Antique Decorating

Miller's: Pine and Country Furniture: Buyer's Guide (Miller's Buyer's Guide)

Product Description
Pine and country furniture continues to ride a wave of popularity with collectors drawn to the warm-colored tones, attractive designs, and affordable prices—and this Miller’s guide to buying it wisely has been completely revised, with all the prices updated. It’s the essential practical reference for both new enthusiasts and experienced buyers: it features every type of pine and country furniture, including dining chairs, kitchen dressers, settles, chests, and corner cupboards. Oak and painted pine furniture is included too, as well as other popular collecting areas, such as kitchenalia. Over 3,500 items are illustrated and described, each with a price range reflecting the latest market trends. Also included are hints and tips on what to look for, a Directory of Specialists, and a glossary of specialist terms.
 
 

From the Inside Flap
Pine and country furniture continues to ride the crest of popularity with collectors drawn to the warm-colored tones, attractive designs and affordable prices. Selling over 20,00 copies since publication, Miller's Pine & Country Furniture Buyer's Guide has been completely revised with all price ranges updated. It is the essential practical reference work for both new enthusiast and experienced buyers seeking out the best pieces to furnish their homes.

All types of pine and country furniture are featured, including dining chairs, kitchen dressers, settles, chests and corner cupboards. Oak and painted furniture is included too, as well as other popular collecting areas, such as kitchenalia. Over 3500 items are illustrated and described, each with a price range reflecting the latest market trends.

Leading experts in the field provide invaluable information on the state of the market and highlight pieces that have increased in value significantly over the last decade. Miller's Pine and Country Furniture Buyer's Guide is the only comprehensive guide to a much-loved collecting area.

Modern Furniture Classics

Nautical Antiques and Collectables

Product Description
This well-illustrated collector's guide covers a wide range of nautical decorative arts and navigational instruments. The book spans the period from the sixteenth century to the present day with an emphasis on the golden age of production between 1800 and 1940. These more modern pieces are readily found in specialist shops and auctions and are therefore more affordable than earlier and rarer pieces.

The book is divided into eight chapters, covering ship models, navigational instruments, ship fixtures and fittings, marine arts and crafts, ocean liner artefacts and ship portrait painting. A concluding chapter lists public and private collections where marine art can be seen and provides information on its purchase internationally. There is also practical advice on the restoration of these artefacts.


Book Description
A collector's guide covering a wide range of nautical decorative arts and navigational instruments from the sixteenth century to the present day.

Nell Hill's Decorating Secrets: Easy and Inspiring Ways to Bring Style into Your Home

From Publishers Weekly
Garritys Atchinson, Kansas, home furnishings and accessories store gives this book its title, and its aestheticwhich also draws on G. Diebolts (Garritys fabrics store) and Garritys (furniture and antiques). The three stores sell $4 million worth of goods every year, and its easy to see why: Garrity has found a gentle and pleasing way of infusing 18th-century Americana into Martha Stewart-like simple-fussiness, producing more conservative and more blocky rooms that nevertheless feel grounded and harmonized, like Restoration Hardware à la Ben Franklin. (Theres some irony to this, since Kansas was not even a twinkle in the 13th-colony Franklins eye.) The book is divided into space-and-arrangement-based chapters ("The Garden Room"; "A Gracious Setting") where Garrity gives forthright opinions on how to actualize ones design ideas without relying on rules ("I have a soft spot for pretty table lamps and chandeliers"). Two-page spreads focus on individual elements: centerpieces, napkins, pillows, bedside tables, "a ladys desk" and much more. The books more than 100 gracious color photos are of friends interiors, decorated with Garritys goods but arranged to suit their own needs.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Product Description
In this handsome and accessible guide, popular decorating expert Mary Carol Garrity offers tips and ideas for re-creating her classic, relaxed style in the reader's own home.

New Jersey Getaways : The Complete Guide to Garden State Day Trips

Book Description
For a State that looks so small on the map, New Jersey has an amazingly diverse landscape and New Jersey Getaways covers it all.

New Jersey Getaways brings you to beaches and lakes, lowlands and mountains, elegant villages, cities with tall buildings, and beautiful farmland. You can canoe on scenic rivers and swim in natural lakes, bicycle on boardwalks and hike along the Appalachian Trail.

New Jersey Getaways shows you Revolutionary War homesteads and brand-new baseball stadiums. It's a great mix of old and new, quiet and bustling. It's amazing how easily you can find adventure without ever leving the Garden State.

New Jersey Getaways helps you discover just how varied day trips in the Garden State can be.

About The Author
Willa Speiser is an editor and freelance writer who lives in Maplewood, New Jersey.

New Ways With Paint: Over 100 Techniques and Decorating Ideas for Walls, Floors, Fabrics,...

