The Ultimate House Book - Hardcover

Conran, Terence

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ISBN 10: 1840912863 ISBN 13: 9781840912869

Publisher: Gardners Books, 2003

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This new book for a new century shows how to plan, design and decorate your home, whether you are buying your first, one-bedroom flat or moving your family into a restored Victorian house. It is designed specifically to adhere to the demands of a modern lifestyle and as such the versatility and flexibility of space are central to its philosophy. The "Ultimate House Book" is a comprehensive compendium providing everything you need to know from buying to building, improving to decorating, furnishing to fitting out. Combing inspiration with practical advice, in-depth case studies with hundreds of illustrated examples, this is the ultimate reference for modern living spaces, their design and the way in which we use them.

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About the Author:

SIR TERENCE CONRAN is one of the world's leading designers, furniture-makers, restauranteurs and retailers. The founder of Habitat, he is now the chairman of Conran Holdings, the parent company of his retail and restaurant business as well as chairman of Conran & Partners, his architecture and design practice. There are currently Conran Shops and restaurants in London, New York, Paris, Tokyo.

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Three years into the new millennium, Sir Terence Conran has once again reinvented his concept of home design, now a harmonious blur between public and private living with a soupcon of professionalism. The Conran movement (stores and style) began in 1974 with The House Book and was updated as The New House Book in 1985 and The Essential House Book in 1994. The significance of the newly added word home in the title should not be overlooked, as the author has gravitated toward LeCorbusier's 1927 statement: "Everybody, quite rightly, dreams of sheltering himself in a sure and permanent home of his own." Ultimate appeals to this primal notion of belonging, starting with an aspirational, visual introduction before separating ideas into three distinct sections: home life, or the different stages of design, from first house to empty nest; home work, exploring all options for decorating, from paint versus plaster to remodeling versus new construction; and compendium, the nitty-gritty information so necessary to understanding and making design choices. A feat worthy of any bookshelf. Barbara Jacobs
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