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Midcentury Modern: 15 Interior Design Ideas
Do you love rich and vibrant timeless design? Are you on a budget and planning a new project based on this hot trend? Are you excited to find out how to create the midcentury modern look for your home, hotel or motel? Ivy Ngeow has been practicing architecture and interior design for more than 26 years, starting her own firm in 2001. An award-winning author, she was architecture and interiors columnist for London’s Wimbledon Time and Leisure magazine for 7 years. Apart from residential properties in New York and London, her experience includes “vacay homes” in the Hamptons, Caribbean resorts, Gleneagles Golf and Spa Resort, Claridges and boutique hotels in Havana and Penang, two UNESCO World Heritage sites. Now Ivy is ready to share some of her best-kept interior design secrets with you. Influenced by iconic cultural references such as Queen’s Gambit, Twin Peaks, Vegas and Hitchcock, Ivy will inspire you in your own midcentury modern interior design project, large or small. Midcentury 15 Interior Design Ideas is a concise style guide that will provide you with instant ideas and know-how to save you research, time and money and create rooms of maximum impact with minimum fuss . Inside you will find 15 easy-to-read, illustrated ideas to help you quickly and efficiently conceptualize room designs. In Midcentury 15 Interior Design Ideas you’ll ★ 15 key ideas , each example from a scene in the Queen’s Gambit to provide a pithy overview; ★ Brief history to expl ain the behind-the-scenes midcentury concept; ★ Recommendations to guide you on the gambit of mix-and-match design elements; ★ Descriptions of color palettes, furniture, lighting, choice of wall and floor finishes and decorations to help you style any room, new or old; ★ HOT TIP in every chapter to further amp up any design and give it the professional touch; 3 classic easy celebratory cocktail recipes to thirst-quench like the Queen. Midcentury Modern is your quick definitive lifestyle handbook for how to interior design like the Queen’s Gambit . Perfect for amateurs, designers, enthusiasts or modernistas. If you like vintage, pop culture and modern art, you’ll love Ivy’s smart and sassy book.
★★★★★ As seen in the Real Riviera "Midcentury 15 Interior Design Ideas is an excellent starter book if you are on a budget and planning a project based on a hot trend. Or if you are excited to find out how to create the look for your home, hotel, or motel." - therealriviera.com
★★★★★ As seen in the Real Riviera "Midcentury 15 Interior Design Ideas is an excellent starter book if you are on a budget and planning a project based on a hot trend. Or if you are excited to find out how to create the look for your home, hotel, or motel." - therealriviera.com
70 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 22, 2021
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June 10, 2021
MidCentury Modern: 15 Interior Design Ideas is a one-of-a-kind book published by Leopard Print and written by Ivy Ngeow, an award-winning Asian author and architect currently based in London, United Kingdom.
An easy read for anyone enthusiastic about home decor, especially mid-century modern style, for the home, hotel or motel, this book is packed with practical tips to guide both beginners and amateurs in their interior design projects.
Beginning with an informative introduction to mid-century modernism and its principles of elegance and simplicity where “form follows function”, Ivy paired her years of expertise in architecture and design with writing to produce this professionally written guide book. Over fifteen chapters, readers can expect to find fifteen interior design ideas inspired by Ivy’s architectural and design profession with influences from popular TV programs such as the Queen’s Gambit, Mad Max and Twin Peaks, travel adventures to Miami and Vegas as well as Hitchock movies and modern American literature.
Overall, I found this book a very useful read as it balances both interior design theory with practical tips for application in everyday interior design projects. Personally, I love learning new tips and getting some interior design ideas and this beautifully illustrated guide book is very timely for my upcoming interior design project. For quick tips, I love reading the “hot tip” included at the end of each chapter.
