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Veranda Decorating
From beautiful design details that inspire to pretty personal spaces you’ll want to call your own, this stunning volume from Veranda captures the allure of luxurious decorating.
Learn all there is to know about creating a glorious home. VerandaDecorating takes you on an A–Z journey through the essentials of decorating, from “Antiques” and “Art” to “Zoning.” Dozens of spectacular photographs showcase sophisticated furnishings and design aesthetics, and this book—authored by Veranda Senior Editor Mario López-Cordero with a foreword by Clinton Smith, the magazine’s Editor in Chief—perfectly juxtaposes practical decorating advice alongside inspiring images of fabulous rooms, chic home accents, and more.
Learn all there is to know about creating a glorious home. VerandaDecorating takes you on an A–Z journey through the essentials of decorating, from “Antiques” and “Art” to “Zoning.” Dozens of spectacular photographs showcase sophisticated furnishings and design aesthetics, and this book—authored by Veranda Senior Editor Mario López-Cordero with a foreword by Clinton Smith, the magazine’s Editor in Chief—perfectly juxtaposes practical decorating advice alongside inspiring images of fabulous rooms, chic home accents, and more.
- GenresInterior Design
249 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 13, 2018
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About the author
Mario López-Cordero
4 books5 followersMario López-Cordero is a journalist who has spent more than a decade writing about design, travel, fashion, and culture. He is currently the senior editor of Veranda and his writing has also appeared in New York, Travel + Leisure, and Martha Stewart Living; he previously held staff positions at Elle Decor, Harper’s Bazaar, and House Beautiful. He studied at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University and currently lives in New York City.
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March 1, 2022
Was looking for interior design/decorating books at the bookstore and they were all modern & minimalist and then I open this one... Every page of this beauty is just my style, traditional with just a little quirk.
December 25, 2024
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Veranda Decorating
Source: Kindle
Published: 2018
Veranda Decorating has a magnificent book on home decorating utilizing timeless ambiance, and it is stunning. This book is a perfect coffee table addition to your other decorating books, and Verandas creative staff offers advice that is always worthwhile. For significant reasons, I admire many Hearst publications, especially the Veranda brand. The first is their bold use of color. I am not a monochromatic fan of interior decorating, and I enjoy the way that Veranda showcases distinct and unique colors within the homes they share. Secondly, I like the three-dimensional layering of fabrics, curtains, rugs, wallpapers, and linens. I do not like everything in a home to match, and Veranda writers have a specific way of showing you how to layer your looks to complement one another and create a unique vibe. Finally, Veranda highlights works of art. As a collector of Folk Art, I appreciate how much even one piece of art can transform a room. Veranda‘s contributors, designers, and writers showcase different styles of artwork in various locations throughout a home. This is a book I will return to often for ideas and inspiration. #nonfiction #homedecoration #art #fabrics #color #psint #textiles #coolaberstion #homedesign #VerandaDecorating
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Veranda Decorating
Source: Kindle
Published: 2018
Veranda Decorating has a magnificent book on home decorating utilizing timeless ambiance, and it is stunning. This book is a perfect coffee table addition to your other decorating books, and Verandas creative staff offers advice that is always worthwhile. For significant reasons, I admire many Hearst publications, especially the Veranda brand. The first is their bold use of color. I am not a monochromatic fan of interior decorating, and I enjoy the way that Veranda showcases distinct and unique colors within the homes they share. Secondly, I like the three-dimensional layering of fabrics, curtains, rugs, wallpapers, and linens. I do not like everything in a home to match, and Veranda writers have a specific way of showing you how to layer your looks to complement one another and create a unique vibe. Finally, Veranda highlights works of art. As a collector of Folk Art, I appreciate how much even one piece of art can transform a room. Veranda‘s contributors, designers, and writers showcase different styles of artwork in various locations throughout a home. This is a book I will return to often for ideas and inspiration. #nonfiction #homedecoration #art #fabrics #color #psint #textiles #coolaberstion #homedesign #VerandaDecorating
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September 30, 2020
The message in all these images is, "I got a mansion, and then I spent a lot of money to fill it up."
March 26, 2024
The best that I can offer is that it was just "okay." The photography was well done. The book's principle is decorating A to Z. A? Animal prints, antiques, art prints and the art of arrival. Z? Zen. Q was "quiet," and not a mention of quilts or queenly. Y is "ying and yan," and not a mention of yellow. X was "x marks the spot," but mainly "X" legged circular tables, none of which I liked. I don't even like the visual impact of a heavy "X" in a room in wallpaper, art or fabric. Too negating.
You will see certainly wealthy enclaves mentioned again and again. Montecito, Santa Barbara, Houston, Boston, Martha's Vineyard...and wealthy people's residences. So many of these rooms have a heavy thumb print of being "decorated" by a professional, despite the author saying your own taste should reflect in your home, with the decorator's help in making that happen.
It's a big picture book of pretty and not so pretty rooms, depends on your tastes. In the section W for Windows...one described a bedroom on the New England coast with an "ocean view." The view was a stand of either low trees or shrubs blocking the ocean view. I wanted to march outside with heavy pruning shears and whack away at it until you did see the ocean. "You want an ocean view? NOW you have one."
You will see certainly wealthy enclaves mentioned again and again. Montecito, Santa Barbara, Houston, Boston, Martha's Vineyard...and wealthy people's residences. So many of these rooms have a heavy thumb print of being "decorated" by a professional, despite the author saying your own taste should reflect in your home, with the decorator's help in making that happen.
It's a big picture book of pretty and not so pretty rooms, depends on your tastes. In the section W for Windows...one described a bedroom on the New England coast with an "ocean view." The view was a stand of either low trees or shrubs blocking the ocean view. I wanted to march outside with heavy pruning shears and whack away at it until you did see the ocean. "You want an ocean view? NOW you have one."
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