The House & Garden Book of Kitchens & Dining Rooms

by Leonie Highton

Book Overview

This is a book that covers two rooms - kitchen & dining rooms & how they are the key to reflecting the homeowner's lifestyle, both for entertaining & daily living. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865652082
• ISBN13: 9780865652088
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Vendome Press
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.8" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Not in the same league as the other titles in the H & G series

(i see i'm the first to write a review of this book :) ).while this book is not in the same league as the other titles in the H & G series, it does have merits.i was pretty confused and initially +very+ disappointed that the style of kitchens and dining rooms in this book was not largely in the same vein as those depicted in the "Bedrooms & Bathrooms" and "Livingrooms" books -- sumptuous, eclectic, a bit on the traditional side but not stuffy.the rooms depicted in "Kitchens & Diningrooms" were (disappointingly, to me) more of the modern, minimal, spare types. after i got over my disappointment that this book was different in the styles it promoted vs. the other tomes i have in the series, i did appreciate K & Ds on its own merits.as always, there are a lot of interesting ideas that are transferable to smaller budgets and scales, even if its obvious the rooms depicted are scandalously beyond my budget.i +was+ (and still am) very disappointed that there was a decided dearth of dining rooms represented. i made an allowance for the "kitchen" portion and modernity, but i thought that the "diningroom" section would have more variety.well, it did have some variety -- but there just weren't very many of them! (at least to satisfy me). i wish the editors would breakout a new book on just diningrooms, because i feel i'm still waiting for that volume from them, however much i appreciated the sampling in this book.i kept this book, and am not sorry. it just was a bit of a surprise at first, as it's a bit of a jump from others in the series.