Veranda Decorating
By Mario López-Cordero, Veranda and Clinton Smith
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Learn all there is to know about creating a glorious home. VerandaDecorating takes you on an A–Z journey through the essentials of decorating, from “Antiques” and “Art” to “Zoning.” Dozens of spectacular photographs showcase sophisticated furnishings and design aesthetics, and this book—authored by Veranda Senior Editor Mario López-Cordero with a foreword by Clinton Smith, the magazine’s Editor in Chief—perfectly juxtaposes practical decorating advice alongside inspiring images of fabulous rooms, chic home accents, and more.
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Veranda Decorating - Mario López-Cordero
MARIO LÓPEZ-CRDERO
FOREWORD BY CLINTON SMITH
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ISBN 978-1-61837-264-2
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Cover design by Scott Russo
Interior design by Suzanne Noli
For photography credits see page 220
CONTENTS
Introduction
A
animal prints
antiques
art
art of arrival
B
bathtubs
beds
C
chandeliers
chintz
curtains
D
daybeds
dining rooms
door knockers
E
enfilades
F
fireplaces
floors
floor lamps
G
gallery walls
H
hallways
I
ikat
J
juxtaposition
K
kitchens
L
lacquer
libraries
living rooms
M
marble
mirrors
N
nailheads
O
outdoor rooms
P
painted furniture
passementerie
patina
pattern
pendants
Q
quiet
R
ranges
romance
rugs
S
sconces
screens
sisal
slipcovers
staircases
symmetry
T
texture
tiles
toile
U
upholstery
V
vanities
vintage
W
wallcoverigs
wicker
windows
X
x marks the spot
Y
yin & yang
Z
zen
Photography Credits
A new Greek Revival–style house by Amelia Handegan in South Carolina is airy and gracious, thanks to refined antiques and charming architectural details like moldings and chair rails.
Editing a decorating magazine, especially one like Veranda, is in many ways the highest kind of education. It’s an incomparable perch from which you get to see the best the field has to offer. There are the serene oases in which every yard of linen, every plush seat back, every gracefully placed chalky lamp seems calibrated to take you far, far away. Or the intensely personal tours-de-force that dazzle you with leopard-print needlepoint, chinoiserie pelmets, lacquerwalls so slick that they reflect your face back at you like a mirror—and you can see yourself grinning from ear to ear with the dizzying deliciousness of it all. And then there are the gorgeous and beautiful iterations that fall somewhere in between, homes that split the difference between