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Renowned interior designer Penny Drue Baird shares flexible, artistic solutions to fit her clients' unique spaces and dreams. Penny Drue Baird is one of the most respected names in interior design. Baird's style typically incorporates bold architectural gestures, sumptuous upholstery, and gracious European antiques-all infused with a sense of romance and contemporary touches. Her rooms are au courant but never trendy. Foremost in Baird's designs is her interpretation of her clients' dreams. From family homes in Connecticut and New Jersey and gracious apartments in Manhattan to a Parisian pied a terre, and from a Bucks County barn to Los Angeles Spanish Revival, her rooms feature elements both classical and contemporary, with a distinctive mix of artful and tailored design.

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Tells you how to be the best client you can be. How to get the most from your decorator. And like Penny s earlier books Bringing Paris Home, The New French Interior it s filled with ideas to steal, lighting solutions, closet extensions, tricks to shortcut your needs, luxurious touches to look for in your own flea markets. Gael Greene, Insatiable Critic To be sure, Penny Drue Baird's work often incorporates salon- and chateau-like details drawn directly from France not to mention plenty of finds from the Marche Biron and Marche aux Puces, in Paris.Buther rooms are also suffused with a distinctly American tendency toward casual comfort often filled with soft, upholstered furniture and many accommodate children in a way that is decidedly un-French.As she proves in DREAMHOUSE, elegance and practicality are not mutually exclusive. 1st Dibs' Introspective Innovative ideas abound in this classic retrospective of interior design. Most of the selected homes feel lived in rather than staged, in spite of the spotlessness. The sampling of styles, locations, and types of homes display's Baird's range and ability to satisfy any client. Publishers Weekly

Tells you how to be the best client you can be. How to get the most from your decorator. And like Penny s earlier books Bringing Paris Home, The New French Interior it s filled with ideas to steal, lighting solutions, closet extensions, tricks to shortcut your needs, luxurious touches to look for in your own flea markets. Gael Greene, Insatiable Critic To be sure, Penny Drue Baird's work often incorporates salon- and chateau-like details drawn directly from France not to mention plenty of finds from the Marche Biron and Marche aux Puces, in Paris.Buther rooms are also suffused with a distinctly American tendency toward casual comfort often filled with soft, upholstered furniture and many accommodate children in a way that is decidedly un-French.As she proves in DREAMHOUSE, elegance and practicality are not mutually exclusive. 1st Dibs' Introspective Innovative ideas abound in this classic retrospective of interior design. Most of the selected homes feel lived in rather than staged, in spite of the spotlessness. The sampling of styles, locations, and types of homes display's Baird's range and ability to satisfy any client. Publishers Weekly To be sure, Penny Drue Baird's work often incorporates salon- and chAteau-like details drawn directly from France--not to mention plenty of finds from the MarchE Biron and MarchE aux Puces, in Paris. But her rooms are also suffused with a distinctly American tendency toward casual comfort--often filled with soft, upholstered furniture--and many accommodate children in a way that is decidedly un-French. As she proves in DREAMHOUSE, elegance and practicality are not mutually exclusive. --1st Dibs' Introspective Innovative ideas abound in this classic retrospective of interior design. Most of the selected homes feel lived in rather than staged, in spite of the spotlessness. The sampling of styles, locations, and types of homes display's Baird's range and ability to satisfy any client. -- Publishers Weekly

Tells you how to be the best client you can be. How to get the most from your decorator. And like Penny's earlier books--Bringing Paris Home, The New French Interior--it's filled with ideas to steal, lighting solutions, closet extensions, tricks to shortcut your needs, luxurious touches to look for in your own flea markets. --Gael Greene, Insatiable Critic To be sure, Penny Drue Baird's work often incorporates salon- and ch teau-like details drawn directly from France--not to mention plenty of finds from the March Biron and March aux Puces, in Paris. But her rooms are also suffused with a distinctly American tendency toward casual comfort--often filled with soft, upholstered furniture--and many accommodate children in a way that is decidedly un-French. As she proves in DREAMHOUSE, elegance and practicality are not mutually exclusive. --1st Dibs' Introspective Innovative ideas abound in this classic retrospective of interior design. Most of the selected homes feel lived in rather than staged, in spite of the spotlessness. The sampling of styles, locations, and types of homes display's Baird's range and ability to satisfy any client. --Publishers Weekly

To be sure, Penny Drue Baird's work often incorporates salon- and chAteau-like details drawn directly from France--not to mention plenty of finds from the MarchE Biron and MarchE aux Puces, in Paris. But her rooms are also suffused with a distinctly American tendency toward casual comfort--often filled with soft, upholstered furniture--and many accommodate children in a way that is decidedly un-French. As she proves in DREAMHOUSE, elegance and practicality are not mutually exclusive. --1st Dibs' Introspective Innovative ideas abound in this classic retrospective of interior design. Most of the selected homes feel lived in rather than staged, in spite of the spotlessness. The sampling of styles, locations, and types of homes display's Baird's range and ability to satisfy any client. -- Publishers Weekly

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Penny Drue Baird is an internationally renowned interior designer and the owner of Dessins, LLC. She is renowned for her expertise with architectural detailing and her balance of warmth and sophisticated charm in her clients' spaces. An AD Top 100 Designer for the past 17 years, she is frequently featured in Architectural Digest and other prestigious magazines. She designs in both Paris and New York.

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