Product Description

The key to successful restoration of any period is finding the right details - whether original or reproduction. This sourcebook seeks to supply the answers. Both town and country style homes from 1600 to 1900 are covered, with greatest emphasis on the most commonly renovated period house: the 19th-century dwelling. Advice on how to date your house correctly is followed by a detailed examination of every aspect of interior fixtures and fittings - from large fixtures such as doors and windows to small details such as hinges and light switches. Exterior details are also featured. Advice on buying and restoring original items complements the gallery of reproduction products.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #275590 in Books
• Published on: 1999-08-19
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 192 pages

About the Author
Judith Miller is the co-founder of the hugely successful annual publication Miller's Antiques Price Guide. She is the co-author and author of several other Mitchell Beazley titles, including Classic Style, The Style Sourcebook, Victorian Style, Country Style, Country Finishes and Effects, Period Details, Period Finishes and Effects, Period-Style Soft Furnishings and Care and Repair of Antiques and Collectables. Judith appears regularly on TV and radio programmes, including BBC2's House Detectives.

Customer Reviews

A gorgeous book for ideas.
I haven't decided yet whether this is a delightful coffee table style book, or something that might be useful if you are looking for ideas. In any case, it's a pleasure to leaf through and it does have a useful section in the back that gives you suppliers to match the photos in the book. So I suppose if you absolutely MUST have that potbelly stove in your kitchen you can find it. Obviously the visuals are predominantly derived from large houses which can be a little frustrating if you have a shoe box, but I can't see how you can avoid that really. There's plenty of ideas to use without being completely literal.

Yes, this is the one they asked for.
If you, like me, are a bemused partner then yes, this is that book they asked for.

From what I can gather it's required reading of whatever for many education courses and also doubles as a coffee table book.

My wife wanted it for her Interior Design evening classes and got me to order a second copy for her friend (Judith Miller - you owe me a pint). She wanted Colour by Judith Miller too (the wife that is - Judith that's another pint you owe me, well done on spelling Colour with a U).

Apparently the evening classes are the equivalent of an A level.

5 out of 5 just for being a guaranteed top present (that I'll never read even if it kills me).