Soul of the Home: Designing with Antiques

DESCRIPTION Past meets present in Soul of the Home, a stylish guide to decorating modern homes with heirlooms and antiques. “With light and airy interiors filled with patina, history, and one-of-a-kind furnishings, this New Orleans designer and antiques dealer reveals that anything old can feel new again.” —Southern Home Tara Shaw is a respected supplier of French and European antiques for a host of AD100 and Elle Decor A-listers, including Bobby McAlpine, Mary McDonald, and Bunny Williams. In her first book, she helps readers understand how to select the best antiques and how to use them in a variety of decor schemes. Soul of the Home presents never-before-published spaces from Shaw’s portfolio and reveals her favorite antique-hunting spots throughout Europe. Chapters include: The Importance of Antiques Starting an Antiques Collection Cultivating a Home with Heart Lake House Living Let Architecture Lead the Way Bringing the Outside In Antiques in a Modern World Guerilla Antiquing And