Floors

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F L o p R^
A DESIGN SOURCE BOOK
Elizabeth Wilhide
PHOTOGRAPHY BY HENRY BOURNE
We make more demands on the floor than we do on any other structural element of the home. It must not only be strong and durable, but also comfortable, safe, and good-looking. And since your choice in flooring often requires a substantial investment, getting it right is essential. Elizabeth Wilhide's Floors: A Desijin Source Book is a rich fund of inspiration and advice for all the floors in your home— modern or period, urban or rural, sumptuous or simple.
Floors has been written in celebration of the panoply of colors, textures, and finishes widely—and often newly—available today. Elizabeth Wilhide shows how to select and use the most appropriate floor covering—be it striking and cool, or warm and welcoming—as the basis for truly stunning interiors to suit every budget and way of life. Overriding design issues—scale and proportion, architectural character, flooring combinations, and detail—are... Tovább

Fülszöveg

F L o p R^
A DESIGN SOURCE BOOK
Elizabeth Wilhide
PHOTOGRAPHY BY HENRY BOURNE
We make more demands on the floor than we do on any other structural element of the home. It must not only be strong and durable, but also comfortable, safe, and good-looking. And since your choice in flooring often requires a substantial investment, getting it right is essential. Elizabeth Wilhide's Floors: A Desijin Source Book is a rich fund of inspiration and advice for all the floors in your home— modern or period, urban or rural, sumptuous or simple.
Floors has been written in celebration of the panoply of colors, textures, and finishes widely—and often newly—available today. Elizabeth Wilhide shows how to select and use the most appropriate floor covering—be it striking and cool, or warm and welcoming—as the basis for truly stunning interiors to suit every budget and way of life. Overriding design issues—scale and proportion, architectural character, flooring combinations, and detail—are tackled with ingenuity, practicality, and style.
Individual chapters cover the main flooring materials: hard (brick, stone, marble, tile, glass, concrete, metal); wood (both old and new); sheet and soft tile (rubber, linoleum, vinyl, leather); and soft (textiles of every description). There is detailed, illustrated advice on the installation, care, maintenance, and restoration of each material, as well as instructions for personalizing a floor using pattern and color, from simple contrasts to sophisticated paint effects.
Few other features can coordinate or define interior spaces as well as a carefiilly chosen floor. With its 400 full-color photographs, 100 how-to illustrations, and directory of suppliers. Floors: A Design Source Book is die most comprehensive and practical volume devoted to this large—and until now, largely ignored—element of the home.

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