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Whatever kind of home you live in - from a high-rise condo on Miami Beach to a glass-enclosed "cabin" in the Pacific Northwest to a New York City townhouse or a ranch house in Dallas - Decorate has something to offer. With its focus on current trends, this book offers advice and insight from some of the top designers working today.

The 33 projects that are collected in this book are artfully photographed and informatively explained. It will give you so many ideas about transforming the home you own into your dream house, that you'll want to start repainting your living room as soon as you spot your favorite room in the book. Decorate concentrates on design and decoration, rather than new construction or structural renovation, hoping that the lessons of each location included will be realistic goals for many homeowners.

Many of the houses, apartments, condominiums, and townhouses that appear in the book are the homes of the professionals who designed them. Others were created for clients. Some of the decorators are at the top of their profession. All of the locations demonstrate important aspects of what is happening in design today.

If the pictures are meant to inspire, however, the text is designed to show you how - or at least give you some insight into what kinds of questions to ask when the time comes to create your own before and after photos. Straight-shooting advice from the pros help you avoid costly errors, a "Key to the Style" box explains the designer's approach and concepts, and "What the Pros Know" sidebars help you gain insight into the ways in which the theoretical becomes possible no matter what kind of home you have.

475 full-color photographs and 30 drawings

This comprehensive, hands-on guide to interior design from Cullman & Kravis, a prominent New York decorating firm, offers a broad spectrum of solutions for integrating architecture, art, and antiques into living spaces that are comfortable, functional, and stylish. As Ellie Cullman writes reassuringly in her introduction: “If the very thought of decorating your home sends you into a tailspin, you can relax. Creating a beautiful, comfortable environment is not a simple process, but it need not be an overwhelming experience.”

In this generously illustrated handbook, Mrs Cullman and her colleague and co-author Tracey Pruzan share the basic principles followed by Cullman & Kravis when they work with clients, whether they are renovating an existing house or building a new one. The authors clearly demonstrate that decorating a home is a rational process that can be followed by anyone willing to learn.

Step by step, they answer the questions and solve the problems associated with every type of project, illustrating the explanations with case studies of actual designs, hundreds of tips, and full-color photographs of completed rooms and details of wall surfaces, rugs, and textiles.

Praise for Decorating with Carpets:
“No element in a room is as important as a carpet, and no firm has more beautiful, creative, and original carpets than Stark. Decorating with Carpets brilliantly showcases the full range of Stark floor coverings, offering inspiration and ideas to dream of — and to use. Stark carpets are in every one of my projects — and this sumptuously illustrated book shows why. Page after page of amazing carpets in superbly decorated rooms — years of inspiration. A must for every designer, architect, and aficionado of the best in interior design.” — Howard Slatkin

"Learn the luxe language of carpets — from Aubusson and Axminster to Savonnerie and dhurrie — in this lavish tribute to the largest, most expensive design element in many rooms." — House & Home

"Decorating with Carpets: A Fine Foundation is truly a gem! This visually delightful book demonstrates the importance of carpets in the world of interior design. . . . This fabulous volume shouldn't be missed. Highly recommended to every designer and design aficionados!" — Mix and Chic

"Decorating with Carpets is a great resource on carpets with discussions on types, patterns and textures, but the hundreds of pages of beautiful spaces by renowned designers also make it a real treasure trove of interior design." — From the Right Bank

"Photos capture a range of delectably-decorated interiors, all done by top-notch designers. . . .  If you're like me and appreciate Stark for its notable history, then you will likely find this book a worthy addition to your library." — The Peak of Chic

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In decoration, a carpet’s influence is never outsized. In fact, more than any other element of a room, and as the largest and most expensive component of any design scheme, the effect a carpet has on a space is every bit as great as its size. Decorators have long recognized the importance of a fine carpet, its impact on the colours and textures of a space, its contribution to creating an atmosphere, its feel of luxury, and, with the best examples, its lasting value.

Despite their essential role as the bedrock of any design scheme, beautiful carpets have lived in the shadows of recognition. Decorating with Carpets: A Fine Foundation aims to change that oversight, tapping the extensive and remarkable archive of Stark Carpet for interior design’s greatest examples.

Over the course of its 75 years, Stark Carpet, the premier purveyor of carpets to the trade in the country, has worked with the each era’s most notable designers, from Billy Baldwin and Dorothy Draper to Sister Parish and Albert Hadley to Mark Hampton and Mario Buatta to contemporary leading lights such as Diamond Baratta, Victoria Hagan, Katie Ridder, and Stephen Gambrel. These designers offer imaginative solutions to practical problems ranging from the selection of appropriate carpeting for high-traffic areas, such as stairs and corridors, to using faux wild cat and fawn motifs to unify colour and design, and countless other challenges.

