The House in Good Taste
After ninety years, "The House in Good Taste" by America's "first lady of interior decoration," Elsie de Wolfe, still offers timeless design advice.
Compiled from her articles in newspapers and magazines and first published in 1914, "The House in Good Taste" is a seminal book on interior design with ideas that have lasted a century because they influenced not only the wealthy clients of Park Avenue and Palm Beach, but popular taste as well.
De Wolfe advised Americans to shun ostentation and clutter in favor of simplicity, to dismantle the draperies in order to let in the light, and to replace garish colors with beige and ivory. "I believe in plenty of optimism and white paint," she declared, "comfortable chairs with lights beside them, open fires on the hearth and flowers wherever they 'belong, ' mirrors and sunshine in all rooms." The rooms that Americans inhabited in the middle of the twentieth century still today owe much to de Wolfe's tastes.
House Beautiful Decorating Style
Timeless, graceful, livable: that� 2s how you want your home to look and feel. This elegant and practical style is now within your grasp. Interviews with architects and interior designers across the country are the basis of this compilation of glorious but achievable decorating ideas. Discover new ways to bring harmony to a room, enlarge rooms with color or make bigger ones more intimate, and impart tranquility to busy areas. You will also find strategies for maximizing space and updating rooms to meet changing needs. Just imagine a cozy window seat enfolded with theater-style curtains, decorative prints that impart old world flavor to a kitchen, and a sitting room featuring an antique day bed that� 2s perfectly set up to welcome overnight guests. From walls and windows to floors and details, every choice is both beautiful and practical.
House Beautiful Decorating Style 
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Loverboy by Victoria Redel, ISBN 015600724X
In Victoria Redel's mesmerizing first novel, the question of what happens when a mother loves her child too much is deeply and darkly explored. Left with a small fortune by her parents and the cryptic advice, "it would do to find a passion," Redel's narrator sets out to become a mother--a task she feels she can be adequately passionate about. She conceives her son Paul through a loveless one-night stand, surrounds him with a wonderful, magical world for two--a world filled with books, music, endless games, and bottomless devotion--and calls him pet names like Birdie, Cookie, Puppy, and Loverboy. She wonders, "Has ever a mother loved a child more?" But as life outside their lace curtains begins to beckon the school-age Paul, his mother's efforts to keep him content in their small world become increasingly frantic and ultimately extreme by all definitions.
In this exquisite debut novel, Victoria Redel takes us deep into the mind of a very singular mother, exposing the dangerously whisper-thin...
Loverboy by Victoria Redel, ISBN 015600724X
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Principles of Victorian Decorative Design by Christopher Dresser, ISBN 0486289001
Classic by noted Victorian designer discusses aesthetics, practical considerations of Victorian and Edwardian design. Rich, illuminating treatment of historic styles, beauty, utility, design of furniture, carpets, draperies, textiles, pottery, glass, metalwork, many other elements. Over 180 handsome illustrations.
Principles of Victorian Decorative Design by Christopher Dresser, ISBN 0486289001
Curtains and draperies > Principles of Victorian Decorative Design by Christopher Dresser, ISBN 0486289001
The House in Good Taste
After ninety years, "The House in Good Taste" by America's "first lady of interior decoration," Elsie de Wolfe, still offers timeless design advice.
Compiled from her articles in newspapers and magazines and first published in 1914, "The House in Good Taste" is a seminal book on interior design with ideas that have lasted a century because they influenced not only the wealthy clients of Park Avenue and Palm Beach, but popular taste as well.
De Wolfe advised Americans to shun ostentation and clutter in favor of simplicity, to dismantle the draperies in order to let in the light, and to replace garish colors with beige and ivory. "I believe in plenty of optimism and white paint," she declared, "comfortable chairs with lights beside them, open fires on the hearth and flowers wherever they 'belong, ' mirrors and sunshine in all rooms." The rooms that Americans inhabited in the middle of the twentieth century still today owe much to de Wolfe's tastes.
The House in Good Taste
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Ideas for Great Window Treatments by Christine Barnes, ISBN 0376017562
The right window treatment can add life to any room. Ideas for Great Window Treatments helps readers decorate their windows with style and artistic flair. This 112-page book makes a perfect resource guide for persons planning to purchase curtains, draperies, shades, blinds and other popular window treatments. With over 170 bright color photos accompanying useful, easy-to-grasp information, this book is a necessity for anyone about to decorate their windows. A "tips for measuring" section is included...
Curtains and draperies shades Ideas for Great Window Treatments by Christine Barnes, ISBN 0376017562
Curtains and draperies > Ideas for Great Window Treatments by Christine Barnes, ISBN 0376017562