- Hardcover: 176 pages
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0847824063
- ISBN-13: 978-0847824069
- Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 2 x 30 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.1 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #640,422 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
In Classic Design Styles well-known author and interior designer, Lady Henrietta Spencer Churchill turns her attention to the history of American and European classic interior design traditions including: Victorian, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Federal Style, Queen Anne, Georgian, Colonial, Empire and Arts & Crafts.
Opening the doors of private homes she decorated in America and Europe, Spencer-Churchill takes us on a room tour of one spectacular house decorated in each style. She explains in detail the theory and methods behind the look, how to interpret traditional styles for your own home, and the enduring value and allure of each. Illustrating how to work with an existing room, Spencer-Churchill includes a section on architectural and furnishing details including floors, windows, fabrics and paints. Lavishly illustrated with examples of period styles as timeless and popular as they are diverse, Classic Design Styles is sure to join Lady Henrietta's other decorating books as a perennial favorite.
About the Author
Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill runs a successful interior design company, Woodstock Design, and has clients in the United States and the UK. She is a regular lecturer and is author of numerous books including Rizzoli's: Classic English, Classic Decorative Details, Classic Fabrics. Classic Georgian Style, Classic Meets Contemporary, and the ever popular Classic Entertaining.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The Best Housewarming Gift Ever,
By A Customer
This review is from: Classic Design Styles (Hardcover)
What a pleasure! Lady Henrietta's books are always a wonderful combination of how-to and design history. Unlike many decorating books, this is a pleasure to read, even if you're not planning on specific changes. Also, while the photographs are all of splendorous homes of the wealthy, the author consistently gives tips for those of us with a significantly tighter budget. I recommend this to anyone interested in design history (beautiful photos!), and I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone who lives in a "classic" home, regardless of your level of know-how.
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4.3 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews) 55 of 57 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Best Housewarming Gift Ever,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Classic Design Styles (Hardcover)
What a pleasure! Lady Henrietta's books are always a wonderful combination of how-to and design history. Unlike many decorating books, this is a pleasure to read, even if you're not planning on specific changes. Also, while the photographs are all of splendorous homes of the wealthy, the author consistently gives tips for those of us with a significantly tighter budget. I recommend this to anyone interested in design history (beautiful photos!), and I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone who lives in a "classic" home, regardless of your level of know-how.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Decorating Ideas,
By Bear One - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Classic Design Styles (Hardcover)
Lady Spencer-Churchill has written some very good English decorating books. The photographs are beautiful and the text is always well written. I purchased this book as a gift to give to a friend. I rated it with four stars as I found the book seems to feature mostly yellow or gold colored rooms, which I found a bit repetitive.
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Classic Design Styles,
By LIZZY "Wife & Cat Mom" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Classic Design Styles (Hardcover)
If you are a lover of history as I am, you will enjoy this book. It is not purely a home decor book of ideas, but truly a photographic history lesson on many classical styles and the reasons behind them. Some photos may seem rather palatial for today's modern living...but if you like antiques and architectural history you can certainly take a few elements and apply them to a city apartment, modest house, or if you are very lucky, to the English mansion you may inherit from your long lost auntie...
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