Reviews for The House in Good Taste

The average rating for The House in Good Taste based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-01-24 00:00:00 Joseph Niedert Elsie De Wolfe may have been the first female professional interior designer (and she was half Canadian!) Some of her tips I gleaned from the book include: - you can't have too many mirrors - cut fitted plate glass for table tops - use white muslin or matching gay chintz for curtains and upholstery - white, cream or gray walls - realize the advantages of stools and benches instead of tables and chairs - side consoles are handy when you need a table yet nest at wall when you need space - She hates Victorian styles Best quotes from Elsie De Wolfe: "The pendulum swings - and there is nothing new under the sun!" p. 78 "East or West, Home's best." I would love to one day see the the Villa Trianon at Versailles where she lived as well as these places that she either decorated or greatly lauds: - Fenway Court, Boston house of Mrs. Gardner - Inigo Jones - Palladian - Stanislas Palace @ Nancy (see the ironwork of Jean L'Amour) I also found this hilarious anecdote from Wiki about her: In her autobiography, de Wolfe writes that one day after arriving home from school, she found that her parents had redecorated the drawing-room. She ran [in]... and looked at the walls, which had been papered in a [William] Morris design of gray palm-leaves and splotches of bright red and green on a background of dull tan. Something terrible that cut like a knife came up inside her. She threw herself on the floor, kicking with stiffened legs, as she beat her hands on the carpet.... she cried out, over and over: "It's so ugly! It's so ugly."

Review # 2 was written on 2016-11-11 00:00:00 Zaiman Ceo Great read with wonderful historic references.