San Francisco Chronicle, January 1, 2000
The book is filled with lavish color photographs and discusses how the Arts & Crafts movement came into being, how
The Beautiful Necessity: Decorating with Arts and Crafts SYNOPSIS
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The best-selling Beautiful Necessity: Decorating with Arts & Crafts details everything necessary for creating Arts & Crafts interiors, from wall coverings to furnishings, tiles, stenciling, accessories, moldings, and floor coverings. More than 140 stunning photographs showcase the Arts & Crafts movement from its humble beginnings to its recent and well-deserved surge in popularity.
The furniture and architectural designs of the Arts & Crafts movement were created not to dominate nature, but to coexist with it. Earth-tone colors, natural motifs and building materials, and intricate and decorative fireplaces all hearkened back to simpler times. That same yearning for elegant simplicity continues to propel a modern revival of the Arts & Crafts movement, and appeals to modern needs for both quality and understated beauty. Beautiful Necessity: Decorating with Arts & Crafts will guide even an Arts & Crafts novice to a beautifully accented bungalow, cabin, or family home.
Author Bio:Bruce Smith and Yoshiko Yamamoto write on the Arts & Crafts movement, bungalows, craft, and food. Smith was the editor of American Bungalow News and associate editor of American Bungalow magazine. Yamamoto is both a student of life and of history. Smith and Yamamoto are co-owners of The Arts and Crafts Press in Port Orchard, Washington, publishers of The Tabby: A Chronicle of the Arts and Crafts Movement.
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