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Title: Rooms : Creating Luxurious, Livable Spaces by Mariette Himes Gomez ISBN: 0060083700 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 08 July, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.56
Rating: 5
Summary: Rooms: Creating Luxurious Livable Spaces
Comment: As I thumbed through nine years of back issues of 'Architectural Digest this year, I was re captivated by the photos of particular homes. They were always interiors designed by Mariette Himes Gomez. I ordered 'Rooms' by Gomez and am thrilled with the book! I by no means have a pocket book like Mariette Himes Gomez or her clients, but can put many of her interior design methods to use now, thanks to her book. I love how she transforms a room into an atmosphere that is an art in itself. She shares her incredible talent in a book that is a pleasure to read. Since reading 'Rooms', I've rearranged furniture, paired art and accessorized table tops without struggling anymore. Her discussion on lighting helped my husband and I make the move to track lights that don't detract from the light fixtures we enjoy for their craftsmanship. 'Rooms' is a book I'll refer to as I tackle future interior design improvement projects in our home. Thank you, Mariette Himes Gomez for a luxurious book with practical design concepts.
Rating: 1
Summary: A book for a very small segment of readers
Comment: With birthday money, I indulged myself with several decorating books recently. I'm not fond of this one, and I've enjoyed reading other amazon buyers' comments. This book might appeal to a very small segment of readers who are either truly upscale and formal or snobby wanna-bes. It's about showing off "fine" furnishings instead of putting your feet up and living the typically casual American lifestyle. It's a high-end book by a high-end designer for a clientele that's either very formal or simply show-off. It's not for everyone. I'm a high-end consumer, but this book and these room designs certainly are not for me. I'd rather relax, thank you.
Rating: 4
Summary: Luxury in the simplified details
Comment: I was saddened to see several people didn't understand how Ms. Gomez' definition of luxury fit into daily lives. Not all designers' styles will appeal to everyman, and this I think is truly the case here. I fully melted into these photos (any designer's text will get old after awhile, but the visuals are what matters in most shelter books/mags anyway), and believe that luxury is that one beautiful chair, eating off of the silver instead of stainless, or editing a room's structure, content, and "feel" until the only things that are there are what is truly beautiful or truly useful--heard that phrase before??
Luxury is in the color, the texture, the way something speaks to you, quiet and consistent. For some, that means there should be more of everything, much like Mario Buatta. For some, it's John Saladino, Victoria Hagan, Barbara Barry...or Mariette Hines-Gomez. It's the difference between an emerald-cut diamond v. a round cut surrounded by pave stones, or the classic cashmere turtleneck and trousers or that pair of perfectly broken in jeans, or a heavily beaded dress...each luxurious in its own way and appropriate for some people but not everyone. In the furnishings world, some people are Hepplewhite, some are Pottery Barn, and others are drawn to Ms. Gomez or, to the mass market, C.S. Post or Baker's Milling Road. Nothing wrong with any of these--it's what says "home" to YOU.
This book will show you how to pare things down, using quality of any age, mixing a Paris deco chair with a more traditional desk or or steel and glass table with a Chippendale tufted sofa. It's just as easy to live in these rooms as any other, IF you're in a room that reflects who YOU are. That's what design is all about; if a room that's been fit with subtle enhancements, like great moldings or a simple slate fireplace surround, furniture with great lines and fabric, and less ornamentation appeals to you, then "Rooms" will be a book you pore over, again and again.
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Title: Dwellings: Living with Great Style by Stephen Sills/James Huniford ISBN: 0821228463 Publisher: Bulfinch Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Jeffrey Bilhuber's Basics : Expert Solutions for Designing The House of Your Dreams by Jeffrey Bilhuber ISBN: 0847825647 Publisher: Rizzoli Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Learning to See: Bringing the World Around You into Your Home by Vicente Wolf, Louis Oliver Gropp ISBN: 1579652174 Publisher: Artisan Sales Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Sheer Opulence: Haslam Style: Glamour in Contemporary Interiors by Nicholas Haslam ISBN: 0823047970 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Southern Accents On Color by Frances Macdougall ISBN: 0821228110 Publisher: Bulfinch Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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