Victoria: Intimate Home: Creating a Private World [Hardcover]

Victoria Magazine (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 31, 2001

We all need a haven, a place to soothe, restore, and refresh our spirits after the stress and demands of everyday life. This place can exist for everyone in her own home with a little imaginative decorating.

Editorial Reviews

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A Bathroom Trimmed in Sentiment

It was the bathroom that seduced a couple into buying a graceful old house outside of St. Louis. It was a big room on the second floor, and when husband and wife saw the light streaming in from the large window, they decided immediately that they wanted to live in this home. The owners wished to retain as well as enhance the lightness and cheerfulness of the room, so their color scheme included sunny peach for the walls and lots of white for the furnishings.

Looking for treasures everywhere, the wife discovered an heirloom dress in an antiques store and made it an integral part of her own family's heritage, christening her two sons in it. The dress, an image that never fails to evoke fond memories, now hangs in the bathroom next to the cream-colored linens inherited from the wife's mother.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 112 pages
• Publisher: Hearst; Later Printing edition (December 31, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0688097391
• ISBN-13: 978-0688097394
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #768,540 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Victoria, Exquisite , Breathtaking, Inspiring, February 28, 2002

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Michelle Johnson "JoyfulKeeping" (Denver, Colorado) - See all my reviews
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Exactly what I was looking for! Creating a Private World is filled with beautiful pictures of cream colored fabrics and walls, lacy windows, draped bedspreads and delicately set tables.

The color ideas can leave you calm and soothed, passionate, nostaglic, or inspired. I originally planned to sit down with a cup of tea and look through each page- but no- I started bursting with thought, looking through my fabric collection and searching for new ways to decorate each room. Needless to say my tea was cold but my mind was soaring.

Obtaining this look is not something you run out on a shopping spree and purchase everything all at once. It takes time and carefully selected pieces to blend together beautifully.

Creating a Private World is a fantastic beginning. This way you can see what styles you like and what would work with the spaces you have. It' s also a very nice read and to thumb through at the end of the day.

I purchased this as a treat for myself, along with Victoria's Romantic Country Style, and Victoria's The Charms of Tea.

A little at a time I'll create my own Private, Intimate home.

A beautiful gift for a friend or loved one~ or yourself.

21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Victoria: Intimate Home, February 6, 2000

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Lezlie (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Victoria: Intimate Home: Creating a Private World (Hardcover)

This book comes from a beautiful series. Each book is wonderfully produced with gorgeous photos, high quality paper, and pretty end-papers (haven't seen any of those for a while).

Each photo is someone's way of creating their own private space - or a space that intimately reflects their personal interests. The text on that page, tells about the person, sometimes telling the evolution of that private space.

Sometimes it is just a corner, or a desktop - but a reminder that we need places that belong to us alone.

Beautiful ways to do our just Being. Remembering just Being is an art form.

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Victoria Magazine's wonderful books, September 30, 2007

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LinAnne "Lin22" (Puget Sound) - See all my reviews

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When the original VICTORIA Magazine used to be sold, I was always impressed with it's contents. Therefore, ever since the magazine went out-of-print I've been searching for similar magazines or books.

Well, this book is even better than the magazine used to be (if that could even be possible) because it is packed with so many ideas regarding "decorating in a romantic fashion".

So if you loved VICTORIA Magazine, then you will love this book as much,if not more.

PS: I just heard that they will be re-issuing VICTORIA Magazine soon (in 2008) . If the rumor is true, then I'll be subscribing!