Linens: For Every Room and Occasion - Couverture rigide

Hodges, Jane Scott

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0847842169 ISBN 13 : 9780847842162

Editeur : Rizzoli, 2014

Synopsis

This is the essential book on living and entertaining with elegant linens-for every day and special occasions. Offering both visual inspiration and practical information, Linens is the ultimate guide to living and entertaining with fine linens. Credited with reviving the art of couture linens for everyday use, Jane Scott Hodges's contributions to the world of fine linens have made her a favorite of house and home magazines. As the founder and owner of couture fine linens company Leontine Linens, she has spent the past two decades studying, collecting, and innovating the world of fine linens. In her engaging Southern way, she introduces us to the art of beautifully made linens and shows how easy it is to use them to personalize your home and change looks and moods without redecorating. Whether your style is classic or modern, quirky or quiet, linens are uniquely adaptable to the way you live and decorate and the surest way to put your unique stamp on your home.

Throughout, the book also offers liberal doses of the author's expert advice and savvy insight on use and care, as well as contributions from leading decorators and home stylists. Replete with beautiful linen-filled rooms detailing countless interpretations of applique, embroidery, and monograms-and the myriad weaves and colors to explore-Linens opens up the possibilities of a world of decorating and a fresh look at entertaining.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Founder of Leontine Linens, Jane Scott Hodges has revived the art of couture linens for the home. Hodges deftly explores fine linens' everyday use and care, and their importance and relevance to today's artful lifestyle. A celebrated tastemaker, prolific designer, and author, Charlotte Moss most recently wrote the successful Charlotte Moss: A Visual Life.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Provides the authoritative, instructional, and fun guide to linens so you can live and entertain with linens with knowledge, ease, and a personalised style that works for you. From her years of experience as founder and owner of couture fine linens company Leontine Linens, Jane Scott Hodges has assembled a trove of expertise, practical advice, and a range of savvy insight into the art of linens in our daily lives, and here she shares them for the first time. Her philosophy centers around the idea that you do not need to have a family crest or host regular luncheons to live elegantly with linens. In this comprehensive volume, there is something to be gleaned by everyone - from the twenty-something aspirer to the long-time linen collector and expert entertainer. Instructional and inspirational, she offers an array of guidance for the table, bedroom, and bath - and all of the elements and occasions thereof. Beautifully illustrated while at once informative, there is also an invaluable do-it-yourself element that shows the reader the potential to change the look of a room with linens without having to redecorate the space. From simple to lavish, Linens transforms the idea of what it means to live and entertain with linens in new and unexpected ways.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rizzoli
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0847842169
• ISBN 13: 9780847842162
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible