Ultimate Home Style Guide

by Sorrell, Katherine

• ISBN13: 9780706377316
• ISBN10: 0706377311
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Ward Lock Ltd

Summary

Create a home that expresses your sense of comfort rather than pre-existing rules about how to decorate. This lushly illustrated guide to interior design defines the essential characteristics of each style, from medieval to modern, and how to achieve it. Choose from gilded baroque; the simple interiors favored by American settlers; superbly over-the-top Victorian; a bright, joyful 1950s design; and more. Follow the practical guidance on lighting, color, soft furnish and furniture. Mix old and new freely for an attractively eclectic approach, or put together a room that's carefully coordinated from floor to ceiling. Look no further to plan your dream home! A Selection of BOMC's Country Book Club.

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(14)
How to use this book	14	(3)
I Historical styles	17	(114)
Medieval	19	(8)
Tudor	27	(8)
Baroque	35	(8)
American Settler	43	(8)
Georgian	51	(8)
Victorian	59	(8)
Arts and Crafts	67	(8)
Art Nouveau	75	(8)
Edwardian	83	(8)
Art Deco	91	(8)
Modernist	99	(8)
Fifties	107	(8)
Sixties	115	(8)
Contemporary	123	(8)
II Global styles	131	(89)
English Country	133	(8)
French Chic	141	(8)
Mediterranean	149	(8)
Scandinavian	157	(8)
Russian	165	(8)
Indian	173	(8)
Oriental	181	(8)
Moroccan	189	(8)
Mexican	197	(8)
Caribbean	205	(8)
Shaker	213	(7)
Further reading	220	(1)
Picture and fabric credits	220	(1)
Index	221