House Beautiful Windows

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WINDOWS
great style series
The Editors of House Beautiful Magazine
Louis Oliver Gropp Editor in Chief
Margaret Kennedy Editor
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How many of us, brave and adventurous when it comes to painting the living room walls navy blue or jazzing up an old sofa with yards of chartreuse fabric, absolutely freeze when it comes to deciding on window decorations? How many of us end up with nothing on the windows rather than make the wrong choice?
House Beautiful Windows proves that with the right inspiration, there are no bad choices, only many wonderful possibilities. From simple curtains sewn at home to elaborate affairs made in a professional workroom, here is an idea book of exquisite designs in every conceivable style: treatments that will open a room to a glorious view or keep it private; let in light or block it out; tame a large room or expand a small one; unify or complement or accent a room's decor.
Seemingly difficult and elusive aesthetic issues about proportion, color,... Tovább

Fülszöveg

nntiM
WINDOWS
great style series
The Editors of House Beautiful Magazine
Louis Oliver Gropp Editor in Chief
Margaret Kennedy Editor
1
How many of us, brave and adventurous when it comes to painting the living room walls navy blue or jazzing up an old sofa with yards of chartreuse fabric, absolutely freeze when it comes to deciding on window decorations? How many of us end up with nothing on the windows rather than make the wrong choice?
House Beautiful Windows proves that with the right inspiration, there are no bad choices, only many wonderful possibilities. From simple curtains sewn at home to elaborate affairs made in a professional workroom, here is an idea book of exquisite designs in every conceivable style: treatments that will open a room to a glorious view or keep it private; let in light or block it out; tame a large room or expand a small one; unify or complement or accent a room's decor.
Seemingly difficult and elusive aesthetic issues about proportion, color, harmony, and balance are illuminated in more than 120 beautiful color
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photographs. The specific ways in which exceptional window dressings can be achieved are explored: the structural components, from curtain linings to curtain rods; the array of materials available; the decorative power of fancy hardware and dressmaker trim. The problem window ~ awkwardly placed, too large, too small ~ gets its own special section, and a chapter on craft celebrates designs of inventive brushwork, needlecraft, and handwork.
House Beautiful Windows concludes with visits to four homes in this country and in Europe whose inventive or unusual approaches to window treatments deserve a special look.
Sally Clark is the author of House Beautiful Color, House Beautiful Slipcovers, and House Beautiful Details, all in the Great Style series. She has been a contributing editor at House Beautiful magazine, and writes extensively on design and decorating for The New York Times and Art & Antiques magazine. She lives in Connecticut.
Front jacket photograph by Antoine Bootz.
Back jacket photographs (clockwise from top left) by Antoine Bootz, Alex McClean, Scott Frances, Paul Warchol, Thibault Jeanson, Antoine Bootz. Vissza