pages : 272 pages

Download or read book Modern English written by Helen Chislett and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Showcasing 18 landmark projects that celebrate the critically acclaimed interiors of leading English design studio Todhunter Earle Founded by Emily Todhunter and Kate Earle in 1998 and based in Chelsea, London, the design studio Todhunter Earle is renowned for creating beautiful, sensitively considered interiors around the world. With a hugely diverse mix of projects, ranging from traditional country estates and uber‑contemporary town houses to ski chalets and fashionable restaurants, one key element remains constant: their commitment to imbuing interiors with passion, dedication, and sensibility to place. Here, 18 projects showcase their extraordinarily varied catalogue of work, revealing the pivotal factors and challenges encountered on each design journey. The sumptuous book encapsulates Todhunter Earle's instinctive approach: relaxed, unpretentious, and discreet interiors that whisper rather than shout, each one embodying the right feel for the client. Including original photography plus specially commissioned concept illustrations by renowned watercolorist Marianne Topham, Modern English will inspire design enthusiasts and fellow professionals alike.

Book In Pursuit of Beauty

    Book Details:
  • Author : Timothy Whealon
  • Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
  • Release : 2015-09-29
  • ISBN : 0847846008
  • Pages : 225 pages

Download or read book In Pursuit of Beauty written by Timothy Whealon and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An appealing approach to creating elegant, worldly interiors that are rooted in the comforts of home. Interior designer Timothy Whealon is beloved for his accessible style, his seamless blend of classic and modern influences, and his skillful use of artwork and antiques, thanks to an extensive knowledge of fine and decorative arts. Whealon’s design philosophy finds its roots in classicism; however, he approaches each project with a fresh, twenty-first-century eye that makes it both modern and timeless. He doesn’t believe in interiors that look “decorated,” as if everything has been done at once. Rather, he layers items from different periods and cultures, artfully mixing the pristine and the patinated. This book is the first to showcase Whealon’s interiors, from an airy New York penthouse to a gracious Mediterranean-style villa to a casual beach cottage. Whether urban or rural, grand or intimate, each project exhibits classicism alongside comfort, careful attention to detail, and undeniable appeal. Many of the projects included have been newly photographed for this book, and each is a testament to Whealon’s exquisite taste and understanding of how people live today.

Book Seductive Interiors

Download or read book Seductive Interiors written by Sera Hersham-Loftus and published by Cico. This book was released on 2012 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The English interior designer describes the design of her own home and others she has worked on, plus includes tips on achieving the glamorous, boudoir look in one's home.

Book Wanderlust

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michelle Nussbaumer
  • Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
  • Release : 2016-09-20
  • ISBN : 0847848914
  • Pages : 306 pages

Download or read book Wanderlust written by Michelle Nussbaumer and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book from designer Michelle Nussbaumer features her dramatically lush interiors and shows readers how spaces can be inspired by travel and filled with treasures from around the world. As a curator who discovers exquisite treasures all over the world for her projects and her Dallas-based design store Ceylon et Cie, Michelle Nussbaumer has a signature style, in multilayered rooms that mix periods with antique textiles, embroideries and weavings, unconventional furniture, and global art. The result is unique interiors that might recall 1940s glamour or nineteenth-century England. Her first book, organized by mood and style, showcases interiors that range from calm to bold, and from rustic to exotic. These include Nussbaumer’s own stunning residences in Switzerland and Texas, as well as her work for clients around the country. Her sumptuous interiors—eclectic in style and influenced by the designer’s travels from Paris and Rome to Africa, Mexico, and China—provide alluring inspiration for design aficionados.

Book Houses That We Dreamt Of

Download or read book Houses That We Dreamt Of written by Delphine Krakoff and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining the sophistication of luxury interiors, the innovation of period and contemporary furniture and art, and the glamour of fashion, the homes of Delphine and Reed Krakoff are inspirational and unforgettable. This is the long-awaited monograph on the homes of Delphine and Reed Krakoff, unique voices in contemporary American design. Passion and obsession has driven the creation of their homes, each a master class in combining a grand space with world-class furnishings and artworks, with a savoir faire that only an American fashion designer (Reed) and a Paris-trained interior decorator (Delphine) can possess. Because of the unique lens that the Krakoffs train on their spaces, combining expertise in crafting the architectural space with their personal design and art collections and a refined understanding of livable spaces, these rooms are personal and inviting. Some of their houses have been widely published to acclaim, while others are presented here for the first time. With texts from personal friends of the Krakoffs, such as Martha Stewart, Hamish Bowles, Simon Doonan, Tory Burch, and Jacques Grange, who are brilliant designers and writers in their own right, the book will inspire interiors and design lovers with these projects of passion and finesse that represent dreams realized.

Book Cecil Beaton at Home

    Book Details:
  • Author : Andrew Ginger
  • Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
  • Release : 2016-10-25
  • ISBN : 0847848779
  • Pages : 370 pages

Download or read book Cecil Beaton at Home written by Andrew Ginger and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A private view of the genius of Cecil Beaton, reflected through the lens of his town and country idylls, and his passion for interior design, gardening, and entertaining a circle of Bright Young Things. Cecil Beaton (1904–1980) was one of twentieth-century Britain’s Renaissance men: photographer, costume designer, set designer, playwright, creator of fashion fabrics, and writer on raffiné interiors and the personalities who inhabited them. He also happened to be a fine interior decorator. Cecil Beaton at Home focuses on two homes dear to Beaton’s heart—Ashcombe House, near the Wiltshire village of Tollard Royal, and Reddish House, located in Broad Chalke, another village in the same county—as well as London's Pelham Place and Beaton’s New York hotel suites. Simultaneously a retreat, an inspiration, a photographer’s studio, and a stage for impressive entertaining, Beaton’s country homes also fueled his passion for art, gardening, and delight in village life. Against his often-extravagant interiors, Beaton’s private life unfolds—his unique talent for self-promotion, desire for theatricality, and uncertain pursuit of love. This lavishly illustrated visual biography brings together original photographs, artworks, and possessions from his interiors to present an intimate picture of Beaton’s extraordinary life.