The House in Good Taste

The House in Good Taste

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Book Description
After ninety years, The House in Good Taste by America's "first lady of interior decoration," Elsie de Wolfe, still offers timeless design advice.

Compiled from her articles in newspapers and magazines and first published in 1914, The House in Good Taste is a seminal book on interior design with ideas that have lasted a century because they influenced not only the wealthy clients of Park Avenue and Palm Beach, but popular taste as well.

De Wolfe advised Americans to shun ostentation and clutter in favor of simplicity, to dismantle the draperies in order to let in the light, and to replace garish colors with beige and ivory. "I believe in plenty of optimism and white paint," she declared, "comfortable chairs with lights beside them, open fires on the hearth and flowers wherever they 'belong,' mirrors and sunshine in all rooms." The rooms that Americans inhabited in the middle of the twentieth century still today owe much to de Wolfe's tastes.

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Book Contents:

1. The Kitchen Book
2. The New Smart Approach to Window Decor (New Smart Approach)
3. The Paris Apartment : Romantic Decor on a Flea-Market Budget
4. The Poetry Of Home
5. The Real Wood Bible: The Complete Illustrated Guide to Choosing And Using 100 Decorative Woods
6. The Smart Approach to Country Decorating (Smart Approach)
7. The Smart Approach to Kids' Rooms : Planning, Designing, Decorating (Smart Approach)
8. The Well-Ordered Home: Organizing Techniques for Inviting Serenity into Your Life
9. The Window: Inspired Ideas for Framing Your View
10. Timberframe Interiors

Book Contents

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