Victoria: Intimate Home: Creating a Private World (Hardcover)

~ Victoria Magazine (Editor)

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Product Description

An illustrated collection of home decorating secrets from the editors of Victoria magazine includes interviews with homeowners and insights from Charlotte Bronte+a5, Henry James, and other great writers. 50,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo.

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Now entering its fifteenth year, America's Victoria magazine celebrates the beauty and creativity that women bring to their homes and their world. Every issue is filled with inspiring ideas for decorating, romantic fashions, enchanting gardens, elegant entertaining, travel, and profiles of entrepreneurs who've followed their passions to success. Victoria speaks to the heart of women's lives. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 112 pages
• Publisher: Hearst (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 (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #427,677 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Michelle Hall "Literaryhall" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Lezlie (California) - See all my reviews

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.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring photos, Beautiful Descriptions, February 19, 2004

By	Ivy Claire Willis (East Point, GA) - See all my reviews

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

I have this book to thank for my beautiful, calming bedroom. But, the photos are so beautiful that I'd have bought it even without plans to redecorate. Victoria magazine fans will love getting much more of the same. Others will be happily surprised to see literary quotes and antique accents side by side with comfy couches and livable linens.