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Downtown Chic: Designing Your Dream Home: From Wreck to Ravishing

Downtown Chic: Designing Your Dream Home: From Wreck to RavishingAuthors: Robert Novogratz, Cortney Novogratz
Creator: Elizabeth Novogratz
Publisher: Rizzoli
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 reviews
Sales Rank: 98020

Media: Hardcover
Edition: Ill
Pages: 176
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.9
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 10.1 x 0.8

ISBN: 0847831736
Dewey Decimal Number: 643.7
EAN: 9780847831739
ASIN: 0847831736

Publication Date: May 5, 2009
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New York City–based couple Robert and Cortney Novogratz have been renovating and designing unique and hip homes for families for over ten years. Describing their signature style as a sophisticated but bohemian mix of high and low, new and old, they offer their realistic advice on how to create original, warm interiors with ease. One part practical guide, one part inspirational volume on creating a look for the home, the book pairs humorous anecdotes about the pitfalls and pleasures of renovation with a treasure trove of decorating tips: how to use both boutique and flea-market finds; how to inject lots of personality into a room affordably; how to decorate kids’ rooms so they appeal to children and adults; how to easily rehabilitate outdated furnishings; and many more. In each of the ten projects featured—which include a townhouse in New York City, a country house in Massachusetts, and a beach house in Brazil—before and after shots document the agony and ecstasy of any renovation project, as well as revealing the design duo’s vision and remarkable ability to see through the most awful of spaces to the amazing home that lies within.

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4 out of 5 stars They have a good eye for mixing different elements of design..   October 12, 2009
curiousmonkey (San Francisco, CA)
They know how to make a room look seamless with a mottled assortment of antiques. This book is a look at creative design at its best.


5 out of 5 stars Love Dowtown Chic!   August 13, 2009
Susan Lake
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

have spent every minute poring over my copy of DOWNTOWN CHIC since I got it , which chronicles the design evolution of Robert and Cortney Novogratz of NYC, and their seven (!) kids. It is a combination of cool ideas that work for anybody who wants to upgrade or change their living environment, and a great aspirational story from people who seem to be able to have it all. Darn them! Personally, the book really spoke to me when it constantly urges the reader out of their safety zone when it comes to home decoration. Try a bright color of paint, dare to have mismatched chairs, mix cheap pieces with your fancy stuff. And don't settle for something boring and predictable just because you are parents! Or have a heart attack if there is a scuff or a stain. There are plenty of helpful hints, like how to get rid of clutter, and while I don't really have the time or the budget to travel the world looking for design objets, finding flea market treaasures is an activity I can do close to home and on any budget. Robert and Cortney have written a fun and funny book chock full of ideas of how to have the home of your dreams, with or without lots of cash. Their ideas are easily translatable to anybody to go boldly into home improvement, letting us know where it is fine to cut corners and where it isn't. I love this book and not at all ashamed to admit I needed a kick in the butt to get my unrealized dreams about my own living space to a place where I now feel I can actually make it happen.






5 out of 5 stars Best Book   June 21, 2009
Cheryl L. Wermuth
4 out of 5 found this review helpful

This book is not only decorating sensible, it is also entertaining. It's beautiful to look at and read. It has front and center placement on my coffee table and everyone picks it up and makes comments similar to mine. The Novagratz family is adorable and incredibly talented. Thank you Cortney and Robert.


2 out of 5 stars Cute pictures, but not much usable information   May 29, 2009
Anderson Shelley (Lenox, MA)
11 out of 15 found this review helpful

I picked this up when I was looking for some design inspiration for a loft I'm renovating for a friend. The inside is full of pretty pictures but the anecdotal stories seem irrelevant and kind of silly. (Can anyone really afford to fly to foreign flea markets for shopping sprees?) I wish authors of books like these would give us more information/inspiration for our projects and spare us all the details about themselves. (Hello, Kelly Wearstler and the rest of you). An alarming trend in the design world, I'm afraid. Another pretty coffee table book to put with the rest, but not much more than that. (PS: It's interesting that the two other reviewers of this book have only reviewed one other book - written by someone with the same last name. Coincidence?)


5 out of 5 stars Stunning   May 14, 2009
Student of Life (USA)
5 out of 8 found this review helpful

Every page of this book is graced with gorgeous photography, inspiring quotes and insights on how to think imaginatively about interior design. But it's more than just a show and tell. The unending supply of fantastic ideas is wrapped inside a compelling story of a family who had the courage to do things differently.

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