- Hardcover: 176 pages
- Publisher: Rizzoli; illustrated edition edition (Oct 17 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0847828468
- ISBN-13: 978-0847828463
- Product Dimensions: 23.7 x 2.1 x 31.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.3 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #751,561 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
Greenwich, Connecticut, has a mystique all its own. It epitomizes the suburban tradition in America, with houses that are among the country's most beautiful examples of colonial, Tudor, and English country style. This book offers a glimpse into homes that are "quintessentially Greenwich"—that capture the classic style and tradition of houses that are stately and reflect a life well lived. With their handsome facades and elegant yet comfortable interiors, these homes have provided inspiration to decorators and homeowners nationwide. In this richly illustrated volume, celebrated interior designer Cindy Rinfret provides entrée to the beautiful homes she has crafted with her exquisite eye for detail and unique decorating sensibility: a warm blend of color; contemporary materials with traditional shapes; antiques with inexpensive pieces; English-style furnishings with family heirlooms. All-new photography walks the reader through the twelve homes in the book, from their long, tree-lined driveways through their gracious entryways and into their elegant yet comfortable rooms. By opening these doors, Rinfret lets us inside an intimate and exclusive world and shows how people who covet the look and style of Greenwich can create it for themselves.
About the Author
Cindy Rinfret is the owner of Rinfret Ltd., a leading design firm in Fairfield and Westchester Counties. She is also the proprietor of Rinfret Ltd. Home & Garden Shop, located on Greenwich Avenue in Greenwich, where she lives.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
WOW -- I SAW AN EARLY COPY!,
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This review is from: Classic Greenwich Style (Hardcover)
What a great book! The pictures and the writing really convey the essence of Greenwich's architecture and interior design. Cindy Rinfret is clearly one of the truly talented people who recognize the look and can create the mystique.
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3.5 out of 5 stars (15 customer reviews) 43 of 52 people found the following review helpful
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Less than Alluring!,
By Maximum Toile - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Classic Greenwich Style (Hardcover)
When this title first popped up on Amazon, I was thrilled to bits. I had pretty much bought up 90% of all Amazon's *Traditional Decorating* titles, besides mistakenly buying trifles like DOMESTICITIES, which is just about as traditional as Quentin Tarantino's bathroom.But to get back to the subject, I found most of the interiors (except the Chinoiserie-influenced one) suffer from a certain lifelessness. (Doesn't anyone in Greenwich read books that aren't bound in gilded leather or displayed artfully on a inlaid wood surface next to a giant magnifying glass with ivory handles?) The old abandoned mansions of Cuba show more life, peeling mouldy walls nothwithstanding. (What a long word! And probably misspelled too!) So there goes another book in my shelf of Desperate decorating disappointments, right next to this thing I bought about the Spanish style homes of Santa Barbara, which have really nice tiles! 10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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Buy for the photos only....,
By A Book Collector - Published on Amazon.com
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It's unfortunate that Ms. Rinfret doesn't write as well as she designs. The photos of her work (and her work) are excellent, but the text is sophomoric at best. The number of self-aggrandizing "I" statements led me to abandon reading midway through the second chapter and just peruse the photos - which is the only reason to buy this book.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Great coffee table book,
By Designer Dee - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Classic Greenwich Style (Hardcover)
If you're looking for a beautifully photographed coffee table book, then this is the one for you. The book is a very high quality visual treat; the cover is eye-catching and the photographs are superb. The writing, however, is very amateurish. It has no style or artistic flair, and is very pedestrian when compared to books written by other designers. If you want to read a wonderful book, get "Rooms" by Mariette Himes Gomez. Both the photos and the copy are excellent.
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