Carpets produced by Stark demonstrate decorating trends at their highest level. Decorating with Carpets: A Fine Foundation delves into types of carpets (Oriental, Aubusson, Savonnerie, Dhurrie, French velour, Moroccan, French Petit and Gros Point, Portuguese and Greek needlework, Axminster, Wilton, flatweave, hand-carved) and explores patterns (geometrics, florals, plaids, animal prints) and textures, illustrating all through the work of the most talented American designers. Decorating with Carpets: A Fine Foundation promises be the definitive book on carpet, a handsome, richly illustrated volume that, like its subject, captures great beauty and has timeless value.

About the Authors:

Heather Smith MacIsaac is a New York-based critic, editor, and writer. A long-time contributor to Elle Decor, House & Garden, and AD, she is the author of Vendome’s Lars Bolander’s Scandinavian Style and Katie Ridder Rooms.Ashley Stark is creative director of Stark Carpet, Inc.
Chad Stark is senior vice president of Stark Carpet, Inc.

Not everyone is an interior designer. But anyone can design an interior…using Decorating: The Smart Approach to Design, the perfect go-to guide for real people. Trendy styles and colors may come and go, but good design is lasting. This book showcases hundreds of examples of appealing interiors and explains how to use the fundamental principles that professionals rely on to create tasteful, comfortable rooms. Learn how to choose colors with confidence and understand how lighting can affect it. Shop for quality furniture, and learn how to arrange it to make the most of space. Hang and display art and other accessories to create great conversation pieces.

- Approach a decorating project as a designer would.
- Learn the basic principles of design.
- Understand color and light.
- Select perfect window treatments.
- Arrange art and accessories.
- Shop smartly for quality furniture.

More than 4,500 objects on 415 plates illustrate a remarkable variety of decorative ironwork from Roman times to the 19th century. Drawn from a rare 1924 source by a noted scholar and collector, it runs the gamut from door knockers and grilles to jewelry and religious symbols.
Reprint of the J. Schemit, Paris, 1924 edition.

Beautiful hand-wrought iron gates, grilles, architectural details, and fireplace equipment feature scrollwork and floral embellishments, from many ancient towns in Italy.

Medieval and rococo elements are plentiful.

487 full-page, black and white photographs illuminate details that will inspire blacksmiths and designers today.

The original locations of the ironwork are identified in the text.

Who can resist the magic of beautiful wrought ironwork? What artists in iron have wrought over the centuries in ornaments and decorations is shown in this book through hundreds of captivating photographs. Thorough attention is paid to the restoration of wrought iron through discussions of techniques and various materials.

The ironwork examples are organized according to the uses of ironwork, such as gratings that protect doors and windows, entries and gates from Europe in the Middle Ages, through the artistic creations of the 17th and 18th centuries up to works of our own day.

Balconies and stairways, arbors, fencing, and church gratings provide exceptional opportunities for beautiful wrought iron artistry. Look and learn, and be inspired.

Le but de ce livre est de faire découvrir le décor àtravers les siècles, depuis l’Antiquité jusqu’à la deuxième moitié du XIXesiècle. Les nombreux documents reproduits montrent les différentes formes dedécors dont on peut s’inspirer pour réaliser sa propre composition. Suivent desexplications techniques pour la réalisation du ou des décors tels que la prisede mesures, la confection des rideaux, la coupe des décors, la suspension dudécor et le métrage.

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Le décor dans l'Antiquité. Le Moyen-Age. De la Renaissance à Louis XIV. De la Régence à l'Empire. Le XIXe siècle. Le XXe siècle. Le décor drapé. La draperie à l'Antiquité. Les festons. Rideaux relevés à l'italienne. Les choux Storemarquise. Store vénitien. Rideau croisé. Le métrage. Les rideaux. Les têtes derideau. Les rideaux doublés. Pose de la passementerie. Bandeau et lambrequin.L’embrase. La suspension des décors. Le montage des tringles.

Eating is so much more than merely fulfilling a fundamental bodily need. Eating appeals to all of our senses; it boosts our well-being on every level. Now, more than ever, it is an expression of our mindset, identity, spirit, and culture.

Around the world, a scene of young food entrepreneurs is developing that brings together creatives, tradespeople, and activists. This scene aspires to deal with both the food that we need, and the food that we enjoy, in more creative, more sensuous, and more responsible ways. It is united by a passion for making food an experience as well as by a high appreciation for the quality, origin, aesthetics, and workmanship of food.

Delicate introduces the protagonists at the forefront of this current movement along with the projects, places, and products associated with them. The book documents a wide spectrum from small brewers, coffee roasters, and chocolate-makers to artists, event managers, and creators of zines.

Event concepts are shown that use food to facilitate communication and social interaction in tried and true, as well as surprising new ways. Locations such as shops, markets, and restaurants become meeting places for everyone who would like to learn, participate, sample, and enjoy.

The experimental projects featured in Delicate are blazing trails for a better understanding of nourishment and a new passion for food.