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The New Traditional: Reinvent-Balance-Define Your Home [Hardcover]

Darryl Carter (Author)
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August 26, 2008
Darryl Carter is a leader in the design world, recognized for his restrained, distinguished, and livable environments. Known for seamlessly mixing the modern with the classical, Carter presents a comprehensive guide to creating a home that balances individual comfort with a timeless aesthetic.

Comfort is the essential element of a successful interior, but also the most elusive. Too often our design decisions are driven by others. In The New Traditional, Darryl Carter encourages you to be true to your own lifestyle. More than a stunning book, this is an accessible resource for making an elegant, inviting home, responsive to the people who live in it every day.

A fresh take on American design, Carter’s work has been lauded as the New Traditional for effortlessly blending classic and modern elements to create personal environments. Patinated furniture, subtle textiles and lighting, and chalky washes of color are among the details that transform a house into a home. Carter explains how you can translate these details into inspired and always calming surroundings. Ignore the obvious. Redefine a dining room so that it doubles as a library by lining the walls with bookshelves and using wing chairs in lieu of dining chairs. Stain wood floors white to create a greater sense of space. Build rooms around art. Carter shows that designing your home is a process to be enjoyed.

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About the Author

DARRYL CARTER lives in Washington, D.C. His work has appeared in dozens of major shelter, lifestyle, and news publications, including Town and Country, Elle Decor, Metropolitan Home, and O at Home. He frequently appears on a host of design programs. For more information, visit darrylcarter.com.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Clarkson Potter; 1ST edition (August 26, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0307408655
  • ISBN-13: 978-0307408655
  • Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 0.9 x 10.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #104,196 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
STILL A FAN December 22, 2008
Format:Hardcover
I have long admired Darryl Carter for his sophistication, sense of restraint and cool modern take on neoclassicism. That said, I found myself searching each photograph for something just a little more interesting -- just one object or piece of furniture that was a little less generic and basic. The best shot is on the cover, juxtaposing the solid honey brown footed pedestal table and the delicate painted regency klismos chair. A little bit more humor and interplay between shapes, forms, texture and color would go a long way toward activating these interiors and making them spring to life. As is, everything is just a fraction too still and plain. But I'm still a fan.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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Daryl Carter has created a new genre and a signature style that is elegant, classical, and comfortable, where the new mixes with the old, and less is certainly more. His equal parts of restraint and creativity create an amazing combination. This book is like a slow, beautiful, casual walk through a well designed yet livable home. I wanted to stop, sit down and enjoy being in many of those rooms. Daryl Carter is already important as furniture designer, lighting designer, and interior designer and if this book is any indication likely the next Martha Stewart like figure for home furnishing.
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Buy this book September 9, 2008
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Darryl Carter is a revolutionary in the design world. Creating classic, visualy engaging, and completely livable environments for his clients has transfered well to the book world. Easy and informative reading, stunning photography, and realistic living environments make this a book not about Darryl Carter (like many interior design books) but about well lived and well crafted interiors. This book is how it should be!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
wonderful
I love the combination of interesting architectural elements done in a very simple way. Elegant but not stuffy. Fabulous book.
Published 7 months ago by sjk
Great Insight into this designer's process
I appreciated the author's explanation of her process, and the main ideas/concepts I learned. She shared in a coofee table stlye read (short, easy to understand, and lots of... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Adrienne Jubb
Natural Beauty
[A brilliant example of natural, elegant and perfectly blended elements that create a peaceful interior.]
Published 20 months ago by Sara Fattori
A Fusion of the American Minimalist Approach
For too long, minimalism has been fused to modernism. Following Bauhaus dictates that "form must follow function" and that "ornament is a crime", modernists have embraced the... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Marco Antonio Abarca
shapes and forms and the space between
My preference is for a good bit more color than Darryl Carter uses, but, nonetheless, I found this book to be very good value. Read more
Published on December 21, 2009 by J. Collins
Fresh, true individual style
I think this is a keeper for your style files. Lots and lots of photos to Carter's unique style. While a lot of designers are mixing old+new and antique+modern, I can't think of... Read more
Published on November 21, 2009 by A. Chiang
Favorite Design Book
I adore this book! In fact after reading this book I tossed out my enormous collection of country and antique design books because I realized that they would never again do. Read more
Published on April 15, 2009 by DuxburyMom
a great read...
Beautiful photography and a great read. I not only fell in love with Carter's decorative style, but also his diction. Read more
Published on January 14, 2009 by A. Rene
Create Child-Friendly and Forgiving Environments
Darryl,

This is a fabulous book! My favorite section is Chapter 13, Invite. I am a mother of a 2 year-old and a proud owner of an ultra suede beige sectional. Read more
Published on January 13, 2009 by Ms. Weaver
A Design Movement
I found The New Traditional to be completely refreshing... not only for the beautifully captured images, but for the thoughtful writing. Here is a work that I can understand. Mr. Read more
Published on January 13, 2009 by Jonathan James
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