Romantic Style: Lovely homes, pretty rooms, gentle settings (Better Homes & Gardens)

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May not be for everybody,but I loved it! .......2007-06-13

This decorating book may not be for everybody, but I SURE DID LOVE IT!

If you are expecting a "HOW TO" decorating book, then this is book may not be for you. However, if you've been looking for a book with wonderful photos of truly romantic (modern) homes, [and with GORGEOUS photos], then you might like this book, as I did.

(Plz note... my stress is on the words :"ROMANTIC MODERN")

This is more or less a coffee-table book. At least that's how I see it.

As with most BETTER HOMES books, this book has gorgeous photos, as stated before.

Once again, I have to say that the stress of this book is on "modern romantic" style decorating.

Continually Inspiring .............2006-11-22

I can't begin to tell you how many times I've referred to and reread this book over the years. It always reinspires me to try to achieve the casual, opulent, lush, intriguing, chic, timeless feelings expressed on the pages of this book. I highly recommend this book to inspire and guide your own decorating vision.

So beautiful and filled with ideas.......2002-08-23

Until I got this book, my favorite decorating book in the last year or so was French Influences. This book is in the same vein as French Influences, but it is shot in what look to be American homes. The European style decorating ideas are translated for you. Not only do I love this book, but so many of my friends pick it up and want it when they come over that I've started giving it as birthday and wedding gifts.

Romance for American homes.......2002-05-08

I had to write my own review because I just read a review from someone who said that the book was about European interiors (or something like that). The book is clearly photographed in American homes and is full of romantic ideas that I can use here in the northeast. I can easily translate the ideas in the book using new furniture and decorative accessories from local stores and from some of my favorite catalogs (like Ballard Designs and Rue de France).

What's missing are the "details" ..........2002-04-29

If you're expecting a DIY 'how-to' of Romantic Style, you will not find it in the pages of this book. Granted, it is filled with beautifully-breathtaking photos of all of the homes showcased but, if you're looking for the "real" how-to "details," they're sorely missing.

Looking at photos is definitely awe-inspiring -- but, I want to hear the 'details' of how each look was achieved ... along with alternative options for creating the same, or similar, looks on anyone's budget. Romantic Style took the form of a somewhat elitist expression of 'lifestyles of the rich and famous' instead of a 'to-the-masses' type read.

And, at least in my circle of friends, acquaintances and design colleagues, very few have the unlimited funds to jet off to Europe, Asia or Africa whenever the urge strikes to bring back antiques, furniture and furnishings to transform their homes into the "romantic style" as most of the homes showcased have described. With a unlimited gold card and frequent access to jet around the world I, too, could create rooms to rival the ones in this book - but, in the real world, it would have been more beneficial if the book had shown a wider range of ideas for achieving the looks -- from budget-conscious - to - carte blanche.

The photos are definitely beautiful, but the true substance leaves something to be desired.

Conservatory Style: Garden Rooms, Glasshouses, and Sunrooms
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Conservatory Style: Garden Rooms, Glasshouses, and Sunrooms
Jackum Brown
Manufacturer: Universe
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Binding: Hardcover

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Rooms to Inspire: Decorating With America's Best Designers

ASIN: 0789315211
Release Date: 2007-02-20

Book Description

Born out of the heritage of structures first imagined by and constructed for the British aristocracy, the contemporary conservatory represents the ultimate in traditional elegance married to informal comfort. With or without plants and flowers, they come in every conceivable size and shape-square, oblong, octagonal, or whatever your pleasure. The conservatory adds a treasured space to any home and makes a strong statement of individual style. The conservatories surveyed here play a rich architectural role through the use of classic detailing or sophisticated modern materials. Some are based on graceful Victorian antecedents while others are modernist sculptures of glass and steel. The evocative photographs in the book survey the spectrum of styles and interior design-everything from a Zen-inspired glass perch where the landscape outside becomes the room to a casual lounging area enclosed by a virtual jungle canopy. Specific chapters focus on decorating and accessorizing and demystify difficult decisions (color schemes, floor materials, and controlling natural light). Recent advances in weatherproofing, glass engineering, flooring, lighting, and zoned heating and cooling are covered. Also included is an A-to-Z glossary of recommended plants plus a directory of manufacturers and suppliers.

Garden Room, The: Bringing Nature Indoors

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A most charming book

Garden Room, The: Bringing Nature Indoors
Timothy Mawson
Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Garden Room Style: Volume VI of the Domesday Books
Garden Rooms (Better Homes & Gardens)
The Decorated Garden Room: Interior Design for Your Outside Living Space

ASIN: 0517590158
Release Date: 1994-04-12

Book Description

Whether it's a sun-filled breakfast room, a charming potting shed, or a rose-covered gazebo, The Garden Room celebrates the happy union of indoors and outdoors, where house and garden merge. Featuring a variety of rooms full of comfortable furniture, striking combinations of colors and textures, and cherished family treasures, drawings, and photographs, The Garden Room inspires us to build our own spaces of delight, where we can while away the hours reading, relaxing, dining, and entertaining, surrounded by the sights, scents, and sounds of the garden. With more than 250 full-color photographs and evocative watercolors, a wealth of insightful decorating tips, witty gardening lore, and revealing anecdotes, The Garden Room highlights the joys of bringing nature into our homes.

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A most charming book.......1999-04-30

"the garden room" is a most exquisite book that reflects in a light and elegant manner the spirit of a true garden lover and most educated man .

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Aesthetically pleasing and eminently practical.......2003-04-14

Ideal for anyone seeking interior design inspirations for evoking a country atmosphere, The House & Garden Book Of Country Rooms is a simply gorgeous showcase filled with full-color photographs compiled by Leonie Highton (Editor-in-Chief of the British "House & Garden" magazine) of aesthetically pleasing and eminently practical country-style room designs. Descriptive captions highlighting balance and arrangement compliment the stunning and inspirational illustrations in this very highly recommended interior design reference.

Mouth-watering!.......2001-02-06

This book is chock full of wonderful photos of absolutely gorgeous rooms located in England (mostly), France, Majorca, St.Lucia, and Greece. Graceful, nonpretentious elegance at its finest! If you love aged patinas, threadbare Oriental rugs, mellowed heirloom antiques, vintage linens, and a dash of eclecticism, this is THE book for you!

A Gorgeous Book!.......2000-05-20

Like the other books in this House and Garden series, this is a wonderful reference for anyone interested in traditional, classic, elegant design. In my opinion, it should be in every interior designer's library! The interiors pictured are varied in their themes and beautifully composed. These are not cutsey, overdone rooms. They are timeless in their decor - informal and comfortable, but with style. I get new ideas each time I go to this book! The chapters are arranged by room type so that if I want to see kitchen design I can go right to that chapter rather than search through the entire book. Although, once opened, I rarely shut this book after looking at only one or two pages!

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Beautiful
Gorgeous!!
Too cutesy
Lots of great ideas
Pretty but a bit staid for my taste

Garden Style Decorating
Cynthia Overbeck Bix
Manufacturer: Sunset Books
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0376012315

Book Description

This book shows how to create a peaceful, evocative garden dŽcor in any room of the home and in connected spaces such as porches, balconies, and breezeways. From sweepingly dramatic rooms to charming corners filled with flowerpots, your love of gardens can be carried indoors to bring joy and beauty to the spaces where you live and work every day.

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful.......2006-11-06

We just bought a house near the city, and we have started to decorate it, with a very limited budget. This book has helped a lot in finding new and easy to do ideas.

Gorgeous!!.......2004-03-12

This book is beautiful! One reviewer wrote that this book is 'cutesy' ... but I have to strongly disagree. Many helpful tips and beautiful pictures to inspire you! I love it.

Too cutesy.......2002-01-09

Garden style is my style. I love it. But this book is too cutesy and the photos show some rooms that just don't look real. I don't know if they were done in a studio or what. The best book on the subject (at least it's the one I keep going back to because I always find fresh ideas in it) is Garden Style by the Better Homes and Gardens editors. I've given that BHG Garden Style book to friends as birthday and housewarming gifts too.

Lots of great ideas.......2001-05-01

I found this book to be well worth the cover price: it is full of rich photos and inspiring ideas. I don't purchase decorating books for the text, so if you do, this may not be the book for you. There are several different styles depicted within the book, certainly there is something for everyone. I do also recommend the Better Homes and Gardens "Garden Style" book: it has a similar feeling and again, many great ideas.

Pretty but a bit staid for my taste.......2001-02-24

This topic is a favorite of mine and suits my style, but I am disappointed in this book which, although pretty, is rather dull. The first book I saw on the subject was also called Garden Style Decorating, I believe, but it was by Better Homes and Gardens. The Better Homes and Gardens book has a fresher look and a wider variety of styles.

Garden Room Style: Volume VI of the Domesday Books

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beautiful book
Absolutely Lovely!

