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Darryl Carter is a leader in the design world, recognized for his restrained, distinguished, and livable environments. Known for seamlessly mixing the modern with the classical, Carter presents a comprehensive guide to creating a home that balances individual comfort with a timeless aesthetic.
Comfort is the essential element of a successful interior, but also the most elusive. Too often our design decisions are driven by others. In The New Traditional, Darryl Carter encourages you to be true to your own lifestyle. More than a stunning book, this is an accessible resource for making an elegant, inviting home, responsive to the people who live in it every day.
A fresh take on American design, Carter’s work has been lauded as the New Traditional for effortlessly blending classic and modern elements to create personal environments. Patinated furniture, subtle textiles and lighting, and chalky washes of color are among the details that transform a house into a home. Carter explains how you can translate these details into inspired and always calming surroundings. Ignore the obvious. Redefine a dining room so that it doubles as a library by lining the walls with bookshelves and using wing chairs in lieu of dining chairs. Stain wood floors white to create a greater sense of space. Build rooms around art. Carter shows that designing your home is a process to be enjoyed.
Comfort is the essential element of a successful interior, but also the most elusive. Too often our design decisions are driven by others. In The New Traditional, Darryl Carter encourages you to be true to your own lifestyle. More than a stunning book, this is an accessible resource for making an elegant, inviting home, responsive to the people who live in it every day.
A fresh take on American design, Carter’s work has been lauded as the New Traditional for effortlessly blending classic and modern elements to create personal environments. Patinated furniture, subtle textiles and lighting, and chalky washes of color are among the details that transform a house into a home. Carter explains how you can translate these details into inspired and always calming surroundings. Ignore the obvious. Redefine a dining room so that it doubles as a library by lining the walls with bookshelves and using wing chairs in lieu of dining chairs. Stain wood floors white to create a greater sense of space. Build rooms around art. Carter shows that designing your home is a process to be enjoyed.
About the Author
DARRYL CARTER lives in Washington, D.C. His work has appeared in dozens of major shelter, lifestyle, and news publications, including Town and Country, Elle Decor, Metropolitan Home, and O at Home. He frequently appears on a host of design programs. For more information, visit darrylcarter.com.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
This designer shares great insight for a blending of styles,
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This review is from: The New Traditional: Reinvent-Balance-Define Your Home (Hardcover)
Darryl Carter has a wonderful way of showing how to's on mixing new with old. His rooms are beautifully photographed, but his text is what you truly learn from. Being a designer, it is always great to receive fresh insight in how to take one great antique or reproduction piece and meld it into a more contemporary room setting. His use of organic materials and original design is what sets him apart.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
GREAT DECORATING IDEAS,
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This review is from: The New Traditional: Reinvent-Balance-Define Your Home (Hardcover)
LOVE THIS BOOK. ONE OF MY BEST SOURCES FOR IDEAS. HE COMBINES ANTIQUES WITH CONTEMPORARY ITEMS FOR A MODERN LOOK.NEUTRAL COLOURS AND NATURAL ELEMENTS COMBINE FOR A RELAXING ROOM.
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STILL A FAN,
By AESTHETE - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The New Traditional: Reinvent-Balance-Define Your Home (Hardcover)
I have long admired Darryl Carter for his sophistication, sense of restraint and cool modern take on neoclassicism. That said, I found myself searching each photograph for something just a little more interesting -- just one object or piece of furniture that was a little less generic and basic. The best shot is on the cover, juxtaposing the solid honey brown footed pedestal table and the delicate painted regency klismos chair. A little bit more humor and interplay between shapes, forms, texture and color would go a long way toward activating these interiors and making them spring to life. As is, everything is just a fraction too still and plain. But I'm still a fan.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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Daryl Carter May Be the Next Martha Stewart for Home Furnishings!,
By Robert Haft - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The New Traditional: Reinvent-Balance-Define Your Home (Hardcover)
Daryl Carter has created a new genre and a signature style that is elegant, classical, and comfortable, where the new mixes with the old, and less is certainly more. His equal parts of restraint and creativity create an amazing combination. This book is like a slow, beautiful, casual walk through a well designed yet livable home. I wanted to stop, sit down and enjoy being in many of those rooms. Daryl Carter is already important as furniture designer, lighting designer, and interior designer and if this book is any indication likely the next Martha Stewart like figure for home furnishing.
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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By Danya Speller - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The New Traditional: Reinvent-Balance-Define Your Home (Hardcover)
Darryl Carter is a revolutionary in the design world. Creating classic, visualy engaging, and completely livable environments for his clients has transfered well to the book world. Easy and informative reading, stunning photography, and realistic living environments make this a book not about Darryl Carter (like many interior design books) but about well lived and well crafted interiors. This book is how it should be!
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