"Flea Market Style" gives you all the information and advice you need to furnish and decorate your home with "found" objects instead of new items bought in stores. Emily Chalmers and Ali Hanan explain how to find fresh and unexpected uses of second-hand pieces and antiques, and reveal how to mix old and new with flair and panache. The first part of the book, Flea Market Finds, looks at household goods, from fabrics and furniture to china, kitchenware, glass and lighting, and describes how to find special objects and indentify them on the basis of their quality, character, resillience, colour, and texture. The authors advocate a subtle mixing of styles, patterns, and colours, and emphasize the beauty of objects that have seen a bit of life. They explain how to locate bargain copies of modern classics--or the real things--and how to mix flea-market or thrift-store finds with high-end basics. The second part of the book, Putting It All Together, shows how to incorporate the style in every room--from the spaces where you cook, eat, sleep, or relax to bathing spaces and work spaces. The book ends with an extensive directory of suppliers. -Add a large dose of originality to your home--at low cost. -Lively text illustrated with Debi Treloar's inspirational photographs.
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Debi Treloar is originally from Zimbabwe but now lives in London with her husband and two young sons. Her photographs of food and interiors are much sought after by prestigious magazines such as Homes & Gardens, Red, and Country Living. She has photographed many books for Ryland Peters & Small, Inc, including Eat Drink Live, Children's Spaces, and My Baby's Journal.
Emily Chalmers is a freelance sylist whose work has appeared in "Homes & Garden", "Red", "Livingetc", and many other magazines. She is coauthor of "Style on a Budget"(Ryland Peters & Small).
Ali Hanan is a connoisseur of flea-market style. She has written for leading interiors publications including "Elle Decoration" and cowrote "Style on a Budget"(Ryland Peters & Small)
Emily Chalmers is a freelance sylist whose work has appeared in "Homes & Garden", "Red", "Livingetc", and many other magazines. She is coauthor of "Style on a Budget"(Ryland Peters & Small).
Ali Hanan is a connoisseur of flea-market style. She has written for leading interiors publications including "Elle Decoration" and cowrote "Style on a Budget"(Ryland Peters & Small)
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45 of 46 people found the following review helpful
By John Matlock
Format:Hardcover
Most of us moved into our first unfurnished apartment with a collection of junk furniture that we picked up from our parents, from garage sales, flea markets and who knows where. Later we upgraded a little at a time, buying new things that we thought would better fit the image we were trying to create.
The theme of this book is that you can do just as well, maybe better by staying with the flea market stuff. Ms. Chalmers has a sense of style that makes her collection of junk look a lot better than mine. I really liked where she decanted the bubble bath into an old Vodka bottle.
The covers of the book pretty well illustrate the nature of the book. The front cover shows a dinner table, all the chairs match and so on. On the back is another, none of the chairs match each other.
You would never, of course, match what she did in the book. You'll never finc the exact items. But the ideas she puts to geather to show what can be done are excellent. A very enjoyable book.
The theme of this book is that you can do just as well, maybe better by staying with the flea market stuff. Ms. Chalmers has a sense of style that makes her collection of junk look a lot better than mine. I really liked where she decanted the bubble bath into an old Vodka bottle.
The covers of the book pretty well illustrate the nature of the book. The front cover shows a dinner table, all the chairs match and so on. On the back is another, none of the chairs match each other.
You would never, of course, match what she did in the book. You'll never finc the exact items. But the ideas she puts to geather to show what can be done are excellent. A very enjoyable book.
27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I live in suburbia, in a newer development where all the homes pretty much look the same. I am always on the look-out for creative ideas on decorating because I don't want my interior to look like it stepped out of one of the well-known home decor stores and catalogs. This book was an inspiring find! Lots of pictures and informative text...I have looked at the pictures over and over again. I'm not much into the step-by-step instruction books on transforming found objects so this book was right up my alley. For me, its purpose was served in that it filled my head and notebook with creative ideas for my home. A great book to look through before you head off to the nearest architectural salvage yard, flea market, or out for a day of garage sales.
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
By H. Lowe
Format:Hardcover
This book rocks-it has funky ideas and is beautifully presented, not like many of the other recycled furniture books out there.I mean, do you REALLY want to learn how to make a distressed-finish-powder blue-decoupaged candlestick holder out of fence pickets?If so, this is not the book for you..this one shows how you can TASTEFULLY decorate your place with some original pieces and not spend a fortune.Accept no imitations-this book is awesome.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars
just ok
I am a thrift junky, but some of the stuff in here was just a little too junky for me. Alot of the room designs reminded me of college age kid apartments or city people who don't... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Nikki
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good
This book is a nice book that gives good ideas on flea market style. I love the ideas and the simplicity.
Published 4 months ago by Melissa Kearby
1.0 out of 5 stars
Boring, Dull, Difficult to Read
I generally find something I like in every design book, being a design junkie. I can find inspiration under a rock but this book was so dull it took me almost a month to get... Read more
Published 9 months ago by K. Fitzgerald
4.0 out of 5 stars
Flea Market Style ... wish I was there
Wonderful ideas in this book for decorating with items which apparently are "pick-able" at London flea markets. However, they don't come up too often in this neck of the woods. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Wallace R. Wenn
2.0 out of 5 stars
To junky
I returned this book, as I thought the style was just to junky for me. I have been a yard saler for years and my decor I say is early yard sale, but I found that this book was just... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Happy Crafter
1.0 out of 5 stars
not worth the paper
read the title - I would make a video and show you how dull it is though I would prefer to extract my eyes out with rusty spoons.
Published 19 months ago by Mr. R. M. Silver
5.0 out of 5 stars
CLEVER design book.
This is a great book with lots of inspirational design pictures. it shows us that treasures can be found everywhere.
Published 23 months ago by Susannah C. Seefeldt
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Inspiration for Those With Established Design Sense
If you have a knack for putting things together and a love for bargain hunting, this is a good idea book. Read more
Published 23 months ago by K. Kasabian
5.0 out of 5 stars
Cheaper elsewhere
This book has the price of $27.50 on its book cover. I bought it at that price at anthropologie. Not entirely sure about the difference with this version but they look exactly the... Read more
Published on March 30, 2011 by Californian girl
5.0 out of 5 stars
Superb book for the flea market lover!
This book gives several ideas for designing any type of space in your home. The ideas look well thought out and fashionable. Nothing is tacky or dingy looking here! Read more
Published on January 24, 2011 by Leslie Sturtevant
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