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Title: Designers in Residence: The Personal Style of Top Women Decorators & Designers by From the Editors of Victoria Magazine ISBN: 1588160033 Publisher: Hearst Books Pub. Date: December, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.2
Rating: 4
Summary: A nice overview of the homes of top women interior designers
Comment: VICTORIA magazine's "Designers in Residence" is a nice overview of the homes of top women interior designers who are based everywhere from several big American cities to Belgium and France and everywhere in between. It's always fascinating to see how interior designers decorate their own homes, instead of those they do for their clients. You get the sense that while their homes represent sanctuary for them--as home rightly should--they also use their homes as design labs, testing this or that fabric or paint finish or furniture placement to see how it might work elsewhere.
The names are ones design mavens will recognize: Sheila Bridges, Rachel Ashwell, Theodora van Runkle (who also did the costumes for several movies, including "Bonnie & Clyde" in 1967), Isabelle de Borchgrave, Charlotte Moss, and more. There is solid, if sometimes unsurprising, information here on aging fabrics, using different decorative and trompe-l'oeil paint techniques, placing pictures on the wall, and so on. The layout of the book is attractive and uncluttered, the focus being solidly on the interiors--as it should be. This would be a nice little addition to the library of any design or interiors fan.
Rating: 2
Summary: skip this one - buy "designing women" instead
Comment: okay, i admit it, i am a design book junkie. this book, however, definitely does not do justice to the designers or their homes. in fact, the photos are adequate, not nearly on the same level of sophistication of "designing women" by russell - which is a terrific book on some really terrific interior designers. "designers in residence" mirrors the editorial content of the magazine which produced it - "victoria" - of which i am not a fan. if you want an inside tour of some very talented designers - buy "designing women" instead.
Rating: 4
Summary: great source of inspiration
Comment: If you are looking for a book to help inspire you in your decorating endeavors, and you enjoy the style showcased monthly in Victoria magazine, then this might help. However, this is not a how-to book. This makes an excellent coffee table book as it is full of beautiful pictures and some well-known (Rachel Ashwell) and not-so-well-known decorators. Victoria magazine subscribers will recognize some of the photos. Personally, I love to page through it. I would recommend it.
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Title: Victoria: Bedrooms: Private Worlds & Places to Dream by From the Editors of Victoria Magazine ISBN: 0688151027 Publisher: Hearst Books Pub. Date: December, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Intimate Home: Creating a Private World by From the Editors of Victoria Magazine, Victoria Magazine ISBN: 1588161978 Publisher: Hearst Books Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Decorating With White by From the Editors of Victoria Magazine, Victoria Magazine ISBN: 1588161919 Publisher: Hearst Books Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Decorating with Roses: Patterns, Petals & Prints to Adorn Every Room by Victoria Magazine, Jeanine Larmoth, Peggy Kennedy ISBN: 1588162354 Publisher: Hearst Books Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: White Christmas: Decorating and Entertaining for the Holiday Season by Tricia Foley, William P. Steele, Jill, Kirchner Simpson, Jill Kirchner ISBN: 0517704110 Publisher: Clarkson Potter Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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