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Title: Interior Transformations by Ann Grafton, Caroline Clifton-Mogg ISBN: 0-8212-2706-8 Publisher: Bulfinch Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Three stars for content, five for style
Comment: This is my favorite coffee table interior design book. I like to give it a flip-through when I need some ideas, or just want to look at some lovely interiors. It is not really a how-to book (there are no DIY projects included), so I give it three stars because of this. But I love Ann Grafton's ways with pattern and fabrics, and her refined, yet comfortable style.
Rating: 2
Summary: NOT for those interested in English Country House Decoration
Comment: This book was surprisingly disappointing to me, a big fan of "English Country House" decorating, as illustrated in books by other Colefax and Fowler associates (Chester Jones, Roger Banks Pye). I bought the book on the strength of the author's Colefax and Fowler connection, only to find that the author is a designer at one of a number of subsidiaries of the corporate Colefax and Fowler Group, and apparently has never worked for the Colefax and Fowler design firm. As a result, her style is nothing at all like traditional Colefax and Fowler, with its period furniture, lush fabrics and liberal use of trimmings, antique accessories, paintings and engravings. If that is what you are looking for, don't buy this book. Instead, look for "Colefax and Fowler" by Chester Jones or "Interior Inspirations" by Roger Banks Pye.
Rating: 5
Summary: Classic Simplicity
Comment: This interior design book has a much lighter palette of colors, than say, Colefax & Fowler's Interior Inspirations (dark woods, old english country style).
While the images seem deceptively simple, the juxtaposition of colors, neutrals and contrasts of textures packs a punch. There are lots of plaids, stripes, assorted ticking fabrics and some toile presented in this beautiful full color book (my favorite is the photograph of a blue and white eiderdown made from a contemporary print fabric, but bordered in an antique floral remnant, p.94).
For anyone familiar with Katrin Cargill's books on swedish style and fabric decorating (Cargill's Fabrications book is the *perfect* companion to this volume - the use of fabrics are almost identical; Cargill's book is closer to a sewing sourcebook), Grafton and Cargill share the same design sensibilities; that style is inherently english. The book is also faintly reminiscent of the current Laura Ashley look. Perfect if you're looking to decorate your living quarters for the summer, or even year-round.
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Title: White on White: Creating Elegant Rooms With Classic Whites by Stephanie Hoppen, Andrew Wood ISBN: B00006JO6T Publisher: Bulfinch Pub. Date: May, 1900 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: At Home with the Past: How the Love of Old Things Creates Beautiful Interiors by Steve Gross, Sue Daley ISBN: B000065V2N Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Living Textures: A Creative Guide to Combining Colors and Textures in the Home by Katherine Sorrell ISBN: B0000VV2DI Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: February, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Classic Design Styles : Period Living for Today's Interiors by Henrietta Spencer-Churchill ISBN: 0847824063 Publisher: Rizzoli Pub. Date: 22 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Living In New England by Slvi Dos Santos, Elaine Louie, Bill Blass ISBN: 0743203755 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 09 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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