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Safari Style
Feast of exotic interiors, exteriors - rugged tents to palaces to tree houses, and game camps to very exclusive lodges. A plethora of native craft objects such as, paintings, carvings, textiles, spears, shields, shells, bowls, and pottery, which make their appearance throughout. Twenty-one interiors are beautifully captured in all their romantic splendor. White walls act as backdrops to the teracotta floors, bamboo or mahogany, red or deep blue cushions, mosquito nets over beds, and panoramic views from windows. Blending ethnic African with colonial European, the look emphasizes relaxed yet luxurious living, drawing on an elemental approach to texture, color, and pattern, and on indigenous materials and design. Safari Style takes us on an expedition through a fantastic Moorish residence in Kenya, a hotel in Zanzibar masquerading as a Persian palace, an Italianate villa on a former coffee plantation in Nairobi, a tree house hideaway perched in the Ngong hills, and a host of other extraordinary dwellings. Everything from salvaged heavy teak wood platform beds with misquote netting, baskets and carved masks in very rustic bedroom settings, to contemporary eclectic dining rooms with ever so slight touches of favorite and hard to find African objects strewn within more modern houses. Design style ideas: Classical, Stylish, Simple, Eclectic, Exotic, Rustic, Masculine or Feminine. Another example of the diversity of style in the ideas found in this book is the Modern Romantic open loft room. Here is where a tanned leather couches gently separate the space between the living and dining areas. Additionally, the Modern Romantic has silver columns with only a little mudcloth wrapped around the bottom, raw wood tables and lighting treatments, bamboo blinds and a large abstract oil on canvas taking up an entire wall in the dining area. This second example could be found in a Manhattan apartment or a swank L.A. house with only subtle nuances to a mixed African style. Though most of us will never live anywhere so unique, we can certainly find countless great ideas here to incorporate into our own more humble homes. This is about a lot more than a few animal-print pillows and some swags of mosquito netting; it's about Old World elegance and evocations of the pleasures of exotic travel, even if we only get to enjoy it from the comforts of a cushy mudcloth-covered armchair. If you loved the interiors depicted in such films as Out of Africa, Queenie, and The English Patient, you'll adore the interior design of Safari Style.

Simply Safari
Filled with dreamy mosquito netted fantasy rooms is a real
delight to look at. The word safari - conjures exotic images -
romantic treks across desert plains rife with wild animals,
journeys through dense jungles and down winding rivers, and
the stylish - depicted in movies like Out of Africa. Many camps
and lodges are adopting a decorative style and offering many
creature comforts to provide at once a romanticized way of
"roughing it" and an experience of great luxury. A must for
anyone with rustic - tribal - colonial decor style. Safari style is
a dynamic combination of primitive architecture and the high
decorative style of European explorers in Africa. From tree-house
camps and thatched bungalows to lodges akin to small luxury
hotels in the wild, the 26 lodges featured in this volume come
from the southern African states with earthy color palettes, patterns, and textures are paired with the luxury and sensuality associated with the colonial safari to give us a romantic theme style for our home.

Romance Of British Colonial Style
Romance may be mostly what's left of the colonial era. This is the definitive book on british colonial style. It shows the relaxed, romantic, and exotic sense of blending eastern and western styles, cultures, and manners. If you love England at the turn-of-the-century combined with exotic Asia and Africa, you will love this book. The photos are beautiful, with lovely captions and explanations for the style. Even if you don't decorate with this style, you will love it for the photos and armchair travel. Gentlemen's clubs, polo games, verandas, picnics!

Safari Chic: Wild Exteriors and Polished Interiors of Africa
SAFARI CHIC conveys the intoxicating appeal of the wild settings, original style and eclectic personalities. Sumptuous photographs will inspire you to add a touch of Safari Chic to your own home! bush style goes modern in homes which profile decorating choices achieved through ethnic crafts and fabrics. Start planning your shopping expedition to create the African Safari feel in your home. Gorgeous coffee table book, which is actually great reading, too!

