"With light and airy interiors filled with patina, history, and
one-of-a-kind furnishings, this New Orleans designer and antiques dealer
reveals that anything old can feel new again." --Southern Home
Past meets present in this stylish guide to decorating modern homes with
heirlooms and antiques. Designer and antiques dealer Tara Shaw is a
respected supplier of French and European antiques for a host of AD100
and Elle Decor A-listers, including Bobby McAlpine, Mary McDonald, and
Bunny Williams.
In her first book, she helps readers understand how to select the best
antiques and how to use them in a variety of decor schemes. The book
presents never-before-published spaces from Shaw's portfolio and reveals
her favorite antique-hunting spots throughout Europe. Chapters include:
- The Importance of Antiques
- Starting an Antiques Collection
- Cultivating a Home with Heart
- Lake House Living
- Let Architecture Lead the Way
- Bringing the Outside In
- Antiques in a Modern World
- Guerilla Antiquing
- And more!
Shaw writes in her introduction, "Throughout my life, books have been
indispensable teaching tools, spiritual guides, and invaluable methods
of escape. There are stacks of them in nearly every room in my house,
and without them, I'd never have been able to tell Louis XIII from Louis
XIV, much less build an entire career on the love of antiques. My hope
is that this volume is one such tool for you."
Anecdotes from years of treasure hunting are accompanied by images of
rare and precious finds, with text that decodes just how to choose the
right pieces and display them in a contemporary interior. Readers will
be able to look at each space and take away ideas they can apply to
their own homes, to create personalized rooms full of provenance and
beauty.
