Decorating in Detail
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (825 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0307956857 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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Beautiful Interiors and Good Text Decorating in Detail is a wonderful book design book. If you just like to flip through and look at beautiful interiors you will not be dissatisfied. The houses are far better in this book than her last one, and I think there is a better stylistic range of houses as well. For those that read your design books this one has text worth reading. Which if you have any experience at all reading design books you . Looks like luxury, but it's a practical guide for the 99% as well Mark Hampton knew everything. He'd read it. He'd seen it. He'd heard it. And because he had some kind of trick memory, everything he knew was instantly available to him. It was thrilling to be his friend, to learn about art and books and design from him.And more: I met the Hampton daughters when they were in their teens, and promptly adopted Duane and Mark's parenting philosophy (take the kids everywhere,. "Inspiring and Informative" according to S. Thayer. Whether you're an interior decorator or not, this book is absolutely beautiful! The stunning images left me inspired to create similar furniture layouts in my own home. Ms. Hampton is a definitely a power house in the world of interior design but when I read her book, I felt like she was a friend of mind thoughtfully and passionately telling me about her latest project at work. I deem this one a "must rea
In her first book, Alexa Hampton shared the basics of interior design--Contrast, Proportion, Color, and Balance--to rave reviews from readers and the media. In Decorating in Detail, Alexa shares the development process for eight elegant homes in locations from New York City to New Orleans. The celebrated designer and author of The Language of Interior Design takes readers deeply into her process of selecting the details for elegant, classic homes with inviting living rooms, bedrooms, dining rooms, kitchens, and other spaces. Sidebars on the best placement for lamps, outlets, and more (inspired by her popular Wall Street Journal "Where-to" column) and Sharpie drawings that show how she visualized the room's transformations help
She has been named one of Architectural Digest's AD100 top interior designers every year since 2002 and has been included in House Beautiful's list of America's 100 Best Designers every year since 1999. The creator of the recurring "Where-to" feature for the Wall Street Journal, she is also the designer of a growing stable of eponymous licensed products for the home, a frequent keynote speaker at design events and conferences, and a member of the board of the New York School of Interior Design. In 2012, she became the first female designer to win the International Market Centers' Design I
The creator of the recurring "Where-to" feature for the Wall Street Journal, she is also the designer of a growing stable of eponymous licensed products for the home, a frequent keynote speaker at design events and conferences, and a member of the board of the New York School of Interior Design. She lives in New York City with her husband and children. She has been named one of Architectural Digest's AD100