Eclectic Interiors: Room by Room

by Kathryn Livingston

Eclectic Interiors presents a beautiful view of five rooms-entrances, living rooms, dining rooms, kitchens, and bedrooms-dramatically illustrated through 200 full-color photographs. -Shows rooms that... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564964264
• ISBN13: 9781564964267
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Rockport Publishers
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.4" x 11.2"

Customer Reviews

Dim and Dated

This book's interiors were hopelessly dated, even by 1999 standards. With a few notable exceptions, the interiors shown were mostly ho-hum white-bread traditional, with a few pretentious touches of a decorator's idea of creativity, inhabited by people with fat wallets and pedestrian tastes. Like a movie trailer that's the best part of the movie--the cover photo is the most eclectic and creative of all and it goes downhill from that point on. Most of the rooms were so poorly lit it was hard to appreciate any detail at all. Geez, what would it have cost the author/photographer to put in a few more lights? Even a flashlight would've been an improvement. Were they vying for the "natural light" look? That doesn't work too well with interior design photos. The microscopic captions were no help. I will not be buying any more books from this author.

A pleasing addition to the sense of Design

A very comprehensive book full of pictures of everything it covers. All aspects of design are covered from floors, walls, colors, furniture, accessories .. etc. All rooms of a house are featured and very detailed explanations are with each picture. Many new ideas that are actually feasable. A beautiful book for anyone who is planning a new house or just renovating an existing one (like me). I Particularly liked the mix of colors and the various ideas for the floors. This is a excellent addition to my decor library.

Fresh and filled with ideas

Looking through this book will take the film from your eyes. The rooms often have wildly disparate pieces or structural elements juxtaposed, yet on page after page the results are elegant, clean and fresh. I found the book especially good at suggesting innovative storage and space solutions -- see the bright white classic colonial kitchen with columns, by Mark Epstein on page 112, or the modern kitchen, all warmth, light, and soft curves, by Leopoldo Rosati on 116. (Speaking of storage solutions, don't miss Rosati's stunningly sensible take on how to show off your wine, 118.) "Eclectic Interiors" is full of unusual, eclectic ideas -- Livingston has a terrific eye.