The Principles Of Pretty Rooms

Author : Phoebe Howard
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-20
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781647002923

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The Principles of Pretty Rooms by Phoebe Howard Pdf

Beloved interior designer Phoebe Howard shares her style secrets for creating truly pretty rooms filled with grace and charm The design world’s favorite Mrs. is back, with tried and true décor “rules” and classic strategies for creating pretty, charming, and timeless interiors. Celebrating warm, welcoming style, each chapter explores the color palettes, fabrics, and special little grace notes that make a room pretty. As always, Mrs. Howard delivers a range of inspiring examples, from pretty rooms in townhouses, beach houses, and country escapes to pretty-meets-grand-style in estates and manors. She also presents how-to-get-the-look advice, including favorite color combinations, fabric patterns, furnishings, and accessories that instantly transform a space. The majority of the projects have never been published, creating an irresistible guide for all who dream of having the signature Mrs. Howard look: interiors filled with light, easy elegance and pretty details.

Author : Frida Ramstedt
Publisher : Appetite by Random House
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9780525611073

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The Interior Design Handbook by Frida Ramstedt Pdf

Perfectly necessary for our current times: The new bible of interior design. While we spend more time at home than ever before, learn from the guru who has coached an entire Scandinavian generation in the art of creating a harmonious home. Frida Ramstedt believes in thinking about how we decorate, rather than focusing on what we decorate with. We know more today than ever before about design trends, furniture, and knickknacks, and now Frida familiarizes readers with the basic principles behind interior and styling--what looks good and, most of all, why it looks good. The Interior Design Handbook teaches you general rules of thumb--like what the golden ratio and the golden spiral are, the proper size for a coffee table in relation to your sofa, the optimal height to hang lighting fixtures, and the best ways to use a mood board--complete with helpful illustrations. Use The Interior Design Handbook to achieve a balanced, beautiful home no matter where you live or what your style is.

Author : Jan Showers
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 0810949741

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Glamorous Rooms by Jan Showers Pdf

Glamorous Rooms showcases the elegant eclecticism of renowned designer Jan Showers's interiors, including many projects unpublished until now. Illustrated with dazzling photography, Showers's accessible and useful design tenets will inspire readers to create their own luxurious yet relaxed homes. Showers's attention to detail seamlessly blends Hollywood high style, midcentury modernism, and classic 18th-century French styles with the local flavors of St. Barth's, Paris, and Rome. Her modern and timeless interiors, never overdone, have earned her a dedicated fan base of top designers, celebrities, and power brokers from Palm Beach to Del Mar. A must-have addition to any design enthusiast's library, Glamorous Rooms is sure to be an instant classic. Traditional Home October 2009 Lucite and tufting and mirrors, oh my! Love shimmering elegance? You'll thrill to the work of Jan Showers, a Texas pro. Veranda November-December 2009 Texas-based designer Jan Showers strikes just the right balance between restraint and high visual impact. Her superbly detailed rooms gain unique presence through a mix of styles, such as Hollywood Regency, eighteenth-century French and mid-century modern. Like her spaces, her furnishings-including her 1940's-inspired Venetian glass lamps-exude American glamour. House Beautiful November 2009 Jan Showers tells all, Dallas style. The how/why of glamour, one gorgeous room @ a time. Read the captions! Luxe Fall 2009 Over 200 dazzling photographs of Showers' design, which seamlessly blend Hollywood high style, mid-century modernism and classic 18th century French style.

Author : Barbara Westbrook
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-17
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9780847845057

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Barbara Westbrook: Gracious Rooms by Barbara Westbrook Pdf

In her first book, the South’s most inviting designer explores her principles for creating a beautiful home rich with comfort and warmth. Barbara Westbrook has been designing classically inspired homes full of Southern charm and a European touch for more than twenty years. A native of Virginia, Westbrook grew up accompanying her mother to antique shops and was introduced by her to Virginia’s rich architectural legacy. With a design vocabulary that ranges from casual American to formal English to French modern, Westbrook’s homes share a welcoming elegance, whether it is a country cottage or a penthouse apartment. In Gracious Rooms, she sets out her principles for creating a house rich with both polish and patina. Walking the reader through a dozen stunning homes—light-filled lake retreats, contemporary houses, and historic mansions—Westbrook shares her accessible, appealing ideas. From the judicious use of symmetry to the importance of including natural elements in a room, utilizing color to unify spaces within a house, and setting a mood with materials, Gracious Rooms is rich with advice and inspiration.

