A thing of beauty is a joy forever
I have been reading a number of books on the different styles of collectors.
The Collector’s Style
The Collector’s Eye
Decorating with China and Glass
and
The Way We Live with The Things We Love
beauty is in the eye of the beholder
‘collecting is a satisfying process that requires a bit of knowledge and
sometimes a bit of restraint’ Christine Churchill ‘Collector’s Style‘
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| white pitchers and wrought iron |
In ‘Collector’s Style‘ you’ll learn and understand the sentiment ‘sleuthing for style’
in that you don’t just buy things to decorate your home….you collect.
With a number of us our ‘collections drive our decorative scheme’.
‘The more specific you become about what you collect – the better the result’
Examples given include: Mercury glass, Pewter, Ironstone Pottery, McCoy Potter
Wedgewood among a number of other potential collectibles.
Tricia Foley considers her collection of Creamware (Queensware) as ‘a symphony
in cream, pearls and roses’.
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| cloches |
A number of collectibles touch our hearts because we are ‘attracted to
anything that has a sense of age…’
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| teapots |
Popular Collectibles shared in this book include:
Architectural Finials
Murano Glass
Old Oil Portraits
Transferware
Wireware
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| Ironstone and Creamware pitchers |
In ‘The Way We Live With The Things We Love’ by Stafford Cliff the
collecting and decorating styles are beautifully photographed and divided
in such topics as: flea market; tribal; art house; antique; religious; rustic; and kitchenalia…
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| pattern and chintz dishes |
Better Homes and Garden’s Collector’s Style is a vibrant book filled with
informative suggestions to: mass your collectibles; mix your collectibles;
edit your collectibles; color choices and seeing collecting as an art form.
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| Jadite and |
The Collector’s Eye
Exquisitely photographed, Christine Churchill takes you through twelve
different experienced collector’s homes showing us how we too can
develop our own decorating and collecting style.
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| transferware |
Decorating with China and Glass
Is an extensive look at all the wonderful aspects of collecting beautiful china and glassware. Carolyn Clifton-Mogg shares her insights on collecting china –
‘the objects’ with the consideration of their shape, color, pattern and
glassware. She also shares various ways of using your collectibles
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| white dishes |
in ‘the art of the table’ and using your china and glassware around the
home. Finally, she gives you good advice on how to store, to care and to
display your china and glassware collectibles.
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| china and glassware |
Filling my book bag once more with wonderful books from the library –
finding ones I am thrilled to read and to learn from and those I’d like to
make a part of my ‘book’ collection.
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| handcrafted bottles |
