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Country Living Collection Style: Arranging & Displaying Your Treasures
It’s a favorite with Every month, Country Living features homes where imaginative owners showcase their collections in eye-opening ways. Here are the very best of those ideas, presented in enticing photographs that display such charming items as a flock of miniature sheep gathered in a cabinet, elegant McCoy vases assembled on a sideboard, and pink lusterware plates hung en masse on the wall. In addition to being beautiful, these images demonstrate basic design principles for arranging pieces, editing a collection, selecting lighting, building custom shelves, and more. No matter whether the beloved items consist of pottery, menus, or birdhouses, this is the only guide a collector needs to create dazzling displays everywhere. “…provides a way for collectors to artfully display, enjoy, and care for their collections.”— Library Journal.
- GenresNonfiction
192 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2004
About the author
Marie Proeller Hueston
9 books1 followerThe former Arts & Antiques Editor for Country Living magazine, Marie has written six decorating books, one book on country weddings, and two children's books. Her articles have appeared in Country Living, Art & Auction, Town & Country, and O: The Oprah Magazine. Marie also blogs for Bob Vila.com and recently started drawing "mommy comics" for NickMom.com.
Marie lives in Brooklyn, NY, with her husband, son, and daughter. She appreciates the advice of her in-house critics (ages 9 and 6) when working on new stories. On her bookshelves is a large and ever-growing collection of antique and vintage children's books.
Marie lives in Brooklyn, NY, with her husband, son, and daughter. She appreciates the advice of her in-house critics (ages 9 and 6) when working on new stories. On her bookshelves is a large and ever-growing collection of antique and vintage children's books.
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July 28, 2022
Fun book loaded with lots of pretty photos from country Living. Some pics are a bit dated but still nice to page through.
July 31, 2024
Enjoyed reading and learning about room arrangements. I've always just kind of used what I liked and put it however I liked it. I now see there is a method to this. Some of my instincts were correct, but this may help bring clarification and purpose. Interesting divergence from reading.
August 17, 2016
This is one of those go-to books when you are looking for ideas on changing the interior of your home. It is jam-packed with colorful pictures and ideas on what to do with a room.
Need ideas for a wall? Check.
What about a bare corner? Check.
Don't know what to do with a bath counter? Check.
How about a window ledge? Check.
Dish towels, books, wooden bowls, candlestick holders, shells, potato mashers, wall clocks, oil cans, game boards, postcards....you get the idea. The great thing about this book is you can look at a collection of something you don't have but incorporate those same ideas with items found in your home. I did and though it was just three things it gave a whole new appearance to a small wood sewing table that I had in a hallway.
Besides the photos and discussions on lighting, care and cleaning and making objects look their best, the book also contains 'good advice' and 'decorating tips'. I can't say enough good things about this book!
Need ideas for a wall? Check.
What about a bare corner? Check.
Don't know what to do with a bath counter? Check.
How about a window ledge? Check.
Dish towels, books, wooden bowls, candlestick holders, shells, potato mashers, wall clocks, oil cans, game boards, postcards....you get the idea. The great thing about this book is you can look at a collection of something you don't have but incorporate those same ideas with items found in your home. I did and though it was just three things it gave a whole new appearance to a small wood sewing table that I had in a hallway.
Besides the photos and discussions on lighting, care and cleaning and making objects look their best, the book also contains 'good advice' and 'decorating tips'. I can't say enough good things about this book!
September 2, 2014
This book is full of clear colorful pictures of collections of all sorts. Not just folk art, which I mention below, but many types of things from antique to vintage.
I enjoyed the reading about how Electra Havemeyer Webb started collecting American folk art and went on to become the founder of Vermont's Shelburne Museum. Her first piece was a cigar store Indian that she purchased for $15.00 long long ago when collecting folk art wasn't popular.
From the book:
" Webb's mother became so distraught over her daughter's choices that she was provoked to exclaim, "How can you, Electra, you who have been brought up with Rembrandts and Manets, live with such American trash?" Webb stood firm in the face of her mother's skepticism, however, and instead heeded the words of her father, H.O. Havemeyer: "It takes nerve as well as taste to be a collector." "
The collection became this: http://shelburnemuseum.org/explore/co...
I enjoyed the reading about how Electra Havemeyer Webb started collecting American folk art and went on to become the founder of Vermont's Shelburne Museum. Her first piece was a cigar store Indian that she purchased for $15.00 long long ago when collecting folk art wasn't popular.
From the book:
" Webb's mother became so distraught over her daughter's choices that she was provoked to exclaim, "How can you, Electra, you who have been brought up with Rembrandts and Manets, live with such American trash?" Webb stood firm in the face of her mother's skepticism, however, and instead heeded the words of her father, H.O. Havemeyer: "It takes nerve as well as taste to be a collector." "
The collection became this: http://shelburnemuseum.org/explore/co...
February 19, 2012
I absolutely love this book and keep it on my coffee table as it is so beautiful. They have some wonderful pictures and so inpiring ideas. So glad I bought it.
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