PDF Ebook Mark Hampton On Decorating, by Mark Hampton

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After apprenticing to legendary designers David Hicks and Sister Parish, and then entering the prestigious firm of McMillen, MARK HAMPTON (1940-1998) founded his own firm in 1976. His works include the White House for President George H. W. Bush; Camp David; Gracie Mansion; the American Academy in Rome; and the American Embassy in Paris. An accomplished watercolorist, Hampton has a painting in the permanent collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.MARGARET RUSSELL is the Editor in Chief of Architectural Digest and the magazine's website, archdigest.com, and she is the author of several books, among them So Chic and Style and Substance.ALEXA HAMPTON has been president of Mark Hampton LLC since 1998. An acclaimed designer, she is the author of Language of Interior Design and Decorating in Detail. She lives in New York with her family.

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Product details

Hardcover: 256 pages

Publisher: Potter Style; First Edition edition (October 27, 2015)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 9780553459173

ISBN-13: 978-0553459173

ASIN: 0553459171

Product Dimensions:

8.4 x 1.1 x 9.3 inches

Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review:

4.4 out of 5 stars

12 customer reviews

Amazon Best Sellers Rank:

#462,187 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Absolutely the best book on American home design of the contemporary period!It is not a "picture book," though it contains room sketches made by designer. In it Hampton writes about the principles of home decorating and interior design in a style free of professional jargon and in some of the purest, cleanest English to come from a design writer in our time. His prose is like his design style---deceptively simple, clear, welcoming, and entertaining.He has chapters on the elements of design----Colors; Elements (fireplaces, dressing windows, lamplight, mirrors, deep comfort in seating, beds and bedposts, parameters of framing, setting the table, pattern underfoot); Styles (Victorian comeback, Classicism Is Always New, The Delights of Chinoiserie, Fresh Look at Baltic Styles, Early American Purity); Plans (Furniture Placement that Makes a Living Room Work, How to Create Interior Views, etc); Rooms; Materials (fabrics, uses of wallpaper, tassels and fringes, gimps and cords, rugs).Each one is eminently practical and insightful. One has the feel of the writer speaking. In writing about furniture placement in the more "public" rooms of a house, Hampton writes, "To dwell on large parties can begin to sound silly. Think, instead, of room in which conversation can flourish, whether between two people or among ten, rooms in which visitors feel immediately at home and would rather sit than stand---rooms that really work. I believe the rooms in which all these things happen are those that are very well arranged. They appear to be comfortable to the eye even before one has experienced the physical comfort."He offers "a little syllogism" for approaching furniture arrangement. "All rooms look their best if they are used by the people they belong to. Unless a room is arranged in a way that allows it to function comfortably, it will never be used. Therefore, no room will look its best until it is comfortably arranged." How many unused, expensive American "living rooms" could be improved with this simple logic! Hampton continues to elaborate and illustrate this principle with examples and drawings, but that little syllogism alone is enough to guide even the rankest first-time homeowner who wants to plan her or his own home.His chapter on framing is a jewel in this day when one sees walls of identically framed art. He reminds readers that frames should match the subject and time period of the painting. If they do that, they will find welcome homes in any room. "When I frame a number of pictures that I am going to hang together," Hampton writes, "I use several framers to avoid a mass-produced look." While most do not have access to the variety Hampton had, one can always take the paintings in one at a time, asking the framer to work with the work of art to be framed, not the color scheme of a particular room. And how typically practical Hampton is in this, for framed with the proper considerations, paintings can be moved about with redecorations or changes of mind.The chapter on colors is also terrific and is oh-so-Hampton American clear. Look in any style magazine for the home today , and you will see white walls with blue-and-white china. I don't think I've seen one green room that used this porcelain as decoration. Yet in the chapter "The Versatility of Green," Hampton reminds the reader that green walls welcome blue-and-white china. He encourages reconsideration of all the shades of green, from the rich darks to the light green that Robert Adam used, and he explains exactly how to use this color in a room.I wish I had this book at hand when I began furnishing the well-designed, sturdy home my husband and I had built in the late 1960s in a classic style in an era of ranch-style houses. I would have been more confident in some of the decisions I made as we furnished it, piece-by-piece over time, from "finds" and inherited pieces and furniture my husband produced in his amateur workshop after traditional pieces. Looking back, I think it turned out so well as it did because we followed the central principle Hampton commends: comfort and practical usage produce beauty. And because we'd trained our eyes by looking at lots of Southern rooms that had been lived in over time.I purchased it now that I am reworking a room or two, thinking it would be filled with large-page photographs of Hampton-designed rooms. I'm so glad it was not that. If I were able to give but one book to a young couple just starting out in their first apartment or home or someone remodeling a room or so, this would be it. For when one understands the simple principles of design for the home, he is freed to make his home an expression of his own taste and time and needs----and in a beautiful, comfortable, highly usable way.I think this is also a book for anyone considering "the American mind"---the worldview of America.Some books are joys to read. This is one of them. It is also the most helpful interior design book for the average person I've come across. You'll never regret owning it!

