Novel Interiors: Living in Enchanted Rooms Inspired by Literature
Lisa Borgnes Giramonti
Language: English
Pages: 288
ISBN: 0385345992
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
For those who have ever lost themselves in the stylish worlds of novels like Sense and Sensibility, The Age of Innocence, Wuthering Heights, The Picture of Dorian Gray and countless others, this design book embraces the fantasy of time and place, showing you how to bring some of those elements into your own home.
Lisa Giramonti inspires a new approach to decorating: by teaching us through the lens of worlds we may already know and love. With gorgeous photographs by World of Interiors photographer Ivan Terestchenko, aspirational quotes, and tailored reading lists, Novel Interiors reveals the essence and details of interiors mentioned in great literary works. This is a stunning, photo-driven book that shares enchanting and timeless ways to live more elegantly.
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of perfection lies freedom. A petite daybed by a window has been re-covered in a busy ethnic pattern for a favorite canine occupant. Turn your bathroom into the most interesting room in the house by taping a constantly evolving personal scrapbook of your life to the walls. “Your life is all wandering, changes and adventure.” Lesley Blanch, THE WILDER SHORES OF LOVE Depth of field: a patterned stencil in the style of the Bloomsbury Group gives dimension to a dining room wall. Redefine your
for a carnival” that proves to be a deciding factor: “As soon as we saw it, we wanted to live there.” There is something so romantic and hippy-chic about letting vegetation flourish according to its natural wont. Why not let a house’s front pillars grow shaggy with vines? Gardens filled with succulent plants or lush trees like banana palms and plumeria are also bewitching possibilities—this wild outdoor poetry lets people know you hold all forms of creativity in high regard. A LESSON FROM THE
potpourri to the glories of faded chintz to the scented pleasures of an apple studded with cloves. Kenneth Grahame (1859–1932) Style inspiration: The Wind in the Willows Open Grahame’s cult classic to any page and you tumble headlong into descriptions of cozy kitchens and bright fires and oatmeal porridge and kettles on the boil. The world may be full of peril, but what emboldens the animals on their adventures is the knowledge that whatever happens, home sweet home is waiting—safe,
silver, 4.1, 4.2 simplicity sisal matting, 3.1 sitting rooms. See seating areas sleekness small, cozy spaces, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 Smith, Dodie, 5.1, bm1.1; I Capture the Castle, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, bm1.2 sofas, col4.1, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1; ethnic textiles and pillows on, itr.1, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6; tufted, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7; well-worn, 1.3 Sons and Lovers (Lawrence), 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, bm1.1 spearmint Springer, Karl, 6.1 staircases, 2.1, 2.2,
reading lamp ensures that a cozy armchair is an illuminating refuge to curl up in. This petite snuggery has a reassuring security that a larger room can sometimes lack. Warm brown walls intensify the charm. Small rooms grant a quiet power to their inhabitants, perhaps because they offer an intimacy that doesn’t intimidate or overwhelm (as a larger room can). In Our Mutual Friend, the cozy proportions of Mr. Boffin’s room are much prized: “Far less grand than the rest of the house, it was far