Garden Room Style: Volume VI of the Domesday Books
Peter Marston
Manufacturer: Rizzoli International Publications
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Binding: Hardcover

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Porch & Sunroom Planner (Better Homes & Gardens)

ASIN: 0847821536
Release Date: 1998-09-15

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Most of us don't have the wherewithal to create conservatories and sunrooms on the extravagant scale of the ones documented here, but even those who are just looking to spruce up a little porch or carry the outdoors feel into living and dining areas will find plenty of inspiration in the lush color photos that fill this gorgeous volume. Text is minimal, providing only a very general overview of design considerations and no real specifics about the plants themselves. For a more instructional approach, you'll have to look elsewhere, but for a visual feast to get the creative juices flowing, this is a delight. --Amy Handy

Book Description

With elements from both indoors and out, a garden room serves as a link between house and garden. No longer limited to the Victorian-style sun room, these glassed-in spaces can be kitchens or dining rooms, studios, small studies or garden retreats, even entire homes-in short, virtually any area that receives plenty of natural light.

Starting with background information on the evolution of glass rooms and the basic elements of the style, the book examines each variation on the successful garden room. Chapters cover the effect of the garden outside, color, entertaining, wicker, and other furniture, pools and fountains, antiques and statuary. The more technical considerations of wall and floor finishes, heating and lighting, rugs and blinds-and of course, planting under glass-are all discussed in detail for a well-considered room.

Filled with inspiring color photographs of relaxed interiors, Garden Room Style is a sumptuous guide and idea book for everyone who has a sunny, light-filled haven-and is a vivid wish book for readers planning for the future.

Customer Reviews:

beautiful book.......2000-01-18

I am considering putting an addition/sunroom on my house. This book is full of inspiring photos and ideas. Every page is full of large color photos and descriptions/ideas. Well worth it.

Absolutely Lovely!.......1999-12-01

A visually stunning book with lots of inspiration for indoor garden or sun rooms! Definitely worth my money...also giving as gifts.

The House & Garden Book of Livings Rooms (House & Garden)

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Over the Top

The House & Garden Book of Livings Rooms (House & Garden)
Leonie Highton
Manufacturer: Vendome Press
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ASIN: 0865651256

Customer Reviews:

Over the Top.......2006-10-31

Beautiful color photos that focus both on a large expansive view of various rooms and also zoom in on smaller more detailed areas. Lots of great ideas on how to place furniture and objects and collections. If you need ideas on arranging things this is a great book. However in terms of the style I personally found it to be over the top and very unrealistic of the average home. The furnishings are mostly VERY ornate and rooms are very very large which is not often the real life situation. There are very helpful descriptions on placing items as I said earlier. It is overwhelming at times though looking at the photos because the rooms have SO MUCH furniture and so much going on.

The House and Garden Book of Classic Rooms (House & Garden)

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The House and Garden Book of Classic Rooms (House & Garden)
Robert Harling , Leonie Highton , and John Bridges
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ASIN: 0865651183

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Outdoor Decorating and Style Guide
Nora Richter Greer , and A. Bronwyn Llewellyn
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ASIN: 1564968286

Book Description

Today's gardeners are cultivating a new level of comfort. They don't just want to furnish their outdoor living space; they want to decorate it to reflect personal style and taste. But how do you create the equivalent of the family "great room" in the open air?

The Outdoor Decorating and Style Guide is the ultimate how-to guide for applying the principles of interior design—for furnishings, accessories, lighting, color, flooring, and walls—to the great outdoors. This comprehensive guidebook takes readers step by step through the entire design process, helping readers with visualizing the desired type of outdoor room; choosing the materials, colors, and furniture that work best with a preferred style; and arranging, decorating, and putting it all together. Full-color photos depict a variety of outdoor rooms, from romantic porches to formal patios, and from exotic huts to elegant garden rooms, with descriptive advice on achieving each look.

From coordinating colors to garden palettes and choosing weather-resistant fabrics for outdoor seating, this savvy guide shows how to transform any garden room or backyard living space into a fabulous outdoor haven.

Nora Richter Greer is an architecture and design critic. She has written for numerous magazines and newspapers and has contributed to and authored more than a dozen books on architecture, urban design, and interior design. She resides in Washington, D.C.

Better Homes and Gardens Kitchen and Bath Ideas (Special Intrest Publications)
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Better Homes and Gardens Kitchen and Bath Ideas (Special Intrest Publications)
Better Homes and Gardens
Manufacturer: Publishing Group of Meredith Corp.
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ASIN: B000URJ5L8

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Cozy up your kitchen with cottage character, make a small kitchen live big, 20 special touches for your bath.

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