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How to Decorate and Live Well
Clarkson Potter
November 2011
On Sale: November 1, 2011
256 pages
ISBN: 0307720136
EAN: 9780307720139
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
Style is a luxury, and luxury is simply what makes you happy.
Over the years, design expert Deborah Needleman has seen all
kinds of rooms, with all kinds of furnishings. Her
conclusion: It’s not hard to create a relaxed, stylish, and
comfortable home. Just a few well-considered items can
completely change the feel of your space, and The Perfectly
Imperfect Home reveals them all. Ranging from classics such as “A Really Good Sofa” and
“Pretty Table Settings” to unusual surprises like “A Bit of
Quirk” and “Cozifications,” the essential elements of style
are treated in witty and wonderfully useful little essays.
You’ll learn what to look for, whether you are at a flea
market or a fancy boutique—or just mining what you already own.
Celebrated artist Virginia Johnson’s original watercolor
illustrations bring the items and the inspiring rooms of
world-famous tastemakers to vibrant life. Styling tips and
simple how-tos show you techniques to put it all together to
create, say, a beautifully made bed (the fast way and the
fancy way), an inviting reading nook, or an effortlessly
chic display of pictures. According to Deborah, the point of decorating is to create
the background for the best life you can have, with all its
joys and imperfections.
This book will show you how.
deborah needleman is the editor in chief of WSJ. Magazine
and creator of the Off Duty section of The Wall Street
Journal. She was the founding editor in chief of domino
magazine and coauthor of domino: the book of decorating.
virginia johnson’s illustrations have appeared in books by
Kate Spade and on textiles carried in more than one hundred
stores, including Barneys, Liberty of London,
and Net-A-Porter.
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