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PublisherRizzoli International Publications, Incorporated

ISBN-100847830543

ISBN-139780847830541

eBay Product ID (ePID)64425858

Product Key Features

Book TitleJeffrey Bilhuber: Defining Luxury : the Qualities of Life at Home

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2008

TopicInterior Design / General, Decorating, Reference, Buildings / Residential, Economics / General

IllustratorYes

GenreDesign, Architecture, House & Home, Business & Economics

AuthorJeffrey Bilhuber

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight67.6 Oz

Item Length11.8 in

Item Width9.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2008-926627

Reviews"...a testament to improving life via good taste and great style." ~Traditional Home "...there is no mistake that this designer's talent for embracing the little things, such as freshly cut garden roses cradled in an heirloom vase, is something that can be translated to everyday life." ~Glam.com "(Bilhuber) encourages his readers to seek luxury regardless of how simple or extravagant..." ~Florida InsideOut, "...a testament to improving life via good taste and great style." ~Traditional Home "...there is no mistake that this designer's talent for embracing the little things, such as freshly cut garden roses cradled in an heirloom vase, is something that can be translated to everyday life." ~Glam.com "(Bilhuber) encourages his readers to seek luxury regardless of how simple or extravagant..." ~Florida InsideOut "Finally! The long awaited second book by Jeffrey Bilhuber...is here!" ~Stylebeat.com "Defining Luxuryis representative of Mr. Bilhuber's personal style not only in the design elements pictured on the pages but also the prose he wrote, choice of subject matter, topic division and pithy quotes by well-known wits. Instead of chapter numbers, the book is divided into seven distinct sections: discovery, passion, history, ornament, grace, comfort and delight." ~The Southhampton Press "Bilhuber has an eye for the uusual and the creative mix, and a taste for refreshing palettes and environments that are comfortable as well as dramatic." ~MET Home, "...a testament to improving life via good taste and great style." ~ Traditional Home "...there is no mistake that this designer's talent for embracing the little things, such as freshly cut garden roses cradled in an heirloom vase, is something that can be translated to everyday life." ~Glam.com "(Bilhuber) encourages his readers to seek luxury regardless of how simple or extravagant..." ~ Florida InsideOut "Finally! The long awaited second book by Jeffrey Bilhuber...is here!" ~Stylebeat.com " Defining Luxury is representative of Mr. Bilhuber's personal style not only in the design elements pictured on the pages but also the prose he wrote, choice of subject matter, topic division and pithy quotes by well-known wits. Instead of chapter numbers, the book is divided into seven distinct sections: discovery, passion, history, ornament, grace, comfort and delight." ~ The Southhampton Press "Bilhuber has an eye for the uusual and the creative mix, and a taste for refreshing palettes and environments that are comfortable as well as dramatic." ~ MET Home

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal747.092

SynopsisJeffrey Bilhuber returns with a second book after Design Basics , his successful debut volume. In a lavish new format, the media-savvy designer for tastemakers and celebrities presents his most recent projects from coast to coast. Bilhuber views luxury as essential to every life well-lived, a way of appreciating and sharing our joy in existence, not the exclusive purview of the few. The designer encourages the reader to seek, aspire, and revel in luxury at home, however simple or adorned: from the embrace of the perfectly tufted reading chair to an heirloom vase cradling freshly cut garden roses to a dazzling chandelier that makes light dance. In seven chapters filled with charming anecdotes and lovely observations, the designer--whom Hamish Bowles has likened to a twenty-first century Billy Baldwin--explores the idea of luxury as life's abundance reflected in a home's varied elements: Discovery, Passion, History, Ornament, Grace, Comfort, and Delight. Each project discussed evokes the many qualities of a distinctively American luxury practically expressed and fully enjoyed at home: beauty, family, refinement, and hospitality. Within these, the reader gleans insight from Bilhuber's inimitable style and learns that luxury is about cultivating a state of mind as much as it is about the objects with which we surround ourselves.

LC Classification NumberNK2004.3