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Title: The Scandinavian Look: Country by Design by Mary Seehafer Sears, Keith Scott Morton, Stephen Brook ISBN: 1-57717-187-X Publisher: Todtri Productions Ltd Pub. Date: November, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: An American Take on the Swedish Style Home
Comment: This is an excellent pictoral review of a lovely home recently built in the Wisconsin countryside. The book is full of great ideas for both interior and especially exterior architectural details. As an interior and architectural designer, I have stolen ideas extensively for a Scandinavian style home I am working on which is currently under construction. The house featured in the book is beautifully done, but not for those seeking a subtle take on the Swedish/Scandinavian home. Disneyesque could aptly describe the overall look and feel of the home. This is not to say it does not have a great charm, but it slams its design concepts home with no punches pulled. It is an American interpretation and distillation of Scandinavia.
There are a lot of great ideas for color and design for the built interiors, but I found the interior furnishings and accessories to be ameteurish and do not live up to the professional standard of the architecture that contains it. The furnishings are rather middle of the road contemporary country style and do not suit the carefully orchestrated design concepts of the architectural designer. For instance the sofas are large and clunky, and are upholstered in a bland fabric - none of which would ever been found in a house of this type of traditional Swedish home.
With that caveat I highly recommend the book to those who admire the Scandinavian style and especially to anyone planning to design and build a home in this style.
Rating: 5
Summary: Scandinavian Interior Design
Comment: As a folk artist, I am interested in European interior design. My interest in Swedish design lies in the magnificient use of color. This book provided what I needed.
Rating: 5
Summary: Dream home down to every detail
Comment: I'm fascinated with Carl Larsson's home, and have long wished to recreate that same feel in a modern home. Not being an architect or interior designer, I find it hard though to translate the essence of Carl Larsson and charming old-world Scandinavian design into modern details. This book shows it all. The magnificent home featured is packed with charm without being gaudy. It's also packed with ingeniously creative solutions to practical needs. Full of color photos, it's eye-candy worthy of coffee-table display, and yet is practical enough to be a workbook during the planning stage of a building/remodeling project. It's now my "Dream Home Bible".
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Title: Bringing It Home: Sweden : The Ultimate Guide to Creating the Feeling of Sweden in Your Home by Cheryl Maclachlan ISBN: 0517707837 Publisher: Clarkson Potter Pub. Date: 16 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Scandinavian Country by Pamela Diaconis ISBN: 156799721X Publisher: Friedman/Fairfax Publishing Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: New Swedish Style: A Practical Decorating Guide by Sasha Waddell, Pia Tryde ISBN: 0847819760 Publisher: Rizzoli Pub. Date: September, 1996 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Carl and Karin Larsson: Creators of the Swedish Style by Michael/Hidemark E. Snodin ISBN: 0821224816 Publisher: Bulfinch Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Design Basics for Swedish Folk Art, Volume 1 by Diane E. Edwards ISBN: 0967458315 Publisher: Rosemaling & Crafts Pub. Date: 20 May, 1996 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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