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Eclectic Country

Author : Mary Emmerling

Publisher : Gibbs Smith

Page : 447 pages

File Size : 19,35 MB

Release : 2015-07-27

Category : House & Home

ISBN : 1423638611

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Book Description

In this memoir/design book, Emmerling takes her readers sleuthing and partying at Round Top antiques fair; reminisces on her days at Mademoiselle, House Beautiful and other top magazines; shares oodles of her favorite things; and shares personal, fresh country decorating in her own home and those of a few close friends. MARY EMMERLING is an iconic innovator of American Country style. She has authored 30 previous books, including Art of the Cross, Turquoise, Skull, Heart, and Buckle and most recently The American Flag: Art, Design, Fashion. She lives in Scottsdale, Arizona. REED DAVIS is an editorial and commercial photographer living in Los Angeles and New York.



Mary Emmerling's American Country West

Author : Mary Ellisor Emmerling

Publisher : Clarkson Potter Publishers

Page : 290 pages

File Size : 41,65 MB

Release : 1985

Category : Art

ISBN :

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In full-color photographs, the book describes adobes, hadiendas, log cabins, ski lodges, ranches, farmhouses, cowboys, Indians, mountain men, and craftsmen of the American Southwest.



Mary Emmerling's American Country Classics

Author : Mary Ellisor Emmerling

Publisher : Clarkson Potter Publishers

Page : 296 pages

File Size : 47,30 MB

Release : 1990

Category : Architecture

ISBN :

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Book Description

Mary Emmerling takes a fresh look at American Country decorating, showing classic examples of the style in updated, sophisticated, and eclectic settings for the 1990s. 400 full-color photographs.



Urban Country Style

Author : Elizabeth Betts Hickman

Publisher : Gibbs Smith

Page : 172 pages

File Size : 23,24 MB

Release : 2007

Category : Architecture

ISBN : 9781423601593

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"Urban Country Style" is an illustrated guide for mixing modern and vintageurnishings with a crisp, clean approach and a touch of the unexpected.ickman and Gent go beyond the generic idea of an "eclectic mix" and definehis popular emerging style by really showing readers how to achieve not only more stylish home, but a more functional one as well. At the heart of "rban Country Style" is the contrast between old and new, traditional andodern, chic sophistication and cozy comfort: a vintage table paired withontemporary metal chairs, French doors hung on overhead tracks like barnoors, and traditional wood cabinets alongside open stainless shelves alleflect the Urban Country philosophy.



Mary Emmerling's American Country Cottages

Author : Mary Ellisor Emmerling

Publisher : Clarkson Potter Publishers

Page : 216 pages

File Size : 35,74 MB

Release : 1993

Category : Architecture

ISBN :

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This beautifully illustrated book explores the charm of 24 country and seaside cottages from Key West to California. Mary Emmerling and photographer Joshua Greene ventured across America and found decorating ideas and housekeeping solutions that will prove delightful and useful to anyone who enjoys living informally and intimately in small spaces. Full-color photographs.



Global Bohemian

Author : Fifi O'Neill

Publisher : CICO Books

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 30,83 MB

Release : 2019-04-09

Category : House & Home

ISBN : 9781782497189

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In Global Bohemian, Fifi O’Neill shows how you can bring gypset style into your home, fusing the colorful, eccentric style of bohemian living with inspirations from far-flung places. Why settle for one style when you can indulge your love of several? Whether exuberant or subtle, eclectic or sophisticated, bohemian style welcomes a freethinking approach to decorating. Fifi O’Neill shows you how to combine originality, creative energy, whimsy, and a love of travel to create adventurous, authentic, and enchanting interiors. Find inspiration for making your home truly unique by mixing pieces with traditional style alongside finds from your travels. Whether you want to transform understated spaces by adding intriguing nomadic elements, incorporating tropical and beach motifs, or hints of glamour, Global Bohemian offers ample and affordable decorative options and celebrates self-expression, inspiration, passion, and personal flair.



Search Sweet Country

Author : Kojo Laing

Publisher : Penguin UK

Page : 206 pages

File Size : 35,53 MB

Release : 2019-08-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0241370108

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Accra, Ghana, the 1970s. In the streets, marketplaces and crowded houses of this sprawling city, an unforgettable cast of characters live, love and try to get by: an idealistic professor, a beautiful young witch, a wide-eyed student, a corrupt politician, a healer and a man intent on founding his own village. Through their stories, and those of the living, breathing city itself, Kojo Laing's dazzling novel creates a portrait of a place caught between colonialism and freedom, eternity and the present. 'The finest novel written in English ever to come out of the African continent' Binyavanga Wainaina



Mary Emmerling's American Country Details

Author : Mary Ellisor Emmerling

Publisher : Clarkson Potter

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 14,47 MB

Release : 1994

Category : Decoration and ornament

ISBN : 9780517583692

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Book Description

The first name in American Country offers a fully illustrated, idea-packed treasury of 16 elements of country style. Beginning with Architectural Elements and continuing through Windows, Mary Emmerling shows how to create a style detail by detail. Full-color photographs.



Mary Emmerling's American Country Hearts

Author : Mary Ellisor Emmerling

Publisher : Clarkson Potter Publishers

Page : 84 pages

File Size : 48,49 MB

Release : 1988

Category : Antiques & Collectibles

ISBN : 9780517569894

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Book Description

A charming gift book by two of Potter's best-selling authors, which celebrates the varied uses of the heart motif in American handcrafted country antiques, from cookie cutters to chairs. 120 full-color illustrations.



Art of Turquoise

Author : Mary Emmerling

Publisher : Gibbs Smith

Page : 353 pages

File Size : 17,93 MB

Release : 2011-05-01

Category : Art

ISBN : 1423616316

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Book Description

Turquoise and silver is an icon of the American Southwest. For generations, people have ogled these gemstones in pawn shops, jewelry shops and antiques stores, looking for a special piece of Native American jewelry that speaks to their heart. Southwest jewelry is now valued and collected around the world. Photographs of collectible pieces reveal what the attraction is about. Whether in shades of pale aqua or deeper aquamarine, blue or jade green, Mary Emmerling reveals that the collector's hunt is about color. And beyond jewelry, the color turquoise appears throughout the Southwest in architecture and decoration. After all, it's the color of calm.