Country Living Your House, Your Home: Randy Florke's Decorating EssentialsHearst Books, 2005 - 192 oldal Randy Florke--a Country Living contributor who has also been featured in the New York Times and on the Today show--presents the most accessible (and easiest) decorating primer ever created. His beautiful and affordable heartland sensibility, which he refers to as "anti keeping up with the Joneses," is irresistible. Interior decorator and Country Living contributing editor Randy Florke hails from Iowa-and his inviting design style captures the warmth and homey appeal of heartland America. Every beautiful color photograph here presents real-life examples of rooms that radiate charm and practically invite readers to step inside and make themselves at home. Using a friendly, personal approach, Florke explores what he calls the "three muses" of design: comfort, economy, and color. Comfort resides in line-dried quilts and overstuffed sofas. Economy means items chosen from flea markets, thrift stores, or grandmother's attic. Country color is the faded blue of crockery and the pale shades of damask tablecloths. Anyone hoping to transform a home from ordinary to extraordinary will find thrifty and stylish ways to design. A Selection of the Homestyle Book Club. Having traveled the world as a model, Randy Florke takes great pleasure in mixing his far-flung influences with those from his boyhood days on a Midwestern farm. His busy life includes a growing family and homes in New York City, Larrabee, Iowa and Sullivan County, New York. |
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Foreword | 9 |
Gathering Places | 25 |
Rooms for Lingering | 45 |
Rooms for a Repast | 63 |
Rooms to Dream | 79 |
A Retreat | 95 |
Watching | 113 |
In Town | 131 |
Fabulous Façades | 145 |
Lets Go Shopping | 161 |
A Country 12 | 179 |
Appendix | 186 |
Photo Credits | 192 |
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189. oldal - Proper tools can make the difference between a mediocre job and a good one, but you must know how to use them.