Author : Phoebe Howard
Publisher : ABRAMS
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-15
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781683355786

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The Joy of Decorating by Phoebe Howard Pdf

The beloved design maven peppers her first book “with tips for achieving a romantic, delicate look without being twee or overly saccharine” (Veranda). Phoebe Howard, known affectionately as Mrs. Howard to her clients, has a penchant for creating stylish spaces, which has evolved into her own critically acclaimed brand of interior design. Mrs. Howard’s first book features several of her largest design projects and addresses the most common decorating issues and questions her clients and customers ask. The book’s design projects are organized by theme: Inviting, Inspiring, Timeless, Graceful, Tranquil, Casual, and Comfortable—all words that have been used to describe Mrs. Howard’s work and ones that illustrate the many different ways she strives to make her houses look and feel. Cowritten with well-known Southern writer Susan Sully, this gorgeous book epitomizes the grace and elegance of Southern interior design. “A handsome new book . . . Howard, FYI, is one Phoebe Howard in real life, a self-made decorator known for elegantly traditional, genteel Southern rooms.” —The Dallas Morning News “Guaranteed to inspire your own imagination.” —Atlanta “It never disappoints! Every room, project and vignette featured are beautiful but there are a few images that are simply perfect in my book—timeless and cozy, layered, inviting and lived-in.” —Café Design “Known for her fresh take on traditional style, Phoebe’s work can only be characterized by its timelessness and her mantra to ‘keep it pretty.’ Her work is encapsulated in her first book.” —Women’s Business Daily

Author : Phoebe Howard
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-26
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781683355564

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Mrs. Howard, Room by Room by Phoebe Howard Pdf

“The reigning queen of Southern design . . . graces readers with another dosage of her classic aesthetic with twelve marvelous homes from across the country.” —USA Today Mrs. Howard, Room by Room is the follow-up to Phoebe Howard’s critically acclaimed Joy of Decorating and takes readers even deeper into the design process, revealing the seemingly small but essential tips and tricks that will help them imbue their own homes with Mrs. Howard’s celebrated Southern style and taste. The book is divided by room, with chapters addressing living rooms and libraries, bathrooms and kitchens, bedrooms, children’s rooms, and even outdoor spaces. Images of the most gorgeous examples of rooms are chosen from more than twelve spectacular homes in locations as diverse as New York City, Nashville, and Atlanta. Mrs. Howard, Room by Room is sure to capture the hearts of her many fans and will inspire new readers with Southern charm and design ideas. “The interior designer known for her stunning Southern style.” —Oprah.com “Few designers can capture the essence of sophisticated Southern design like interior designer, Phoebe Howard . . . Page after inspiring page of Mrs. Howard Room by Room, transports you to polished, perfectly layered, and timeless rooms, divided by chapter, illustrating her gorgeous and elegant, yet comfortable style.” —Color Outside the Lines

Author : Emily Henderson,Angelin Borsics
Publisher : Potter Style
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-13
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9780804186278

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Styled by Emily Henderson,Angelin Borsics Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The ultimate guide to thinking like a stylist, with 1,000 design ideas for creating the most beautiful, personal, and livable rooms. It’s easy to find your own style confidence once you know this secret: While decorating can take months and tons of money, styling often takes just minutes. Even a few little tweaks can transform the way your room feels. At the heart of Styled are Emily Henderson’s ten easy steps to styling any space. From editing out what you don’t love to repurposing what you can’t live without to arranging the most eye-catching vignettes on any surface, you’ll learn how to make your own style magic. With Emily’s style diagnostic, insider tips, and more than 1,000 unique ideas from 75 envy-inducing rooms, you’ll soon be styling like you were born to do it.

