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At Home with the Past: How the Love of Old Things Creates Beautiful Interiors [Hardcover]

Steve Gross (Author)
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October 13, 1998
How can you bring the beauty and grace of the past into your own home? The rich, idiosyncratic aura of bygone days evokes a sense of roots--whether grand or modest, playful or serious--that offers comfort, ease, and, above all, warmth. It is this ambiance of character and charm that Steve Gross and Sue Daley have captured so stunningly in At Home with the Past. Filled with more than 150 glorious full-color photographs, this sumptuous book showcases twenty homes whose owners have re-created the best of the past while mixing in contemporary conveniences and the sparkle of modern wit.

Steve Gross and Sue Daley exhibit a genius for uncovering extraordinary homes all across the country. Some of their finds are luxurious, some are genuinely old, but many are modest houses and apartments that have been decorated and furnished with more imagination than money. Whether it's a rustic cabin in New Mexico, a Long Island garage turned into a guest cottage, a rundown Savannah townhouse, or a Manhattan loft filled with flea market finds, these are homes that range across a wide variety of styles and budgets. The owners explain how they came to make their choices and share with readers a multitude of decorating tips and insights that offer both guidance and inspiration. With its wealth of exquisite photographs, At Home with the Past is a visual feast for anyone seeking to re-create the beauty of the old in order to imbue their surroundings with a true sense of place.  

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On their travels across the United States, photographers Steve Gross and Sue Daley were impressed by the many homeowners they found who had created homes "full of character and comfort" by lovingly combining their passion for the past with "modern humor, ease, and convenience." The two were so impressed that they decided to photograph the homes--some 20 in all--in order to share this source of secret inspiration with others. The homes in At Home with the Past: How the Love of Old Things Creates Beautiful Interiors reach across a "wide variety of styles and budgets," making this perfect melding of the past and present affordable for all--from a cozy guest cottage stuffed to the rafters with yard-sale finds and a dilapidated Greek revival house full of the owner's idiosyncratic style, to a Moorish fantasy hideaway complete with flea-market Persian rugs and a "Nifty '50s" cabin in the Catskills. While advice from the individual homeowners is interesting and useful (try spicing up your space with fabric--a traditional pieced quilt can magically become a charming table-topper), it's the magnificent full-color photographs of the homes that will truly inspire those "seeking to re-create the beauty of the old in order to imbue their surroundings with a true sense of place."

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"It has been a fascinating experience to visit these extraordinary homes. Although each place reflects a completely different personal vision, they all express the same deeply held conviction that the old objects and ways from the past deserve to be honored and enjoyed."
-- From the Authors' Introduction

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Clarkson Potter; 1 edition (October 13, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0517703718
  • ISBN-13: 978-0517703717
  • Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.7 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #917,491 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Apartment Buyer With a Tight Budget, August 8, 2000
This review is from: At Home with the Past: How the Love of Old Things Creates Beautiful Interiors (Hardcover)
My husband and I are buying our first apartment so I'm always looking for inspiration. After paging through countless decorating books I knew this was the one I wanted to own. Each of the 20 homes showcased exemplifies personality over cookie-cutter design concepts, each shows old objects used in unexpected ways, and finally, and maybe most importantly, the houses and apartments are intensely personal. You know people actually live there. From a railroad apartment to a renovated church, At Home With the Past consistently inspires me to follow my instincts and not the dictates of the style du jour. The clincher for me, however, is that anyone with an eye for the unexpected beauty in flea market finds or even curbside freebies can achieve a great look with a small budget. Another point to remember is that the furnishings and decorative items were acquired over time, which provides an added depth. As the personality of the owner changes and grows, so does her taste. It takes time to make a house (or an apartment) a home.
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21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This is a mind-blowing work of art., September 17, 1998
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I bought this because I am a fan of their first book, OLD HOUSES, and this was such a refreshing surprise to see a repeat with a twist. What a treat to see these imaginative interiors with great use of color, objects and psychedelics.

Maybe someday the magazines will catch up to their way hip aesthetic. Can't wait to see what this rad photographer duo is going to surprise us with next.

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7 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Not too impressed, May 10, 2000
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I received this book as a gift as I am a great bargin hunter and garage sale person. I'm afraid this book was a disappointment as it showed arty photos of shabby old houses with shabby old furniture. Most people buy old things to preserve them and blend them in with their everyday life, not to accumulate a houseful of tatty old "stuff" and hope it is interpreted as the popular "shabby chic". The photography in the book is very good however.
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