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New Classic Style: Mixing Modern and Traditional for a Fresh New Look (Better Homes & Gardens) (Better Homes & Gardens)

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Publisher: Better Homes and Gardens
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Modern furniture, with its clean lines and pure shapes, has its own cachet. Dating from the 1920s to the mid-1960s, it represents several stages and sources of development: Marcel Breuer, who created tubular steel for chairs, tables, stools, and sofas in the 1920s; Gilbert Rhode and Russel Wright, who designed maple and birch furniture with sweeping, aerodynamic lines for Heywood-Wakefield in the 1930s; Bruno Mathsson and Alvar Aalto, who used blond birch plywood and heat-molding techniques to produce graceful furniture in the late 1930s; and architects and industrial designers who made goods with molded plastics, laminates, aluminum, and stainless-steel after World War II. By profiling the interiors of 14 homeowners, New Classic Style shows how to mix these pieces with traditional furnishings. Strategies include combining shapes to achieve harmony, using color to unify diverse furnishings, and contrasting the old and new. The results are dramatic, exciting, and comfortable. The book also explains key furniture shapes and important figures from each period in design history.


DESCRIPTION:

Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 747
EAN: 9780696214035
ISBN: 0696214032
Label: Better Homes and Gardens
Manufacturer: Better Homes and Gardens
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 216
Publication Date: 2003-03-15
Publisher: Better Homes and Gardens
Studio: Better Homes and Gardens


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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Customer Rating:
Summary: GREAT book for novice decorators.
Comment: This is a great book if you are looking for new ideas for your home and you don't want to spend a fortune. Also a great book if you want to NOT do what everyone else is doing!
Customer Rating:
Summary: An exciting book
Comment: I can't think when a new decorating book excited me as much as this one. I buy a lot of decorating books, but New Classic Style is so chic yet so helpful all at the same time. The premise, which is carried out stylishly by the photos, involves mixing classic furnishings from all eras and genres to create "personal" style. The book is so what I'm all about and what I see my friends doing. I've never seen a book on how to create your own mix before.

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