Sure, this site has shared more than a few glimpses of fantasy-level design as we enter the latter part of its 17th year (yes, if Hello Lovely were a child, she’d be applying to college now). But just when you thought the pinnacle of set apart timeless design was behind us: *choir of angels in perfect harmony*. Discover uncommon beauty ahead with these books to thrill from Rizzoli.
Fantasy-Level Design (If Books Could Thrill)
THE PERFECT ROOM: Timeless Designs for Intentional Living
Wait. Detailed expert guidance to design every interior within a home from living rooms to closets, kitchens to baths?
Renowned interior designer Marie Flanigan is the principal of the Houston-based firm Marie Flanigan Interiors. Her firm’s work is seen in Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, Traditional Home, and Veranda.
Marie Flanigan considers the home on a room-by-room basis. What are some of the most common design challenges? How can we resolve them?
Fantasy Level Design from Marie Flanigan Interiors
You’ll discover real life examples from aesthetically sublime work, along with secrets from her creative arsenal (building materials, architectural details, furnishings, color story, textiles, accessories, organization).
Marie Flanigan Interiors collaborates on homes from Jackson Hole to Miami, across a range of styles from contemporary to traditional.
Discover timeless beauty radiating from: a sun-drenched great room in the Hamptons, a rustic-chic dining room with stone floors, and a weathered wood ceiling in Texas.
You will also adore Flanigan’s collections for Visual Comfort and Annie Selke.
TALIESIN WEST: At Home with Frank Lloyd Wright
While “timeless” may not immediately spring to mind when you consider MCM style, simplicity, humanity, integrity, and connection are elements of timeless beauty important to FLW. Frank Lloyd Wright’s winter home and desert laboratory is a National Historic Landmark, and this new book celebrates that recognition with a new look at the world treasure.
An extraordinary compound of buildings that complements the cactus-studded land and mountain backdrop of the Scottsdale desert in Arizona, Taliesin West is Wright’s ode to desert living.
Have you visited Taliesin West? Have a look around virtually:
Amidst palo verde trees and coyotes…
visitors discover an oasis of sparkling pools and low-slung modern buildings that are uniquely suited to the site—indeed a veritable paradise that seems to have emerged from the wilderness.
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Winter Home
Begun in 1937, the compound served as a place of exploration, a place for: work, camaraderie, culture, and living for Wright, along with his family.
Apprentices of the Taliesin Fellowship also joined FLW at Taliesin to work with him side-by-side.
Taliesin West: At Home with Frank Lloyd Wright explores the life within structures that make up Wright’s desert masterpiece, from Garden Room to Cabaret Theatre, and delves into the many stories that have made the place at once a crucible for creation and a home.
(Nora Burba Trulsson is an Arizona-based architecture, design, and travel writer, whose books include Desert Southwest and Living Homes: Sustainable Architecture and Design. Andrew Pielage is an internationally published architectural and travel photographer on a mission to photograph all remaining Frank Lloyd Wright designs. Stuart Graff is president and CEO of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.)
AN ENGLISH VISION: Traditional Architecture and Decoration for Today
This next title requires travel from Scottsdale to the UK. Ben Pentreath is a London-based architectural and interior designer, educator, author and recipient of the 2023 Richard H. Driehaus Prize for excellence in the field of classical architecture.
To celebrate his London-based firm’s twentieth anniversary, Pentreath presents his authentically, yet playfully, classical approach.
Pentreath is renowned as one of the foremost designers of new traditional buildings and country houses in the world.
Ben Pentreath’s Vision
You’ll find within this volume Pentreath’s personal residences (Dorset, London, and Scotland), old and new houses, and larger, town-scaled projects which make his practice unique in the world of traditional design.
While these designs range from his colorful and romantic versions of the English country cottage to traditional splendor, underlying ideas inform them all.
You’ll note a sense of scale, proportion, craft, detail, sustainability, and appropriateness.
Pentreath not only authored this beautiful title but also took the photographs! What a dream project. His designs reflect artful understanding of simplicity, materials, color, texture, and classical details.
What an abundance of beauty to discover within this trio of timeless design books from Rizzoli this autumn!
Peace to you right where you are.
-michele
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