RECOMMENDED BOOKS General Design & Decorating
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Comfortable Living by Design
If you'd like to learn pro level creative skills, save money with affordable design and decorating projects and have a desire to create a truly unique place to call home , this book is for you! Unique to the decorating world, this book is actually a teaching tool that will force you to learn to develop your own God given creative skills by taking you on a journey inside your own creativity.
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Daily Life in a Victorian Home
A wonderful book detailing in both picture and narrative a true picture of what it was like to have lived in the Victorian era …everyday experiences from typical meals to the way a woman enters her corset …all detailed with beautiful diagrams and photographs of rooms exemplary of the period. A must read for anyone who is striving to decorate in the true sense of the word VICTORIAN.
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Secret Lives of Victorian Houses
Great photographs but absolutely the best insight into the true understanding of the lifestyle and the decorating mindset of a Victorian era homeowner . I really appreciate the little known tidbits of information that make this book a wonderful resource for anyone looking to recreate the comfortable elegance found only in this era.
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Victorian Exterior Decoration:
How to Paint Your Nineteenth-Century American House Historically
Using original period color chips and color schemes this book is an invaluable tool when it comes to recreating the true authentic charm found in homes of this era. Filled with actual color [posters depicting the use and placement of colors current in the late 1800's and early 1900's this book is a true handbook for anyone thinking about painting or remodeling a Victorian era home.
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Living Colors:
The definitive guide to color palettes through the ages
This book is sheer fun! Filled with great insight and extensive research, this book is a working tool to help the reader in achieving an accurate color palette for ANY period throughout recorded history . With a real paint- store like sample strip corresponding to each time period , this book helps to bring to life the true understanding of EXACT colors that were used during a particular date in history.
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Deborah Burnett is a nationally recognized health and wellness design authority and keynote presenter bridging the gap between science and evidence based epigenetic design which explores how the body and brain are affected by the interior environment. As a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine she specializes in research and design pertaining to how color, light, sound and daylight affect sleep.
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