The award-winning designer offers practical suggestions on how to brighten and define any room inexpensively and with unique flair, by selecting fine decorative details to complete that special look and make every room more inviting, more friendly, and more beautiful.
In the tradition of her acclaimed first book, 9 Steps to Beautiful Living, renowned designer Cecil Hayes shares more of her secrets in the Art of Decorative Details. Hayess first book was about the big picture--capturing and creating a distinctive overall style. This exciting, encouraging, easy-to-use new title is all about selecting the fine decorative details to complete that special look and make every room more inviting, more friendly, more beautiful. Art, fabrics, moldings, splashes of color, unexpected architectural elements, stand-out furniture...these are just some of the touches that make Cecil Hayess rooms spectacular. And in these pages she reveals how to brighten and define any room inexpensively and with unique flair. Living beautifully is an art. Master that art with Cecil Hayes Art of Decorative Details.
| Introduction: It's All in the Decorative Details |
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| Overview |
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A Decorative Detailing Primer |
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Window and Window Treatment Details |
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Fabric and Soft Covering Details |
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Transformation Imagination |
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| Working Drawings for Cecil's Original Furniture Designs |
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| Photo Credits |
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| Resources |
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Cecil Hayes is a top interior designer. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Southern Living and many other publications.
