Living by Design

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John Stefanidis Living by Design
A Country House Garden
Style should not be confined to one area of the house, and design is not just for the interior. In this remarkable book, one of the world's leading designers takes us through his own exquisite country home and gardens as the ultimate example of his total concept of design.
John Stefanidis began his career in London in 1967 and has designed homes all over the world for many prominent clients. His rustic country estate is a higly personalized adaptation of a number of farm buildings and the surrounding landscape. In Living by Design he reveals his secrets room by room, disclosing the details that make perfection—floral touches all over the house, a striped curtain hung as a soft "wainscoting" in the bath, a group of white seashells on an end table, or outdoors, the yellow spots of iris blossoms amidst the foliage around a small pond. The Stefanidis trademarks are color and light, and he discusses his methods in detail in... Tovább

Fülszöveg

John Stefanidis Living by Design
A Country House Garden
Style should not be confined to one area of the house, and design is not just for the interior. In this remarkable book, one of the world's leading designers takes us through his own exquisite country home and gardens as the ultimate example of his total concept of design.
John Stefanidis began his career in London in 1967 and has designed homes all over the world for many prominent clients. His rustic country estate is a higly personalized adaptation of a number of farm buildings and the surrounding landscape. In Living by Design he reveals his secrets room by room, disclosing the details that make perfection—floral touches all over the house, a striped curtain hung as a soft "wainscoting" in the bath, a group of white seashells on an end table, or outdoors, the yellow spots of iris blossoms amidst the foliage around a small pond. The Stefanidis trademarks are color and light, and he discusses his methods in detail in every room of the house as well as outdoors, showing how individual spaces are linked to the complete look.
The garden complements the perfection of the house. Botanical details and a planting plan, including the formal and informal gardens and the herb garden, accompany this section of the book. Stefanidis offers simple ideas for arranging flowers or houseplants on table settings indoors and out, and tips on choosing furniture for the garden.
In Living By Design John Stefanidis offers accessible, adaptable ideas for making a beautiful interior and garden a way of life. Vissza