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IntroductionAfter a decade of living with our ninety-five-year-old master bath, I felt I was ready to take the plunge. I was ready to renovate. After ail, my husband Kevin and I had, with relatively few headaches, renovated our kitchen. If nothing else, we had learned that the best wayin fact, I...

What is style?oIs it an ability to put tilings together in an attractive manner? Is it a well-developed sense of aesthetics? Is it a talent for anticipating trends?No. These are merely the end products of sometliing much larger and more significant.Style is yearning.It is the human impulse to...

,. I lal a passion for pattern PATTERN SURROUNDS OUR LIVES. SOME OF US ARE MORE AWARE OF IT THAN OTHERS. A LOT OF US ARE INTIMIDATED BY IT —DO I DARE USE THAT GORGEOUS large-scaled damask on my sofa, or shall I play it safe and A passion for pattern sets out to illustrate lots of...

FOREWORDWe produced the first Period Details in 19 8 7 and. judging from readers' comments and subsequent sales, it proved a major success as a source of reference and inspiration for homeowners wishing to restore their period houses or re-create period interiors. Much, of course, has happened...