Three new books we just received reflect today's interest in creating a a home that is happy and inviting through vintage and shabby chic decorating. The first one is New Vintage: The Homemade Home. This book is beautifully illustrated filled with projects and ideas to enable you to live in beautiful style. The author, Tahn Scoon is more than a stylist, she is an interior decorator with a passion for creating rooms that reflect the old and the new. New Vintage shows you how to invigorate every room in your house. It contains easy-to-follow-how-to projects on restoring antique pieces, using wallpaper and paint to make a room a place to you want to live in, and decorating with flowers.
The second book is Vintage Chic: Using Romantic Fabrics and Flea Market Finds
Author Christina Strutt, founder of textiles firm Cabbages & Roses, shows you how to beautify a room with exquisite textiles in faded colors and patterns to evoke English cottage style. A use of fresh colors, faded fabrics flea market finds, and kitchens overflowing with mismatched glass will create a comforting and charming home.
The third book is Vintage Remix
Interior designer Kishani Perera knows that good design is everywhere and at every price point. Mixing modern with vintage, and retail with custom, her eclectic interiors incorporate pieces from designer showrooms and Etsy alike to create spectacularly layered, vibrant homes. InVintage Remix, Perera’s striking interiors serve as a guided tour through the stages of design, from deciding when to skimp or splurge to adding the finishing touches and unexpected elements of whimsy. Her mix-and-match philosophy will help readers discover and express their own tastes. Perera takes the intimidation out of blending styles, proving that pairing seemingly opposing pieces can strike a balance that is classically chic.
This book is so happy, cheery, and colorful. It reflects a growing interest in crafting, stitching, and painting, for a look that is individual and not store bought. It begins with Elements of the Look, from the basics of modern craft today to making color and pattern work in harmony. Homey crafty looks are given a modern twist with cheerful patterns and decor.
Interior designer Selina Lake, shows how to make your home comfortable or eccentric using themes like Granny Chic or English Cottage style. If your style is vintage, romantic, or flea market style she will she you the right elements you need to pull your home together. Along with pattern and color, she also show imaginative ways to recycle and reuse, from transforming furniture with a lick of paint to finding inspired new uses for everyday items.
You'll find this book at the Central Library in the Art Division. Click on the cover below to see where to find it.