Nina Campbell's Decorating Secrets: Easy Ways to Achieve the Professional Look

Product Review
"A room may be crammed with hideous furniture, be painted in shrieking shapes or have the sort of patterned carpet that makes you feel giddy, but you have to rise above this and see only the structure that lies underneath," says decorator Nina Campbell. In Nina Campbell's Decorating Secrets, the acclaimed British interior designer takes you through the most integral steps of home decorating, room by room.

Nina Campbell's signature design is "layering," which means every element--the furniture, wall coverings, carpet, lighting, accessories--should complement each other and the overall scheme of the room. She starts with the hall, the first impression of your home, then moves into the drawing and sitting rooms, the dining room, the kitchen, the study and library, the bedrooms, and then the bathrooms. Campbell uses her own home and other posh London residences as her examples, but you may not have this many rooms, the wallet, or the will to acquire them; however, you can still come away with ideas for your own home. The style she prefers is lush, rich, and elegant but some may find a Campbell-decorated home overstuffed and ornate. Whether or not you're a fan of chintz, you can still find inspiration from her thoughtful process, her emphasis on harmony between function and aesthetics, and her insistence on a comfortable home in which you can have both private retreats and areas for entertaining. "Your home is an extension of your personality," she says, "and it is this that you want to capture when putting your decorative scheme together." --Dana Van Nest

From Booklist
In Campbell's third decorating book, she makes her analysis room by room, reviewing different elements--and not just swatches and color--such as style, lighting, and focal points. Checklists accompanying each element ensure that the amateur decorator will remember the hidden questions, including budgets. The rest of the text is filled with examples of great comfort, showcasing rooms both large and small, from spotlighting an elegant hallway (a room in its own right) to a wonderfully sensual bathroom. Finishing touches are, as the last chapter's title, the ultimate ending, with wonderful visual depictions of cushions, throws, objets d'art, wall displays, and flowers, among others. Barbara Jacobs
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Old Virginia Houses Along the James

Product Description
Written by a Halifax County Virginia native, and presented in a quality bound 9x12 inch folio format. Semi gloss clay glazed paper and photos throughout. In addition to its rich, often amusing historical lore, this exquisite volume is a mine of authoritive information on architectural features and decor. We see inside and out the most wonderful of the old Virginia homes.

Oriental Rug Gallery (Oriental Rug Gallery, 1)

Book Description
The ultimate mutlimedia catalogue of handmade contemporary and antique persian rugs. View thousands of high quality rug pictures categorized by design, color, price, material, size, production location, and production year. Search and filter based on the above categories. Perform slide show on screen or overhead projectors. Obtain high quality color printouts of rug pictures. Create subsets of desired rugs under personal lists. Configurable unit of measure for Price, Size, and Knot density.

Publisher Description
Are you a rug lover? An interior designer? A rug dealer? Or simply want to explore the wonderful and colorful world of hand made rugs?

If you answer yes to any questions above, then Oriental Rug Gallery is a MUST for you.

Outdoor Decorating: A Project and Idea Book

Book Description
Who doesnt love the great outdoors? Natures bounty entices, enthralls, calms, and soothes us and the best part is, anyone can enjoy it.

Outdoor Decorating is the one-stop resource for planning, designing, decorating, and accessorizing outdoor spaces and so much more. It shows how to apply the principles of interior decorating to terraces, patios, porches, decks, sunrooms and other spaces. In addition, it shows how to bring the elements of nature in, through over 40 beautiful handmade gifts- from lamp shades to mirrors to bath teas and pillows- using natural materials and themes.

Whether the area in question is a small urban container garden or a lush country garde, this comprehensive guide shows how everyone can use nature to beautify his or her home inside and out.

Painted Illusions: Including Wood-Grain, Stone and Metallic Finishes (Arts and Crafts for...

Product Description
-Provides a compete guide to creating faux finishes.

Painting and Decorating Furniture

From Library Journal
McGraw, whose previous craft books include Papier-Mache for Kids (Firefly, 1991), gives clear, well-illustrated instructions to over 30 furniture decorating projects. She begins with an overview of the materials, equipment, and basic techniques needed for preparing furniture to be decorated and continues with the projects that primarily involve various paint techniques, but she also shows how to refurbish cushioned seats, mosaic a tabletop, and fabric-cover furniture. Although the directions are generally clear, more detailed techniques such as tole painting are better illustrated in Priscilla Hauser's Book of Decorative Painting (LJ 9/15/97). With the variety of projects illustrated, this book will be popular addition to collections whose patrons are looking for how-to books.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Joy Kraft, Cincinnati Enquirer 01/03/2004
A good start for beginners with simple, easy-to-follow projects, furniture preparation and materials.