African Style
African Style sheds light on traditional textiles, colors, and
materials used in a variety of African cultures and ways of
adapting them to modern living. From the basic importance of
paint to the fine details of accessories, author Sharne Algotsson
(Spirit of African Design) and photographer George Ross have
brought together a fabulous blend of creative inspiration,
geographical and historical information, and easy projects that
will have readers itching to add new style to their homes.
Algottson's suggestion of creating a color board when creating a
new look for a room is invaluable. With a simple 11 x 17 sheet of
art board, you can combine color chips and fabric scraps to achieve just the right look before making the more permanent commitment of painting the walls and buying new window coverings. Detailed explanations of color - indigo, orange, deep brown, red - will have you ready to take some risks and use those flamboyant shades in your home, while at the same time educate you on the cultural meanings behind some colors. Accompanying all these unique ideas and fascinating information are some truly stunning photographs captured with a playful eye. Ross uses a variety of unusual angles and lighting in his work that capture these glorious interiors in a fresh manner that will encourage you to beautify everything from the walls of your bedroom to the legs of your creaky old footstool. Patterns from Zulu baskets, Ewe cloth, Ashanti Adinkra symbols, and Asoke textiles are used with flair in every corner. Specific suggestions are included for recovering seat cushions, painting small pieces of furniture, and upholstering a headboard--all surprisingly simple projects that require little more than a paintbrush, a staple gun, and an artistic vision.

African Accents: Fabrics and Crafts to Decorate Your Home
This book offers an exciting glimpse at West African cultures and presents beautiful and useful items reflective of those cultures for readers to make. Exotic decor, Ethnic decor - Korhogo cloths, Kente stools, Mud cloth desk clocks, and other traditional art objects and describes their history and symbolism. Most projects are suitable for home and school. It has great graphic designs you can copy and use for stenciling, stamping - cardboard spear and the textiles. Make your own stamps with potatoes, compressed sponges or rubber stamps to get the look of Adinkra cloth. In part two of the book the chapters are devoted to each room of your home and the art of gift giving. Secrets and tricks are provided to lend your pillows, clocks and picture frames the professional touch. There is certainly no limitation of "how to" procedures. The instructions are clear and the power of the designs would enhance just about any room in your home or office. It is a craft-book du nouveau, a comprehensive history lesson, and a full color tabletop book.

Spirit of African Design
Two design experts share their knowledge of and enthusiasm for
African design and style, presenting African motifs as displayed in
contemporary home settings. Spirit of African Design is as richly
vibrant as the masks, Senufo beds and portraiture that graces its
pages.... The authors infuse the spirit of the continent into every
area of the home... This great book shows in text and
photographs the various and beautiful ways that African artifacts:
traditional fabrics, sculpture, paintings and drawings, popular and
ubiquitous souvenir items and - most importantly - African-inspired
motifs and designs, can be incorporated into (or the inspiration
for) sophisticated contemporary room decor. The result is a source
book that is a visual treat, and a great home tour. The rooms
- living, bed, kitchens (in which African design elements are
adapted to ceramic tiles, with gorgeous results) and more - are
lively, smart, and modern.

Exotic Style: Decorating Ideas from Around the World
Create a rich and varied interior style by incorporating touches of the exotic from around the world. This style book will assist in redecorating - whether adding a few exotic accents or creating an entirely new d�cor. Learn how to select and decorate with the myriad of export treasures available online and in shops to fashion an eclectic, exciting, and unique home d�cor. This book reveals the hard-won secrets to creating room environments that are not simply a hodge-podge of objects, but rather a radiant blending of texture, color, and stories from around the world. There are design ideas, tips, and examples for bedrooms, bathrooms, living rooms, dining rooms, kitchens, outdoor rooms, patios and pools. Exotic Style is very highly recommended reading for interior designers of all experience levels ranging from the amateur DIY decorator rearranging the look of their home, to the professional in search of inspiration for commissioned domestic interior designs. Fabulous book on decorating - using global style.