Room By Room: Eclectic Interiors [Hardcover]

Carol Meredith (Author), Kathryn Livingston (Author)

Book Description

Series: Room by Room | Publication Date: February 1999

Eclectic Interiors presents a beautiful view of five rooms-entrances, living rooms, dining rooms, kitchens, and bedrooms-dramatically illustrated through 200 full-color photographs.

-Shows rooms that blend East and West, old and new, bold and subtle, natural and synthetic

-Features a rich variety of interiors from the simple to the spectacular, in rooms of every size

-Includes sections on details and accessories illustrating numerous creative design options

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

These books are filled with photographs of current designers' interpretations of eclectic, country, and modern interior design. As the series title promises, the chapters go room by room showing these styles in entries, halls, living rooms, dining areas, kitchens, and bedrooms, with each section ending in close-up photographs of the accessories, light, color, and texture used. The books conclude with a directory of designers, manufacturers, and photographers. The whole series should be included in large interior design collections.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About the Author

Kathryn Livingston writes on art, architecture, and interior design for magazines, books and television. Her articles have appeared in Harper's Bazaar, Gourmet, Connoisseur, Conde Nast Traveler, Travel & Leisure, and Town & Country. During her fourteen years at Town & Country magazine, she reported on lifestyles across the U.S. and interviewed creative catalysts in Paris, Milan, London, Hamburg, Bangkok, Dakar, Rio de Janiero, Toronto, and Mexico City. She has traveled to remote Himalayan villages, Mauritanian Sahara outposts, and Guatemalan highlands where she encountered extraordinary handcrafts. She served as creative consultant for Time Warner's 130-segment CBS-TV series "Your Mind and Body" and is the author of the book, Bed Linens, part of Knopf's Chic Simple series. Ms. Livingston is the recipient of several awards, among them the Penney-Missouri Award for excellence in magazine journalism.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Rockport Publishers (February 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564964264
• ISBN-13: 978-1564964267
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 9.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,294,223 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fresh and filled with ideas, April 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Room By Room: Eclectic Interiors (Hardcover)

Looking through this book will take the film from your eyes. The rooms often have wildly disparate pieces or structural elements juxtaposed, yet on page after page the results are elegant, clean and fresh. I found the book especially good at suggesting innovative storage and space solutions -- see the bright white classic colonial kitchen with columns, by Mark Epstein on page 112, or the modern kitchen, all warmth, light, and soft curves, by Leopoldo Rosati on 116. (Speaking of storage solutions, don't miss Rosati's stunningly sensible take on how to show off your wine, 118.) "Eclectic Interiors" is full of unusual, eclectic ideas -- Livingston has a terrific eye.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A pleasing addition to the sense of Design, April 23, 2001

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"salsheti" (Manama, Bahrain) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Room By Room: Eclectic Interiors (Hardcover)

A very comprehensive book full of pictures of everything it covers. All aspects of design are covered from floors, walls, colors, furniture, accessories .. etc. All rooms of a house are featured and very detailed explanations are with each picture. Many new ideas that are actually feasable. A beautiful book for anyone who is planning a new house or just renovating an existing one (like me). I Particularly liked the mix of colors and the various ideas for the floors. This is a excellent addition to my decor library.