Leading The Artful Life Mary Engelbreit

First Edition, 2000. Hardcover with nice dust jacket. "Interiors designed with artistic intuition." "Mary Engelbreit's "Editor in Chief' Home Companion". Text by Vitta Poplar. Andrews McMeel Publishing, Kansas City, Publisher. Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Ltd., Frome and London. Contents include: Introduction, new traditionalists, primarily colors, bohemian rhapsody, drawn from nature, the bare necessities. Originally sold for $27.95. Total 139 numbered pages, with a few unnumbered. Boards are clean, sharp corners, green with decorations and light brown and beige on the front board. The endpages are light blue ginghum. "For anyone who loves a garden, Mary brings nature's beauty right into your home, with fabric, light, garden artifacts, and of course flowers and plants. Mary tells you how to achieve the look with grace and comfort. Scattered among dozens of luscious color photographs are Mary's favorite tricks, techniques, and tips for leading an artful life, with humor and beauty. Beautiful colored illustrations throughout the book that are rich and exciting looking. For the interior designer in yourself, be sure to get this to teach you some wonderful new and exciting ways to decorate your home or someone else's. The spine is tight and straight, the pages are clean and without markings or tears. The dust jacket has only normal shelfwear. A beautiful book! Giftable condition. *9BC0