One of my favorite chapters in this book is “Indoor Plants”. As I’ve started mini gardening just several years ago, learning about using tropical indoor plants not just for sculpture and color but also for contrast and architectural value is exciting! A key takeaway in this chapter is to learn to select the right type of tropical indoor plants to achieve the desired mid-century modern look using recommended plants such as the “Epipremnum aureus” (Devil’s Ivy), a fast-growing vine with heart-shaped mottled leaves, “Anthurium Andreanum” (Anthurium), a plant with dark green, glossy leaves and deep red, pink or white heart-shaped flowers as well as “Ficus Elastics” (Rubber Plants or Figs), a type of plant with shiny, rounded leaves in dark green or burgundy.
Another chapter that I like in this book is “Furniture With Thin Legs”. I learned that furniture with hairpin legs or slim tapered legs are designed to make it appear “floating” or lighter in mass than it is and are used in combination with glass. This is in line with the design principle of being light and transparent, making a room appear bigger, especially if it contrasts with a strong teal or jewel-colored interior.
If I were asked to give feedback on how to enhance this book further, I would suggest including some infographics to highlight the main ideas and “hot tip” in each chapter as key takeaways for the readers. In conclusion, I would give this book a 5 out of 5 rating. Keep it up, Ivy!
An easy read for anyone enthusiastic about home decor, especially mid-century modern style, for the home, hotel or motel, this book is packed with practical tips to guide both beginners and amateurs in their interior design projects.
Beginning with an informative introduction to mid-century modernism and its principles of elegance and simplicity where “form follows function”, Ivy paired her years of expertise in architecture and design with writing to produce this professionally written guide book. Over fifteen chapters, readers can expect to find fifteen interior design ideas inspired by Ivy’s architectural and design profession with influences from popular TV programs such as the Queen’s Gambit, Mad Max and Twin Peaks, travel adventures to Miami and Vegas as well as Hitchock movies and modern American literature.
Overall, I found this book a very useful read as it balances both interior design theory with practical tips for application in everyday interior design projects. Personally, I love learning new tips and getting some interior design ideas and this beautifully illustrated guide book is very timely for my upcoming interior design project. For quick tips, I love reading the “hot tip” included at the end of each chapter.
One of my favorite chapters in this book is “Indoor Plants”. As I’ve started mini gardening just several years ago, learning about using tropical indoor plants not just for sculpture and color but also for contrast and architectural value is exciting! A key takeaway in this chapter is to learn to select the right type of tropical indoor plants to achieve the desired mid-century modern look using recommended plants such as the “Epipremnum aureus” (Devil’s Ivy), a fast-growing vine with heart-shaped mottled leaves, “Anthurium Andreanum” (Anthurium), a plant with dark green, glossy leaves and deep red, pink or white heart-shaped flowers as well as “Ficus Elastics” (Rubber Plants or Figs), a type of plant with shiny, rounded leaves in dark green or burgundy.
Another chapter that I like in this book is “Furniture With Thin Legs”. I learned that furniture with hairpin legs or slim tapered legs are designed to make it appear “floating” or lighter in mass than it is and are used in combination with glass. This is in line with the design principle of being light and transparent, making a room appear bigger, especially if it contrasts with a strong teal or jewel-colored interior.
If I were asked to give feedback on how to enhance this book further, I would suggest including some infographics to highlight the main ideas and “hot tip” in each chapter as key takeaways for the readers. In conclusion, I would give this book a 5 out of 5 rating. Keep it up, Ivy!
December 24, 2024
I bought this on Kindle and did not quite realise how short it would be...
February 23, 2025
I just loved this book of design ideas inspired by the Queen's Gambit.
November 3, 2021
Great book of ideas to decorate. The author offers in an illustrated, brief and accurate way, some tips and secrets to achieve that the environment harmonizes according to the desired decoration style.
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Estupendo libro de ideas para decorar. La autora ofrece de forma ilustrada, breve y certera, algunos consejos y secretos para lograr que el entorno armonice de acuerdo al estilo de decoración deseado.
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Estupendo libro de ideas para decorar. La autora ofrece de forma ilustrada, breve y certera, algunos consejos y secretos para lograr que el entorno armonice de acuerdo al estilo de decoración deseado.
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