Overview
If you're looking for the perfect gift for the holidays, this interior design coffee table book is it! Comfort Zone: Creating the Eco-Elegant Interior welcomes readers to a fresh 21st century approach to sustainable interior design, one that emphasizes beautiful rooms, healthful furnishings and building materials, and extraordinary comfort, while thoughtfully considering the world outside our doors. Award winning designs are presented in full colour photographs, showing elegant interiors on Nantucket Island, New York City, and throughout the world. Trudy Dujardin, ASID, LEED AP +ID + C, is a pioneer in sustainable interior design, creating elegant interiors in all shades of ""green,"" from a simple No-VOC paints approach to a fully eco-friendly residence. From chic urban apartments to luxurious beach houses, meticulously restored sea captains manses, and modern houses built by renowned architects, Trudy's emphasis on creating gracious, classically elegant interiors is demonstrated with striking colour photography. You'll learn how to choose non-toxic paints and finishes for the skin of your home, find out what the most important room really is, discover that traditional upholstered furniture may not be the best seat in the house, and be inspired to create the comfortable, greener home you've dreamed of. AUTHOR: Trudy Dujardin, FASID, is known for sophisticated style, award-winning interiors, abundant comfort, and graceful, eco-elegant design.
Full Product Details
Author: Trudy Dujardin
Publisher: Pointed Leaf Press
Imprint: Pointed Leaf Press
Weight: 2.297kg
ISBN: 9781938461170
ISBN 10: 1938461177
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 21 August 2014
Audience:
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
She is an expert in the sustainable design movement and has lots of great ideas to share with us from tips on non-toxic paints to green furniture.--Jura Koncius The Washington Post, October 9, 2014
Comfort Zone: Creating the Eco-Elegant Interior artfully demonstrates with over 350 photographs that being green doesn't mean you can't be stylish, too. -- Arlene Hirst New York Post, September 17, 2014 She is an expert in the sustainable design movement and has lots of great ideas to share with us from tips on non-toxic paints to green furniture. -- Jura Koncius The Washington Post, October 9, 2014 Trudy Dujardin seamlessly blends the highest quality non-toxic finishes with abundant comfort and sophisticated design. Connecticut Cottages & Gardens, September 2014 The book serves as a step by step resource for products and providers in the quest for a healthy home. October 9, 2014
