- Hardcover: 144 pages
- Publisher: McArthur & Company / Not Applicable; illustrated edition edition (Oct 3 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1840005793
- ISBN-13: 978-1840005790
- Product Dimensions: 28.6 x 23.7 x 1.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,139,431 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
This volume offers advice on adding a professional touch to the way treasured objects are displayed around the home. The approach relates to any category of object, whether single pieces or groups, from family photographs and decorative glass vases to large sculptural pieces or collections of shells. Many types of places to display are explored, whether horizontal or vertical planes, hidden spaces, mantelpieces, plinths, shelves or bookcases. It also looks at window sills, tables, bespoke cabinets, walls and floors. The final section offers a range of practical guidelines on the techniques behind display such as mounting pictures, putting up shelves, hanging textiles and conservation and cleaning.
About the Author
Katherine Sorrell is Associate Editor (Features) of Homes & Gardens magazine. She has written for numerous newspapers and magazines, including The Times, The Sunday Times, the Daily Telegraph, the Independent, and Elle Decoration. Her books include The Ultimate Home Style Guide, Modern Comfort, Living Textures, and Complete Craft. She was chosen as a selector for the Chelsea Crafts Fair in 1999 and also acted as a selector for the Crafts Council's Buyer's Guide to Contemporary British Textiles for the Interior. She lives in North London and in her spare time enjoys collecting contemporary crafts, in particular ceramics.
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Beauty AND brains,
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This review is from: The Art of Display: Creating Style with Decorative Objects (Hardcover)
Decor books suffer from a terrible split personality problem. If they have great photos and idea rooms, they often have text that is trifling and badly written, usually with no good advice either. Or, they have good design tips and inspiration, but it's packed into a bad-looking, text-book like tome. This book is neither. It's a rarity-well-written, full of good ideas, and illustrated with lovely photos. From a wall of common keys that somehow look like art to an inspired table of topiaries, these are easy-to-emulate, high-impact designs. A section of how-to-tips at the back (a rod with which to hang a kimono on the wall, easy shelving projects) also makes this book a keeper. Highly recommended for collecters, as well, since The Art of Display has plenty of ideas for dispaying collectibles without cluttering up a space.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Beauty AND brains,
By Jennifer Barger - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Art of Display: Creating Style with Decorative Objects (Hardcover)
Decor books suffer from a terrible split personality problem. If they have great photos and idea rooms, they often have text that is trifling and badly written, usually with no good advice either. Or, they have good design tips and inspiration, but it's packed into a bad-looking, text-book like tome. This book is neither. It's a rarity-well-written, full of good ideas, and illustrated with lovely photos. From a wall of common keys that somehow look like art to an inspired table of topiaries, these are easy-to-emulate, high-impact designs. A section of how-to-tips at the back (a rod with which to hang a kimono on the wall, easy shelving projects) also makes this book a keeper. Highly recommended for collecters, as well, since The Art of Display has plenty of ideas for dispaying collectibles without cluttering up a space. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Great but with a word of caution,
By Decorating Lover - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Art of Display: Creating Style with Decorative Objects (Hardcover)
This is a beautiful discussion of the subject with handsome pictures to illustrate the techniques of arranging displays, especially for your collections. I do want to caution readers on the examples shown where it appears everything in the collection is displayed at once. You can overdo a good thing and one needs to know where to stop. Not everything need be displayed all at the same time or in the same place. Having said that, this book will really help you understand there is an "art" to displaying your art and accessories and this author is one of the few who also seems to understand the importance of scale and proportion in design. It will make a very good addition to your decorating library.
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