| Details | | Publication Date: | 1997-12-01 | | Illustrator: | Alison Barratt | | Editor: | Gabi Tubbs, House Beautiful Magazine, Rhoda Jaffin Murphy |
| Size | | Length: | 191 pages | | Height: | 11.8 in | | Width: | 9.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 43.2 oz |
Publisher's Note
Taking as its theme the diversity of spring, summer, autumn, and winter, House Beautiful provides inspiration with decorating ideas that range from simple lampshades and curtain tiebacks to a glorious tented storage unit. The colors, textures, and moods of each season are translated into a distinctive look for each room in the home. The first four chapters are filled with a dazzling range of photographs, showing interiors furnished in the colors and fabrics of each season. The final chapter of the book translates ideas into reality. Here you will find step-by-step illustrated instructions for more than thirty basic projects, including blinds and curtains, pillowcases, cushions and bolsters, slipcovers, table linens, lampshades, and screens. All these and more are shown throughout the book, made up in the colors and fabrics of each season. In addition to these basic projects, each season includes two special designs, with full instructions, for an exciting furnishing idea. These include a wonderful coronet and bed hangings, a glorious garden canopy, and a sumptuous silk bedcover.
This decorating book combines splendid photography with exceptional step-by-step illustrations The diversity of the four seasons provides inspiration, and this book is rich with the delight of mirroring spring, summer, autumn, and winter through the imaginative use of fabrics. Hundreds of lavish color photos are combined here with beautiful and clear how-to artwork. These step-by-step illustrations for more than thirty basic projects, using the colors and fabrics of each season, enable the reader to create many of the effects shown in the appealing photographs. Every room in the home is pictured, with the textures and moods of each season translated into different looks. In addition to the basic projects, each season includes two "special" designs, with full instructions. These perfectly capture the fresh newness of spring, the light carefree mood of summer, the gorgeous colors of autumn, and the festive richness of winter. Here is a book to dream with, then translate into reality, a source book that truly combines ideas and projects.
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