Style Your Modern Vintage Home: A Guide to Buying, Restoring and Styling from the 1920s to 1990s
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| Rating | : | 4.45 (957 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1446303454 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
With an 18-year career in retail design and visual merchandising, Kate Beavis is a successful online retailer of collectible home goods, furnishings and clothing. Kate is a regular contributor for Vintage Life magazine, one of the largest vintage magazines in the UK which is also available internationally.. Kate is a co-founder of the National Vintage Award-winning website Your Vintage Life (
There is a Foreword by UK singer and actress, Paloma Faith, a vintage style icon both in the UK and US.. Vintage enthusiasts can see how these must-have items or styles work in their own home and how to integrate vintage with modern.Each chapter covers a decade from the 1920s to the 1990s. With 'real' homes, 'real' people and 'real' affordable items, this book shows you how you can achieve a stylish vintage/modern home too. Beautiful lifestyle photography of all of the must-have vintage pieces and real homes make this a fun, stylish and contemporary interior design book, but also a fascinating read to understand the history behind the pieces in our homes, that all vintage enthusia
"Four Stars" according to Tamar Shaanan. I like it. wish it had more pictures of interiors and less of isolated objects.. Wonderful book - love the UK/US histories and gorgeous photos M. Giancola I actually purchased this book because I've become obsessed with collecting mid-century fabrics and kitchen collectibles for our vintage travel trailer. I own a lot of "decorating" books and don't have a strong tolerance for useless "pretty pictures" of flowers and rooms that rely on furniture I don't have and never w. Mary Sherman said Love this book!. I found this book at the library and after skimming through it, immediately bought it! If you're hooked on vintage and modern, you would love this - the photos are beautiful and fun and give reign to lots of creative ideas.
Kate is a regular contributor for Vintage Life magazine, one of the largest vintage magazines in the UK which is also available internationally.. Kate's website was previously featured as website of the month in Period Living, and receives regular press in Homes and Antiques and Homes and Gardens. Kate is a co-founder of the National Vintage Award-winning website Your Vintage Life (yourvintagelife), where she regularly blogs about vintage homes, fashion and lifestyle. About the AuthorWith an 18-year career in retail design and visual merchandising, Kate Beavis is a successful online retailer of collectible home goods, furnishings and clothing