Author : Daniele Catalanotto
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-29
Category : Design
ISBN : 1790531233

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Service Design Principles 1-100: 100 Ideas to Improve the User and Customer Experience in Simple and Practical Ways. by Daniele Catalanotto Pdf

The hypothesis of this handbook is that you don't need to understand the full extent of Service Design to improve the user and customer experience. You don't need to understand all the theory to create great services.That's why each principle in this handbook is summarized in a simple rule of thumb. These simple rules of thumb should be enough for smart readers. You might find, under each principle, a little story, an example, or a study. This additional content can help you turn this principle into action.

Author : Tomris Tangaz
Publisher : Barron's Educational Series
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Interior architecture
ISBN : 0764132598

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Interior Design Course by Tomris Tangaz Pdf

Offers step-by-step tutorials to guide readers through the design process and provides a photo gallery of finished examples by professional designers.

Author : Annie Sloan
Publisher : CICO Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-30
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 1782491546

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Annie Sloan's Room Recipes for Style and Color by Annie Sloan Pdf

Find the right interiors recipe for your ideal home with Annie Sloan. World renowned paint effects guru and color expert Annie Sloan considers what makes a successful interior. Style and color lie at the heart of the matter, but both can be stumbling blocks for the amateur decorator. Annie explains how to achieve your chosen style by creating moodboards and analyzing key factors, such as scale, focus, display, and layout. She examines nine popular styles: French Elegance, Neoclassical, Traditional Swedish, Vintage Floral, Modern Retro, Boho Chic, Coastal Style, Rustic Country, and Warehouse Style. Discover, too, the key techniques you'll need to recreate these styles in your own home: color theory (Why do some colors work so well together? Why can the same color look dramatically different in different rooms?), using storytelling with pictures and collected treasures, style fusions (combining your favorite styles), and, of course, paint techniques. With stunning photography and packed with practical advice, this will soon become your interior style bible.

Author : Deborah Needleman
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Interior decoration
ISBN : 1906417709

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The Perfectly Imperfect Home by Deborah Needleman Pdf

The Perfectly Imperfect Home is a must-have guide to choosing the 80 essential items you need for furnishing and decorating your home, expertly written by Deborah Needham, founder of Domino magazine. Featuring original watercolour illustrations of decorators' own homes, the book sets out how to select everything from the big stuff (a doted-on bed, a couch that will last generations) to quirky accents (an interesting-looking chair, a mix of textiles on a table). It is often the individual pieces, from chairs to china, mirrors to vases, that help you to express your personality, add style and beauty to a home and make everyone in it feel comfortable, glamorous and well-cared for. The inspiring design and approachable tone of The Perfectly Imperfect Home puts it a cut above the competition. Witty and wonderful essays and quick-reference sidebars highlight each of the 80 essentials, offering histories, offbeat uses and really useful styling tips. Decorating a home can be intimidating, but here are 80 essentials that make it manageable and fun.

Author : Perla Lichi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2001-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1588620166

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You Deserve Beautiful Rooms by Perla Lichi Pdf

This book is divided into 10 chapters, starting with design guidelines in regards to color, personality, collection, etc. The rest of the book presents installations & actual case studies of particular clients, with valuable information about the investment value of professional interior design. Perla Lichi's philosophy is "That it is better to have a happy life then a lifestyle stands firm. I think you will find that this book represents a fresh look at the interior design. It comes from my heart because I truly believe that you -- yes, you! -- deserve beautiful rooms.

Author : Candace Wheeler
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-18
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Principles of Home Decoration by Candace Wheeler Pdf

"[...]cultivation" among American women, and this, in conjunction with a knowledge that her social world will be apt to judge of her capacity by her success or want of success in making her own surroundings beautiful, determines the efforts of the individual woman. She feels that she is expected to prove her superiority by living in a home distinguished for beauty as well as for the usual orderliness and refinement. Of course this sense of obligation is a powerful spur to the exercise of natural gifts, and if in addition to these she has the habit of reasoning upon the[...]".

Author : Candace Wheeler
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547142652

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Principles of Home Decoration, With Practical Examples by Candace Wheeler Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Principles of Home Decoration, With Practical Examples" by Candace Wheeler. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : United States. Division of Vocational Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1936
Category : Monographic series
ISBN : MINN:31951D00044524D

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Vocational Education Bulletin by United States. Division of Vocational Education Pdf