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Floral House : Simple Designs and Decorations for the Home by Julia Bird and Jan
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.
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Located in: Purlear, North Carolina, United States
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780811830935
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Chronicle Books
ISBN-10
0811830934
ISBN-13
9780811830935
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1781326
Product Key Features
Book Title
Floral House : Simple Designs and Decorations for the Home
Number of Pages
144 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2001
Topic
Decorating, Decorative Arts
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Design, House & Home
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
28.9 Oz
Item Length
1 in
Item Width
1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
00-057090
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
You're lucky if you survived design in the 1980s without a permanent allergy to flowers. In those chintz-clogged days, acres of lush floral prints were slipcovered and swagged with abandon. Once the decade closed, the decorating world put itself on Claritin and, with the exception of the English country crowd, it has adhered to a strict flower-reduction diet. But even with that much breathing space between this century and the folly of the last, the mere mention of a book called The Floral House (Chronicle Books, $24.95) is enough to tickle the nostrils. Fortunately, Julia Bird's book, lushly photographed by Pia Tryde and written by Jane Newdick, is absolutely fresh and new. Bird, a well-known English stylist, has no use for the "hotel bedroom" look. She's intent on pioneering a new floral style that's clean and sophisticated. Her formula is simple. "Imagine a stark white interior," she says, "and then, in your mind's eye, throw a brightly colored floral tablecloth over the table: The room is instantly enlivened and imbued with personality." Begin with a room that is carefully composed of a mix of contemporary and country pieces, a blend of peeling paint and polished steel. Then add a floral pillow, a slipcover for an armchair, a platter with a graphic nosegay, a bedspread with woven blossoms. Flowers, Bird believes, "should never become the first thing to strike you on entering a room; rather they should be the elements that bring color and visual interest to the space." The Floral House is decidedly unfloral. Bird is a stickler for backgrounds that are simple and solid, but she doesn't favor white on white. Tropical red, hot pink, cerebral blue, tawny brown, warm yellow--all shades of nature are fine with her, providing they're properly combined. But she has firm opinions about what's proper. For instance, Bird begins her neutrals chapter by declaring that "the clever and contemporary way to use neturals is to add hints of sharper light colors, such as dashes of citrus yellow and lime." She specifies that the neutrals be stone-colored beiges and butter yellows with "no pink or blue." Any green accetns must have plenty of yellow and nothing that approaches blue or turquoise. When it comes to her blue palette, she points out that blue absorbs light and, thus, any use of blue must be given lots of air. "Mix blue with lighter shades of lilac or white for a contemporary upbeat feel," she commands. Blue, rare in the garden, is actually quite forgiving in the house. Most shades go together, even greeny blues and pinky blues that Bird would not normally blend. Her prescription for a tropical palette calls for a concentration of reds, pinks and oranges--the color of nasturtiums, godetias and poppies--with an occasional hit of green, turquiose and yellow. "A good way to accommodate these colors," Bird writes, "is to use them on things that are portable, so that if you suddenly find their intensity is too great, you can move them around or even remove some of them." Instead of painting a wall magenta, she'll color a moveable panel so it can be shifted from room to room or be redone as the seasons, and the light, change. Offices, she advises, are good places to experiment with bold color. Unlike a bedroom, an office is a place to be awake and stimulated. Her theory must be true, because sitting in her own office, with its hot-pink plastic chair and fire-engine-red country cupboard, Bird has porduced one of the most stimulating decorating books around. - Universal Press Syndicate
Grade From
Eighth Grade
Photographed by
Tryde, Pia
Grade To
College Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal
747
Synopsis
Flowers have long been an essential element in home decor, and Floral House takes a fresh approach to accenting the home with florals of all kinds. You'll see how easy it is to use simple decorative touches -- from fresh-cut flowers to floral throws to patterned china pieces -- to create elegant rooms that echo the beauty of nature. Arranged by palette, you'll find accents in Floral House to complement your own sense of style, whether you prefer soft shades, cool colors, sun-drenched hues, or deeper tones., The perfect companion to the successful Garden House (40,000 copies sold), Floral House is a beautifully photographed book of ideas that are utterly modern in their simplicity and timeless in their appeal. With a fresh, clean approach to decorating with florals, this lush guide inspires the creation of elegant rooms that echo the color and beauty of nature. Floral House proves that it doesn't take a lot of time or money to transform the look of your home. Small simple accents have dramatic results--a flowery duvet rejuvenates the bedroom, a plain couch gets a facelift with a vibrant patterned slipcover, and the addition of rosy wallpaper transforms a dull kitchen. Whether it's soft shades, cool tones, sun-drenched hues, or deeper colors, here are hundreds of innovative ideas to suit any style. Arranged by color palette, Floral House offers a variety of color combinations for all rooms in the home. With page after colorful page of inspiration, Floral House is brimming with ways to create warm, inviting spaces that bloom with color.
LC Classification Number
NK2115.5.P49B57 2001
Text by
Newdick, Jane
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