Interior Alchemy

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Four: Exotic [63] Eros is the anima that presides in Exotic. Like a Victorian gentleman's retreat, exotic is a salon of warm muted lighting, libidinous decor, yards of richly colored fabric, gilded furnishings, decorative objects made of beads and brass, and lots of Do-It-Yourself art, all held together by rich, offbeat color.
Five: Humble [83]
Humble is for tiny spaces; it's rooms with daybeds and old quilts, floral jugs, calico curtains, chipping chairs in friendly shapes, and old buckets filled with wildflowers. The emphasis is on collections of worn but useful things: sewing implements, dishes—all simple, decorative objects.
Six: Alienated [95]
If your heart is tugged equally by Louis XIV and 1950s modern. Alienated may make you feel right at home. The Alienated vision spans time, giving you a view that encompasses a century of artifacts in one sweep.
Seven: Alchemy [109]
Alchemy is for the medievalist in you. It's thick tapestries, drapes and wall hangings, hand-carved... Tovább

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Four: Exotic [63] Eros is the anima that presides in Exotic. Like a Victorian gentleman's retreat, exotic is a salon of warm muted lighting, libidinous decor, yards of richly colored fabric, gilded furnishings, decorative objects made of beads and brass, and lots of Do-It-Yourself art, all held together by rich, offbeat color.
Five: Humble [83]
Humble is for tiny spaces; it's rooms with daybeds and old quilts, floral jugs, calico curtains, chipping chairs in friendly shapes, and old buckets filled with wildflowers. The emphasis is on collections of worn but useful things: sewing implements, dishes—all simple, decorative objects.
Six: Alienated [95]
If your heart is tugged equally by Louis XIV and 1950s modern. Alienated may make you feel right at home. The Alienated vision spans time, giving you a view that encompasses a century of artifacts in one sweep.
Seven: Alchemy [109]
Alchemy is for the medievalist in you. It's thick tapestries, drapes and wall hangings, hand-carved arches and a touch of gold painted into glazes on walls that glow. There are mirrors everywhere, used in ways you never imagined. Lofty and baronial, look to Europe and the ancient villas of Italy for the inspiration of Alchemy.
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INTERIOR ALCHEMY
Secrets to Creating Expressive Ambience
REBECCA PURCELL
Photographs by Steve Gross and Sue Daley
What gives a home its special character? Why do some rooms draw us in and make us want to stay forever? Why do we love certain homes?
In Interior Alchemy, designer Rebecca Purcell, the woman who helped give New York's most chic decorating emporium—ABC Carpet & Home—its haunting, cutting-edge look, addresses the elusive questions of style and shows exactly what it takes to create expressive ambience in your own home. Rebecca dramatizes the tricks of the design trade, arranging, piling, collecting, layering, hanging, twisting, tucking, aging, embellishing, and reinventing fabrics, furniture, and lighting to demonstrate how anyone can transform an empty room into a world of one's own.
This is no ordinary decorating book but an orgy of ideas, inspiration, and step-by-step instructions on how to set up still lifes and make your own frames, matting, window treatments, exotic lighting fabrications, and arrangements for a salon-style wall of pictures. In more than one hundred full-color photographs of fabulously unique homes, Interior Alchemy will dazzle and motivate all of us with pictures and rooms that are alive with personal style and vision. And there's something for everyone.
If your favorite weekend activity is cruising tag sales and flea markets, Attic may be your element. In this chapter everything from vintage fabrics to fine furniture is organized into artful arrangements with just the right balance of elements.
In Spare decor, each piece of furniture, each object in a room, is surrounded by space, framed by it, as though on display in a gallery. The Expedition look has the feel of the home of a nineteenth-century naturalist—loaded with natural history references, and walls covered with maps, charts, and drawings. In the Exotic home the libido is set
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loose with warm, muted lighting, lots of richly colored fabrics, beads, gilt furnishings, and do-it-yourself art. Alchemy is for the medievalist who loves thick tapestries, drapes, wall hangings, and a touch of gold.
No matter what kind of spirit motivates your style. Interior Alchemy will show you how to make the most of the objects and looks you love by helping you tap into your tastes, showing you how visual planes affect the way a room feels, and demonstrating the techniques that will give you the effects you are searching for. Most of all. Interior Alchemy will unleash your creative energy so that you can transform your home into your own special haven on earth. Vissza