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Author | : Elaine Greene |
Publisher | : Hearst Communications |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : House & Home |
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"Each of us has a true personal landscape, but some people never find it. I was lucky to find mine when I was a child, & never to lose it," says one author. Riveting, poignant, funny, the essays gathered here in Thoughts of Home all speak of the dreams, the memories - & the sometimes-painful realities - of the personal landscapes we call home. For some, home is defined be a passion for a place. On "The Trying-to-Leave-New-Orleans Blues" a young woman makes three vain attempts to "achieve escape velocity" from "the powerful force field" of New Orleans, where at lunchtime she will "walk down to the Napoleon House bar & cafe, one of the most wistfully beautiful interiors in America...The waiters are languid, understanding men in white button-down shirts with old-fashioned ribbed shirts shoeing through." For others home is the house where they grew up. In the mysterious "A Haunted Place" a daughter & son decide not to sell the family home after they hear the footsteps of their dead father on the stairs. In "The Time-Travel Game" a grown woman still returns to a Manhattan park bench in front of her childhood apartment when she needs to "reconfirm the past." & as "The Grandmother Who Could do Anything" makes clear, home is also about people we love. For this author it was a sturdy, down-to-earth woman who could both coolly chop the heads off live chickens & warmly open her arms to her granddaughter. "With Grandma holding me, my face against the bib of her apron, I felt invincible, as if nothing could ever hurt me." In "Mother's Gifts," an army brat who moved twelve times in her childhood honors her mother's ability to make a home no matter how dispiriting the circumstances. Her weapons were heirlooms, family rituals, & curtains. "By my mother's standards...we were not at home until every window was properly dressed. Even the wilder reaches of the natural world can become a home to those looking for a sense of quiet continuity. In "Almost Like Hibernation" a couple decides to live in a log cabin in the remote Yaak Valley in northwestern Montana, where the big excitement is watching otters play on the ice, or simply waiting for the mail. "We used to live in cities, where we felt clumsy, rushed, prone to mistakes...Now, finally, I think we have founds our level, somewhere way down near the bottom of things." The essays in Thought of Home provide vivid glimpses into other people's lives, but these stories - no matter how different from our own - always strikes a cord of recognition. Each somehow makes us appreciate our personal histories.
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Total Pages | : 868 |
Release | : 1928 |
Genre | : Architecture, Domestic |
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Author | : Carol Cooper Garey |
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Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Fireplaces |
ISBN | : 9780688169503 |
This arresting and beautiful portfolio covers all conceivable locales and styles in 200 color photos.
Author | : Marie Proeller Hueston |
Publisher | : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 154 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Books in interior decoration |
ISBN | : 1588164934 |
From the publishers of House Beautiful comes a book packed with ideas about decorating you home elegantly with all those books you've got lying around or sitting in boxes.
Author | : Sally Clark |
Publisher | : Hearst Communications |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Blinds |
ISBN | : 9780688144739 |
Windows & window treatments can influence & enhance every decor: opening a room to a glorious view or securing privacy; letting in light or keeping it out; accenting, complementing, or unifying a decorating scheme; taming a large room or expanding a small one. In House Beautiful Windows, all facets of window treatment are explored, including such considerations as scale, proportion, color, & harmony. Window treatments appropriate to every decorating style are offered, from ultra modern to historic homes. The "mechanics" of window treatment - how & where to use them - is presented, along with a look at the traditional & offbeat materials & accessories. House Beautiful Windows, with its more than 125 full-color photos, concludes with profiles of six homeowners throughout the country who have devised their own approaches to windows & window treatments.
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Total Pages | : 800 |
Release | : 1899 |
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Author | : Kate Sloan |
Publisher | : Sterling Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 492 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9781588166043 |
Decorating ideas for inside and outside of your home.
Author | : Sophie Donelson |
Publisher | : Abrams |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2017-09-19 |
Genre | : Design |
ISBN | : 1683351274 |
From the country’s most popular interior design magazine comes a stylish, in-depth look at what it takes to make any room beautiful. House Beautiful Style Essentials: What Every Room Needs is an inspiring and hardworking handbook that shows readers how to create the rooms of their dreams by revealing what “every room needs.” Chapters like “Every Room Needs a Hiding Place” provide clever ideas for storage and organization, while sections like “Every Room Needs Something Shiny” give examples of how reflective surfaces can enhance and enlarge any space. Simple yet elegant advice from some of the biggest names in the interiors world is paired throughout with stunning photography of the best and most beautiful rooms featured in the magazine. From a room’s overall look and color down to its smallest details, House Beautiful Style Secrets provides tips, tricks, and secrets on how to cultivate a comfortable home and uncover the potential of every living space.