Product Description

Updating and inhabiting an old building brings both pleasures and challenges. How do you show off the best features of a home built for another age while configuring it for modern living? In "Old House New Home", Ros Byam Shaw combines the expertise of designers and homeowners with her own experience of renovating old properties. She looks at the ways we can furnish and arrange an old building to suit today's needs, whether it is a country cottage, a city row house, or a converted factory. The book is divided into key styles: Period Piece, Urban Chic, Rustic, Recycled Spaces, and Country House, while information at the end of each style offers ideas for furniture, lighting, fabrics, colours, and finishing touches. This book will motivate you to transform your old house into an elegant new home.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #654141 in Books
• Published on: 2005-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 192 pages

About the Author
Ros Byam Shaw is a former features editor of "'World of Interiors"' who now writes on design and interiors for "'House and Garden"', "'World of Interiors"', and the "'Independent"'. She is author of "'Bedroom Essentials"' and "'Interiors by Design"' (both Ryland Peters and Small).

Christopher Drake was born in South America, brought up in Norway, and now lives in London. He began his career at Vogue, working with the best fashion photographers, including Snowdon, Bailey, and Beaton. He then moved into interiors photography and his work is now featured in an international range of magazines, including Homes and Gardens, World of Interiors, Country Living, and Victoria magazine. His books include Katrin Cargill's Swedish Style.

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This book has a wealth of inspiration bound in its pages. All the examples do a fantastic job of marrying the old with the new and creating a charming yet fabulous home. Love it!