Modern Eclectic

by Banks, Orianna Fielding; Banks, Michael

• ISBN13: 9781840003413
• ISBN10: 1840003413
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-10-18
• Publisher: Octopus Pub Group

Summary

Modern Eclectic will appeal to all those who love modern design but don't wish to live in the clinical environments often dictated by architects. Take a lead from interior designer Orianna Fielding Banks, whose own living room combines generous velvet sofas with silvery window screens made from CDs, bright modern wall finishes, and an antique chandelier, creating a thoroughly unique home.

Beyond minimalism there is a more ornamental approach to modern interiors. The yearning for individualism is satisfied by combining interesting antiques or design classics with today's furniture, by being inventive with unusual textures and colors, and by commissioning custom-made pieces as focal points. Orianna gives pertinent advice on how to put an eclectic look together successfully and create a professional interior designed look in your own home.

Over 250 glorious, inspirational photographs, specially shot in both Europe and North America for this book, reveal some of the best eclectic interiors, and the informative text provides you with the design guidelines you ne

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(4)
Colour	10	(26)
Loft Apartment --- Shoreditch, London	20	(8)
Apartment Conversion --- Amsterdam, Holland	28	(8)
Texture	36	(26)
18th-century Manor House --- Luberon, France	46	(8)
Town House --- Catalunya, Spain	54	(8)
Pattern	62	(26)
Apartment --- New York, USA	72	(8)
Georgian House --- Hampstead, London	80	(8)
Surface	88	(26)
Contemporary House --- Islington, London	98	(8)
Modernist House --- Northern Spain	106	(8)
Shape and Form	114	(28)
Purpose-built Apartment --- Munich, Germany	126	(8)
Interior-designed Triplex --- Manhattan, New York	134	(8)
Conclusion	142	(8)
Directory	150	(6)
Index	156	(4)
Acknowledgments	160