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Title: Meditations on Design: Reinventing Your Home With Style and Simplicity by John Wheatman ISBN: 1-57324-192-X Publisher: Conari Pr Pub. Date: March, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.56 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Finally someone who speaks from the heart!
Comment: EXCELLENT! In just the forward the author speaks volumes... There are no "rules", come to a project with an open mind rather than a list of shoulds and should nots based in showroom philosophy....it is not necessary to cast off everything you own and buy everything new...if you worry about a nameless, faceless prospective buyer and resale then you cheat yourself out of the comfort of a home that meets your own needs now....a home is more than an interior space...it needs to encompass your entry, your landscaping, the view of your neighborhood....people need to let go of the idea that a designer "does" a room and then it is "done"....a good home changes and evolves over time as we humans do...a good home is never "done"....it grows with the people who occupy it...
The book then goes on to offer 21 principles to be taken into account while you delve into the enjoyable and gratifying task of creating your own personal space.Photographer David Wakely does an excellent job of capturing the essence of the rooms. The author intentionally "included a number of David's nature photographs" so that they might inspire people to open up to the wonders of the outside world, encouraging people to reproduce such beauty in their own homes.
"Your home is your corner of the world. It should both enrich your life and enable you to share your gifts with others. Designing your space is all about who you are and what you enjoy. My hope in writing this book, is to inspire you to use home design ~ something we al must do in one fashion or another ~ as means of creative self expression..."
A lovely book for those who are open to receive....
Rating: 5
Summary: Superb!
Comment: I have a collection of books on interior design and this is one of my favorites because he covers the basics of what makes a room work for you. The simplicity of his presentation gave me volumes of ideas to work with, and I felt like I had some solid tools for creating my rooms into unique atmospheres that fed my soul. I used one of the tools right after reading the book and "edited" my master bedroom. It now has a much more calm and serene feeling to it and all I did was remove the furniture and small items that made it feel so cluttered.
Rating: 1
Summary: Misguided by other reviews
Comment: Based on the previous positive reviews - in particular by a professional interior designer -, I decided to buy Wheatman's book. When the book was delivered, my secretary opened the parcel and looked through the book mumbling "what a waste of money". I have to agree: The pictures have generally no information. About 20% of all pictures show foggy/misty ponds, a flower in a vase, the ocean. Why that? To reflect the style of Wheatman's writing which is somewhat poetic, that is describing the higher ideals of interior design in a romantic manner. It reminds me on these $... books you can buy in tobacco stores at major European train stations: Cheap photographs of misty valleys accompanied by a sentence encouraging you "to rest in yourself". Definitely not what I expect from an interior design book. The remaining 80% of the book deal with variations of the cover picture: Wheatman seems to have very limited resources in his design. In summary, I suggest not to buy this book, unless you like the meditative writings available at the train stations.....
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Title: A Good House Is Never Done by John Wheatman, Sarah Susanka, David Wakely ISBN: 1573247170 Publisher: Conari Pr Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Not So Big Solutions for Your Home by Sarah Susanka ISBN: 1561586137 Publisher: Taunton Press Pub. Date: 27 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Patterns of Home: The Ten Essentials of Enduring Design by Max Jacobson, Murray Silverstein, Barbara Winslow ISBN: 1561585335 Publisher: Taunton Press Pub. Date: 27 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Home by Design: Transforming Your House Into Home by Sarah Susanka ISBN: 1561586188 Publisher: Taunton Press Pub. Date: 11 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: The Distinctive Home: A Vision of Timeless Design by Jeremiah Eck ISBN: 1561585289 Publisher: Taunton Press Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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