It's important to note that this book is really more of an information/reference book...a true "reading tool" versus a visual inspiration book. There are illustrations throughout the book, but they are DRAWINGS/SKETCHES (in color) from Mark Hampton (which in-and-of-itself is quite spiffy since you rarely get to see a designers original sketches). There are NO photos, so if that's what you're expecting, keep moving.That said, I do really like this one. It's written in a very friendly, easy to read style. I also have his daughter Alexa's book that was released last year ("The Language of Interior Design," ISBN 9780307460530), as well as the one his wife authored last year ("Mark Hampton: An American Decorator," ISBN 9780847832880), and you can feel a lot of similarities in his & Alexa's "voices." There is no pretension to be found in either book, which I find refreshing.You will learn quite a bit about the decorating process, things that inspired him, furniture names & styles, how to work with color/pattern/fabrics, and so on, without feeling like you're reading a college textbook. If you can get it, the 2nd book mentioned above, "...an American decorator," is an excellent companion to this as they both chronicle his work thru the decades (this one with sketches, the other with loads of photos).This would also be an excellent book to give to a design student since it shows him working very well with myriad design styles, which is important for any budding designer.While "Language" and "American Decorator" are the more customary large format (aka coffee table) design books with lush photography, this one is a a good bit smaller (but certainly not miniscule). I was surprised when it arrived. Knowing now that it's mostly textual rather than full of photography, it makes sense. Just a little heads-up!

In reading Duane Hampton's book on her husband Mark, it is mentioned that Mark loved giving lectures on design. Upon reading this, I felt wistful wishing I could have attended his talks. I even looked on youtube to see if they were filmed. Found an interview there of Mark which was fun to watch. Mark was continually visiting historic buildings around the world and reading about design as an enthusiastic life-long learner. This book feels like a collection of his talks, the next best thing to hearing him lecture. In this book on decorating he shares his enthusiasm, education and erudition with the reader. Although the chapters feel like lively talks on each design topic, many of them were written as columns for HOUSE & GARDEN magazine.The book is divided into seven sections: Colors, Elements, Styles, Plans, Rooms, Outdoors, and Materials. I found all of the chapters interesting - some of my favorite chapters included English country style, the slipper chair, living room arrangements and chintz. There are insightful design tips sprinkled throughout. Fetching illustrations by Mark featuring examples of his topics add much interest and grace to the this book. You may find yourself googling the names of designers, buildings and rooms he mentions to see what he is talking about. It is an informal and conversational education.I found this a fetching and delightful read, and am glad to look at aspects of the design world through Mark Hampton's eyes and understanding.

I'd read it just for the love of reading English written well. Really old fashioned and fun reading, with decorating principles that still apply. Here's something that had me smiling on the dark room/ dark paint subject... you can lighten a room with electricity - you don't need to slap down some light colored paint. (I'm paraphrasing - he said it better.)

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