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Sister Parish Design : on decorating / Susan Bartlett Crater & Libby Cameron ; watercolors by Mita Corsini Bland.

by Crater, Susan Bartlett.

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New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009.

Parish, Henry, II, Mrs. -- Influence.

Sister Parish Design.

Interior decoration -- United States.

xv, 256 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Comfort is the essential element of a successful interior and the hallmark of the Parish-Hadley style. This aspect of design and much more is explored in a series of conversations with the leading decorators of today. Sister Parish is the iconic American decorator of her generation. Her use of flowered chintzes and overstuffed armchairs combined with unexpected items, like patchwork quilts and painted furniture, is credited with popularizing what is known as American Country-style during the 1960s. Her passion for bold color and mixed patterns invoked charm, imagination, and a lived-in look to her rooms. Her philosophy was to be unafraid and to put things together because you liked them--not because they matched.

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