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Michael S. Smith Kitchens & Baths
Michael W. Smith
The Dressing Room To The Breakfast Room
Rizzoli
October 2011
On Sale: October 11, 2011
176 pages ISBN: 0847836770 EAN: 9780847836772 Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
The newest book from acclaimed designer Michael S. Smith
showcases his exceptional take on kitchens and baths, the
busiest yet most personal rooms in a home. Legendary designer Michael S. Smith has stories to tell
about kitchens and bathrooms-those he has designed himself,
and those that inspire him. In this fascinating and
inspirational book, Smith, who has his own line of kitchen
and bath fixtures for Kohler, explains how these rooms
define a house. Kitchens and bathrooms are among the most expensive and
labor-intensive rooms to design. But they are also
opposites, the most public and private zones of a house. In
three in-depth case studies and dozens of supporting
examples, Smith discusses his design process for these
rooms, from big-picture issues such as the social
engineering of the kitchen’s layout to details large and
small, including the importance of choosing the right
cabinet, which can be a crystallization of the architecture
of the house, as well as countertops, fixtures, floors,
hardware, and more. Also including a sampling of dressing rooms and breakfast
rooms, along with a comprehensive resource section, this is
a uniquely sophisticated take on a subject of perennial
interest.
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