Creating a Beautiful Home电子书

DEDICATION

CONTENTS

Part 1

THE HOUSE THAT TELLS WHO YOU ARE

Chapter 1

“THE ABIDING PLACE OF THE AFFECTIONS”

STONINGTON VILLAGE, CONNECTICUT JULY 6, 1992

Chapter 2

RECONSIDERATIONS OF MY THOUGHTS OVER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS

I’VE CHANGED MY MIND

MEN AND WOMEN, EQUALLY, CREATE A HOME

DESIGN YOUR LIFE, NOT YOUR HOUSE

PERFECTIONISM KEEPS YOU FROM YOUR GOALS

THREE MAJOR CHANGES IN MY THINKING

Chapter 3

GETTING STARTED: PUTTING YOURSELF IN YOUR PLACE

IS THE HOUSE THE RIGHT HOUSE FOR YOU?

YOU HAVE TO FALL IN LOVE

DO WHAT SEEMS RIGHT FOR YOU

WE ARE DRAWN TO A HUMAN, HUMANE SCALE

TAKING ACTION – GETTING WHAT YOU REALLY WANT

TEN SECRETS TO FINDING YOUR PERSONAL DECORATING STYLE

1. Your Personality Reveals Your Style

2. Start with Where You Are Now

3. Contour Your Environment to Suit Your Unique Needs

4. Create Your Own Reality

5. Do Your Homework

6. Examine Your Own Life

7. Trust Your Eye and Be Alert to Your Senses

8. Edit, Putter, and Eliminate

9. Simplicity, Appropriateness, and Beauty

SIMPLICITY

APPROPRIATENESS

BEAUTY

10. Treasure New Beginnings

Chapter 4

THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF HOME DESIGN

ZEN AND THE ART OF MISTAKE

BUILDING BLOCKS—THE ABC’s OF SUCCESSFUL ROOM DESIGN

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF FABULOUS DECORATING

1. Start Out with a Master Plan

2. Arrange Each Room with a Point of View and a Focal Point

3. Don’t Forget the Importance of Comfort and Convenience

4. Don’t Ignore the Importance of Scale

5. Don’t Feel Compelled to Fill Up All the Spaces

6. Don’t Make a Room a Stage Set

7. Experiment with Light

8. Do Not Exclude Nature

9. Avoid the Errors or “Cutsie, Cutsie” and “Matchy-Matchy”

10. Forget Rigid Rules and Follow Your Heart Instead

SYNERGISM: BETWEEN YOU AND THE PEOPLE YOU HIRE

WE WILL BE “SURPRISED BY JOY”

Part 2

CREATING YOUR BEAUTIFUL HOME

Chapter 5

ENTRANCES

OTHER ENTRANCES

GRACE NOTES

Chapter 6

THE LIVING ROOM

GRACE NOTES

Chapter 7

DINING PLACES

GRACE NOTES

Chapter 8

KITCHENS

GRACE NOTES

Chapter 9

FAMILY SPACES

GRACE NOTES

Chapter 10

THE STUDY

GRACE NOTES

Chapter 11

YOUR BEDROOM

GRACE NOTES

Chapter 12

CHILDREN’S ROOMS

GRACE NOTES

Chapter 13

BATHROOMS

GRACE NOTES

Chapter 14

EXTERIORS

GRACE NOTES

Chapter 15

LIVING AT HOME

My Acknowledgment, with Appreciation

THE BIRTH OF THE HOUSE BOOK

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ALSO BY ALEXANDRA STODDARD

CREDITS

COPYRIGHT

ABOUT THE PUBLISHER