Georgian House Style Handbook

This comprehensive pocket source book is bursting with images of original and well-restored Georgian architecture and interior design features. Georgian House Style Handbook provides you with all you need to identify authentic Georgian styles and colours, whether you are restoring your own home, building a dolls' house or simply wishing to create a vintage style and atmosphere. With coverage of Georgian homes from grand villas to modest dwellings, you can explore each part of the house, from the garden to the façade, and see examples of every design feature, fixture and fitting, including Chippendale furniture, windows, doors, knobs and handles, tiles, wallpapers, staircases and fireplaces. Beautifully illustrated throughout, this guide combines fascinating source material - including contemporary designs and guide excerpts - with original period illustrations, photography and design details such as close-ups of tiles and door knobs. The book is the ideal handy reference for the home owner, either to take to the architectural salvage yard or DIY store to identify authentic styles and colours, or simply to enjoy the best of the deep colours and classic proportions of Georgian design.