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The stuff of life : arranging things ordinary & extraordinary

Robertson, Hilary2019
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In the first chapter, How to Arrange your Stuff, Hilary identifies and illustrates four different approaches to arrangements - intuitive, narrative, practical and curatorial - and shows how each one can be achieved. She also considers the variety of display locations available within the home - walls, mantelpieces, windowsills, chests of drawers, tabletops - and suggests how to make the most of them. Next, in Stories Told by Real Homes, Hilary shares insider knowledge drawn from the experience of creating interiors that fall into five different styles - Neatnik, Bohemian, Naturalist, Sculpture Vulture and Noble Salvage. Some people are magpies - they love stuff; finding, collecting, and displaying it - while their opposite, the minimalists, are on a mission to contain or tame it. The ideas in this book will appeal to magpies, minimalists and everyone in between.
Main title:
The stuff of life : arranging things ordinary & extraordinary / Hilary Robertson ; with photography by Anna Williams.
Edition:
Revised edition.
Imprint:
London : Ryland Peters & Small, 2019.©2019
Collation:
208 pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cm
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9781788790864 (hbk)9781788790864 (hardback)
Dewey class:
747.9
Language:
English
BRN:
543467
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