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In House by Mitchell Owens

Yossawat — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:18:54 +0000

In House by Mitchell Owens

In House celebrates some of the world’s most striking and eccentric rooms, beautifully captured by Derry Moore, the 12th Earl of Drogheda and a regular contributor to Architectural Digest and Nest magazines, who for nearly thirty-five years has inimitably photographed unique, style-setting houses. Richly diverse in style and period, what these extraordinary interiors share is an eccentricity and a commitment to decorative aesthetics that has singled them out in the eyes of the world’s most discerning arbiters of taste. From an airy and colorful Moroccan palace to an austere but whimsical Scottish castle; from an Art Deco masterpiece in Jodhpur to Alphonse Mucha’s cluttered apartment in Prague; and from the museumlike home of one of London’s most macabre collectors to the extravagant remnants of Madrid’s aristocratic heritage, Moore reveals his impeccable taste and unrivaled eye for light in some of the most surprising and original rooms in the world. Each of the houses is accompanied by a commentary by noted architecture and interior design writer Mitchell Owens, and each is uniquely laid out in sympathy with its character by award-winning graphic designer Jonathan Barnbrook. Together, their vision has produced a testament both to extraordinary interior design and to the unique eye of a master of interior photography.

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Not So Big House Coll-2cy by Sarah Susanka

Yossawat — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:50:02 +0000

Not So Big House Coll-2cy (Susanka)

Sarah Susanka’s best-selling books, The Not So Big House and Creating the Not So Big House, are available for the first time in one slipcase set. These two volumes offer all of Sarah Susanka’s trendsetting architectural ideas in one handsome package. “The rooms pictured in the book are both practical and lovely”

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Design Rules: The Insider’s Guide to Becoming Your Own Decorator by Elaine Griffin

Yossawat — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:09:56 +0000

Design Rules: The Insider’s Guide to Becoming Your Own Decorator

Many design books are filled with lavish photography of perfect rooms that most of us can only dream of re-creating. Without any practical advice, the look is unattainable. That’s where Design Rules comes in. Here, Elaine Griffin, one of the country’s 100 top designers (House Beautiful), explains all the practical decorating standards that professionals use behind the scenes to create flowing, balanced, gorgeous design. Packed with helpful illustrations and hundreds of step-by-step tips, Design Rules includes essential advice such as:

• Pick a pleasing color palette (that really works)
• Correctly size their bedsize tables (so they don’t tower over their beds)
• Enhance the visual appeal of windowless rooms (so they’re not dungeons)
• Design furniture arrangements that function and flow
• Style up even the most forlorn kitchens, baths and yes, basements and laundry rooms (honey, no space is too dreadful to be made ultra fab)
• Brighten up their kitchens with a can of paint and a burst of strategically-placed color (location, location, location!)
• Figure out which styles of furniture go together (there is a rule and it’s easy!)
• Make their own personalities shine throughout their homes (because they should)
• And oodles more!

Design Rules is for the growing number of savvy, novice home designers who are well-versed in what good design looks like, but need advice on how to translate it into their own home. It is the home design bible people have been waiting for.

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Restoring a House in the City by Ingrid Abramovitch

Yossawat — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:53:33 +0000

Restoring a House in the City

How to turn an old home into a jewel on the block.
What do a fashion mogul, a Williams-Sonoma executive, a museum curator, and a design-savvy actress have in common? Good taste, of course, but more than that: a shared passion to “bring back,” to carefully restore and artfully embellish, their houses.

They are among the twenty-one real-life renovations featured in this essential resource—from stately town houses to brownstone fixer-uppers—to give the true experience of creating an urban oasis on any street. Whether hunting for rare chandeliers, salvaging floorboards for new tabletops, or removing walls to let more light in, all the nuts and bolts of restoration are here. In Boston, a young family’s renovation takes three years and includes every modern amenity (a media room, home gym, elevator), but saves most of the original interiors (window shutters and seats, marble fireplaces). A Baltimore couple—both stars of the graphic design world—must reconcile their cutting-edge tastes with their traditional surrounds.

From furniture and color to rooftops and terraces, Restoring a House in the City offers a treasury of inspiration and ideas, as well as a lavish illustrated tour of some of the best done renovations in the business.

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New Classic Interiors by Alessandra Branca

Yossawat — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:05:01 +0000

New Classic Interiors

For Alessandra Branca, living means living comfortably. Growing up in Rome, Branca was always surrounded by exquisite art and architecture. She learned early on that beauty is meant to intermingle with everyday life, and to this day her interior designs, while abiding by classical principles, comfortably accommodate her clients’ lifestyles. “You can’t just do something that looks pretty,” she says. “It has to work.”
In this book, the designer—based in Chicago—generously reveals her step-by-step creative process, offering invaluable guidance to anyone who wants a home that is both gorgeous and livable. Beginning with her own Chicago townhouse and interweaving insights drawn from several other prominent projects, she shows how she assesses each space’s form and function, selects foundation elements, chooses furniture and lighting, and, finally, incorporates decorative elements that reflect the resident’s personality. Illustrated with 200 lush photographs, the book offers a welcomes introduction to Branca’s enchanting and livable interiors.

David Hicks: A Life of Design by Ashley Hicks

Yossawat — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:56:10 +0000

David Hicks: A Life of Design

David Hicks is acknowledged as one of the most important interior designers of the late twentieth century, in the company of Albert Hadley and Billy Baldwin. Known for his bold use of color, eclecticism, and geometric designs in carpets and textiles, Hicks turned English decorating on its head in the ’50s and ’60s. His trademark use of electrifying color combinations, and mixing antiques, modern furniture, and abstract paintings became the “in style” for the chic of the day, including Vidal Sassoon and Helena Rubinstein. By the ’70s, David Hicks was a brand; his company was making wallpaper, fabrics, and linens and had outposts in eight countries, including the U.S. where he worked with the young Mark Hampton, and where his wallpaper was used in the White House. “My greatest contribution as an interior designer has been to show people how to use bold color mixtures, how to use patterned carpets, how to light rooms, and how to mix old with new,’’ he stated in his 1968 work, David Hicks on Living—with Taste, the last authoritative book on his work. Written by his son Ashley Hicks, who has unprecedented access to Hicks’s archives, personal photos, journals, and scrapbooks, this is a vibrantly illustrated celebration of a half century of stunning interiors.

Ashley Hicks Biography
Ashley Hicks is a designer of interiors, furniture, carpet, and fabric. He has designed private homes in the U.K., New York, Italy, and Switzerland, as well as retail stores for his wife, Allegra Hicks, in London and New York. He lives in London.

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Malia Marden & Frnk Sisi Jr. House

Yossawat — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 06:25:22 +0000

We’ll be wrapping up our winter stay in Denmark and heading back to NYC in a week. We’re starting to miss our own East Village digs and was delighted to see our neighbor’s apartment featured on Apartment Therapy. Kid America a.k.a Frank Sisti Jr. and his partner Melia Marden gave a walk through of their palatial pad to The Selby.We would expect Kid America to have a massive toy collection and we’re not disappointed.

What an eclectic group of toys!

Dig the pumpkins on the top shelf. Do we detect a Halloween fetish? Me thinks so.

Source : theselby.com

Interior Design Ideas by Nexus Designs Melbourne

Yossawat — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:00:29 +0000

Nexus was established in 1967 by Janne Faulkner and is regarded as one Australia’s Faulkner and is regarded as one of Australia’s leading design consultancies. Nexus has undertaken a vast array of interior design projects in Commercial & Residential Interior Design and Product Consultancy for major hotels, tourist resorts.

Source : Nexus Designs Melbourne

Theatre Agora design by UNStudio

Yossawat — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 07:25:11 +0000

UNStudio, The presentation of the new award ‘Architect of the Year 2007’ took place during an animated gathering in the Dutch architecture institute in Rotterdam last Saturday 07.07.07. They won three of the five categories, and was named the overall winner of the award. Theatre Agora is one of their project that present high architectonic qualities, the professionalism and innovative qualities.

The new Agora Theatre is part of the Master plan for the city center of Lelystad and will play an important role both daytime and nightime in this area of the city. The clustering of cultural and social activities in this new quarter will give Lelystad an outspoken cultural face.

The overall design of the Agora Theatre is inspired by kaleidescopic forms, while the colours used in the building originate from photographs of the sky above Lelystad. The exterior colour was distilled from photographs taken during sunset, whilst the blue found in the interior originates from a cloudless sky. Due to the kaleidescopic, diamond structure of the building, light falling on the various surfaces conveys the impression of constantly changing colours and forms. In daytime the shape of the theatre has a sculptural effect.

The grand café, also open during the day, connects to the evening square. From the different lobbies of the entrance of the theatre a beautiful view of the Green Care is presented. The vertical foyer, which swings through the entire building, connects different theatre and congress halls on the different floors.

Source : UNStudio, Architectenweb.nl, Interior Design

I Dream of Cake Design by decor8

admin — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 05:47:44 +0000

decor8 have inspiration from cake to create interior design ideas. It’s incredible creative. This is her article…A vision came to mind right before I fell asleep last night: write a post combining two delicious favorites, wedding cake and interiors. So I hopped out of bed this morning determined to pair tall, delicious, multiple layered, highly decorative, wedding cakes with some of my favorite interiors. All of these wedding cakes are from the delightful San Francisco bakery, I Dream of Cake, and the rooms are from House Beautiful, Domino, House & Garden, Blueprint, and Coastal Living magazine. One is from West Elm, too. So let’s play Turn this cake into a room, shall we?

Cherry Blossoms, a touch of black, a pop of pink, delicate china, altogether gorgeousness.

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