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Showing posts with label design books. Show all posts

Paris Flea Market Style {giveaway}


The lovely Claudia from The Paris Apartment was sweet enough to offer you my wonderful readers a signed copy of her new book - Paris Flea Market Style.  This is Claudia's second book and I was so excited when I received a copy.  It is beautiful and full of great information for those of us who love Paris and the flea markets there.  I read it cover to cover to soak up all of the information for my next trip, I will definitely be slipping it into my suitcase to use while I am there.



 If you aren't able to make that trip to Paris just yet to fill your house with amazing goodies you can find some of Claudia's finds on her One Kings Lane sale this week too!  Please take a minute to check it all out.  I am dreaming of these beauties!!


To enter to win please visit  Claudia from The Paris Apartment and leave a comment below letting us know what is on your wish list if you were shopping in Paris. For an additional chance to win tweet about our giveaway (it's easy just hit the tweet button below) and leave a second comment!  Our winner will be chosen at random Thursday the 14th.
Also, if I cannot contact you from your profile I will need an email address....


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Nathan Turner's American Style Book {a giveaway}

 

I was so excited to have  a chance to offer one of my lovely readers a copy of Nathan Turner's first book.  We also had an opportunity to ask a few questions about Nathan's design methods and inspirations, I hope you enjoy our little interview and a minute to leave a comment for your chance to win!

1.        What is your design philosophy?

The most important thing is living well with comfort and style.  So all of my designs need to not only look great, but be livable as well.

2.       What inspires you and drives your passion for design?

I’m constantly being inspired.  There’s inspiration all around us, you just have to be open to it.  I derive the most inspiration from travel.

3.       What jumpstarts each of your designs (color, fabric, furniture, etc.)?

I can be totally inspired by the architecture of a project & design comes of that. Or I can start with a color, or a single fabric & the whole room gets built around it.  It really just depends on the project.

4.       What do you hope people take away from reading your book?

I hope it inspires people to decorate, entertain, & have fun with design.  To realize that there really aren’t any rules to do things that make you feel good.  Hopefully they take away some ideas and inspiration as well.

5.       You dedicated this book to the woman in your life, how did they inspire you to seek a career in design?

They inadvertently inspired me to seek a career in design.   Both my grandmothers and my mother, although different, embodied the one thing that makes a great hostess, they had great style.  They knew how to graciously entertain and make people comfortable.  They make people want to come into their home for parties and dinner.  I watched that growing up & it was engrained in me.  I learned a lot from watching them.

6.      Your book is full of helpful tips for living well, what is your best tip for making a space come together completely (that finishing touch)?

The finishing touches are the most important thing.  It’s that last layer or two that people often forget or sadly they have depleted their budget.  It’s those finishing touches I call the “jewelry” of the project.  It’s the lamps, the table top accessories, & pillows…they should be personal and should reflect the person who bought them or who lives in the house.  It’s always those little things that make a room.

7.       What was the biggest challenge in writing this book?

Time.  I have so many different things going on from decorating, television, my store, & product line.  The book is very personal so I had to be 100% involved.  That’s the only way I wanted to do it.  So, the biggest challenge was setting aside a chunk of time aside every week to finish it.

8.       What inspired you to write a book, and one centered on casual living and entertaining?

I really wanted to do a book that embodied everything that I do including decorating, food, entertaining.  I wanted it to be more lifestyle than a decorator’s monograph.  When I met with Abrams they understood that immediately & they were the ones to push me to make it personal & to share my own life experience as well as my work.  I’m happy they did, because it literally feels likes a scrapbook of the last ten years of my life.
 










For a chance to win a copy of Nathan's book please leave a comment below telling us about your inspirations, for an additional chances to win you can tweet (easy to tweet just hit retweet at the bottom of the post), follow us here on the blog or on twitter or blog about our giveaway.  The winner will be chosen at random on January 28th, 2013.  
 
Please leave a separate comment for each entry.

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Great Gifts {design library}

 I love nothing more than a good design book (okay well maybe jewelry) but they are on the top of my gift list all the time.  I love to give and recieve them!!!  Every great designer has tons of them and why shouldn't we be the same way?  These are some of my favorite new books and some that are on my wish list this Christmas!



You can click on any cover to see details and pricing.

Enjoy!
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Vintage by Nina Christmas


 We are so excited to carry the Vintage by Nina Christmas book in the shop.  Just a wonderful as the original Vintage by Nina book but full of beautiful Christmas inspiration.  
Pre order your copy today as supply is limited!

 






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Nathan Turner @ Pottery Barn {a book signing}


If there is one thing I love it is a good design book and meeting the designer/author is always a great way to spend an evening!  Nathan Turner is signing copies of his first book Nathan Turner's American Style at Pottery Barn in Beverly Hills on Thursday evening.  

Also in the coming weeks look for an interview here on the blog with Nathan about the book and a giveaway for greige readers.


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Design Library: the natural home by hans blomquist



I was looking through some books over the weekend and realized that I needed to share one with you!  I picked up The Natural Home in a shop here locally one day and fell in love.  Of course the imagery is beautiful but it was the variety that really pulled me in.  There is a little something for most every taste and the mix of vintage is fantastic.   My favorite space that they explore and talk about is from Oliver Gustav.  His shop and is amazing.  

Many of the images from this book have made their rounds on the web but I love to have a book to browse through at my leisure, I have more than enough according to my husband, but you can never under estimate the power of really turning those pages and the way your mind can wander. 


 


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Darryl Carter... love..





I don't know how I missed it... Darryl Carter is having a Tastemaker Sale on OKL today!!  I am dying over the chaise...  and I think I will pick up a copy of his book that is signed too!!   If you have a chance check it out there are some really wonderful pieces still available.


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Vintage by Nina Book {giveaway}


I am very excited to offer this beautiful book to TWO of my lovely readers!  

I am sure that you have visited her blog and have seen the images floating around the internet, how amazing would it be to own a copy of Vintage by Nina.  This book is printed currently in Norwegian and this fall we are expecting it in English, so you can read all about the lovely vintage treasures.
Each image captures her beautiful mix of texture and patina beautifully.

 

" This book is one that we are sure will transcend time and design styles, and in our opinion its sui generi; unique, fresh, bold at times and yet feminine, clean. The book contains 160 beautiful and provocative pages which inspire dreams in its readers and invokes the interior design muse of those who leaf through its pages."


Currently you can pre-order the book in English at the greige shop and if you are interested in purchasing the book for resale you can contact the Boys at Atelier de Campagne to get your supply!  Please email them at infoatelierdc@gmail.com  for more information.

To enter to win please visit the shop and leave a comment below letting us know your favorite. For an additional chance to win tweet about our giveaway (it's easy just hit the tweet button below)  or post about the giveaway on facebook and leave a second and/or third comment!  As always we would love to have you as a follower here on the blog too!  Our winner will be chosen at random Saturday the 16th.

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Black and White (and a bit in between) by Celerie Kemble


 


I am a firm believer in the use of black in design, I am sure we all know that.  I think it gives that classic clean edge that every space needs.  I put this book on my Christmas list this year (I am a design book junkie) and I completely LOVE it!  I am amazed by how many of the photos in the book I have used here on the blog. 

Celerie Kemble did a great job in bringing some great interiors together and she even has a chapter devoted to my sweet grey!!  So I have still got to read more of it but I thought I would let you all know that it is a great hard copy of some really great design photos out there with some great content on design itself brought to you in a very down to earth way.

Also, I added a little design library link on the bottom of the blog if you are looking for some great inspiration in hard copy most of my favorites are there!



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