Timeless Interiors Rooms Inspired by the Past

by Stoeltie, Barbara; Stoeltie, René

• ISBN13: 9780711226104
• ISBN10: 0711226105
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-11-01
• Publisher: Frances Lincoln

Summary

This book is an antidote to the sterility of the modern age. It's aboutapturing the romance of the past, but it doesn't advocate throwing away yourashing machine and living in an old fashioned way. This is primarily annspirational source book. As the featured interiors are often laced withakery, Barbara explains how to recreate the tricks the designers used: shehows why a room looks romantic, and how the effect can be achieved througholours, paint, wallpaper, flower arrangements or still-lives on a shelf. Thepening chapter of the book is a detailed story of the featured houses. Theollowing sections are divided room by room: halls, sitting rooms, studies,athrooms, bedrooms, kitchens and dining rooms. The creators of thesenteriors are not all designers by trade, but with imagination they havereated an individual and romantic style of their own.

Table of Contents

A Taste for the Past	p. 6
Houses to Remember	p. 14
First Impressions	p. 50
Drawing Rooms	p. 62
Dining Rooms	p. 80
Kitchens	p. 94
Libraries and Studies	p. 108
Bedrooms	p. 118
Bathrooms	p. 136
Garden Rooms	p. 148
Source List	p. 160
Bibliography	p. 165
Index	p. 166
Acknowledgments	p. 168
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