Amy Butler's Midwest Modern: A Fresh Design Spirit for the Modern Lifestyle
by: Amy Butler
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A complete lifestyle book, encompassing fashion, interiors, and gardens
Attention, design and style mavens! Theres a lot more to America than just the east and west coasts. Today, innovative American designin clothing, home decor, even gardeningis emerging from the Midwest. So lay your bicoastal biases aside, and let Amy Butler show you whats happening in the heartland.
Helping her fans jumpstart their own creative spark is Butlers fashion credo, and her approach has won her a huge following. Her Mid Mod philosophyneither homespun nor haute coutureis as up to the minute as it is firmly rooted in Midwest tradition. Emphasizing simplicity and integrity of craft, Butler is passionate about recycling materials, reinventing vintage looks, and taking joy in the homemade. Her approachdrawing its inspiration from the natural world and the lives of real peopleis organic in every sense of the word.
Amy Butlers Midwest Modern brings the many aspects of its authors vision into focus, from re-imagining the home as a retreat for relaxation and dreaming, to picturing the body as a canvas for creating ones personal style, to looking to nature as a sketchbook for design ideas. Vibrantly illustrated, the book underscores designs practical side, with information on budgeting money and time, a shopping resources list, and how-to projects in every chapter.
A complete lifestyle book, encompassing fashion, interiors, and gardens
Attention, design and style mavens! Theres a lot more to America than just the east and west coasts. Today, innovative American designin clothing, home decor, even gardeningis emerging from the Midwest. So lay your bicoastal biases aside, and let Amy Butler show you whats happening in the heartland.
Helping her fans jumpstart their own creative spark is Butlers fashion credo, and her approach has won her a huge following. Her Mid Mod philosophyneither homespun nor haute coutureis as up to the minute as it is firmly rooted in Midwest tradition. Emphasizing simplicity and integrity of craft, Butler is passionate about recycling materials, reinventing vintage looks, and taking joy in the homemade. Her approachdrawing its inspiration from the natural world and the lives of real peopleis organic in every sense of the word.
Amy Butlers Midwest Modern brings the many aspects of its authors vision into focus, from re-imagining the home as a retreat for relaxation and dreaming, to picturing the body as a canvas for creating ones personal style, to looking to nature as a sketchbook for design ideas. Vibrantly illustrated, the book underscores designs practical side, with information on budgeting money and time, a shopping resources list, and how-to projects in every chapter.
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- Love What You Love and Don't Apologize for It
Amy Butler's quote (love what you love, and don't apologize for it) sums up her gorgeous style book. The photography is beautiful and the feeling of the book is at once modern and fun, flirty and sweet. There are lots of decorating ideas in the book, and if you are already a seamstress, you'll get lots of ideas for your own projects. This isn't a project book, however, and doesn't include patterns. For patterns, there's her "Feather Your Nest" patterns and her two big books of patterns, Stitches, ... Read More
Rating: - amy butler mid west modern
excellent book I just love Amy Butler. She is very smart and creative. Ilove her patterns. I have nothing negitive to say about this book.
Rating: - Amy Butler's Midwest Modern
This book could stand alone as a coffee table book.There are many beautiful and inspiring pictures. If you like the Amy Butler look, this book will be inspirational.
Rating: - Amy Butler's Midwest Modern: Fresh Design Spirit for the Modern Lifestyle
If you have a "vintage-chic" aesthetic, this is the book for you! I am consumed with interior design and love mixing new and old for an interesting, eclectic look. I became interested in Amy Butler after purchasing "Found Style" which is an earlier book put together by Amy and her husband with many ideas of how to mix up interiors with flea market finds.Amy Butler's Midwest Modern is filled with pictures of Amy's current home and shows how she successfully complements each room with new pieces, ... Read More
Rating: - A DIY Design Lab encyclopaedia
A few publishers have finally begun to take heed of the desire of their reading public for books infused with lush photos, brilliant color, and elegant design, in addition to innovative writing that enchants and possibly compels us to try a little something new.
There's luscious eye candy on every page. Amy Butler invites us into her home to examine her hip takes on art, craft, fashion, interior and garden design, even shopping. With photographs of every room in her house, various collections, ... Read More
- Love What You Love and Don't Apologize for ItAmy Butler's quote (love what you love, and don't apologize for it) sums up her gorgeous style book. The photography is beautiful and the feeling of the book is at once modern and fun, flirty and sweet. There are lots of decorating ideas in the book, and if you are already a seamstress, you'll get lots of ideas for your own projects. This isn't a project book, however, and doesn't include patterns. For patterns, there's her "Feather Your Nest" patterns and her two big books of patterns, Stitches, ... Read More
- amy butler mid west modernexcellent book I just love Amy Butler. She is very smart and creative. Ilove her patterns. I have nothing negitive to say about this book.
- Amy Butler's Midwest ModernThis book could stand alone as a coffee table book.There are many beautiful and inspiring pictures. If you like the Amy Butler look, this book will be inspirational.
- Amy Butler's Midwest Modern: Fresh Design Spirit for the Modern LifestyleIf you have a "vintage-chic" aesthetic, this is the book for you! I am consumed with interior design and love mixing new and old for an interesting, eclectic look. I became interested in Amy Butler after purchasing "Found Style" which is an earlier book put together by Amy and her husband with many ideas of how to mix up interiors with flea market finds.Amy Butler's Midwest Modern is filled with pictures of Amy's current home and shows how she successfully complements each room with new pieces, ... Read More
- A DIY Design Lab encyclopaediaA few publishers have finally begun to take heed of the desire of their reading public for books infused with lush photos, brilliant color, and elegant design, in addition to innovative writing that enchants and possibly compels us to try a little something new.
There's luscious eye candy on every page. Amy Butler invites us into her home to examine her hip takes on art, craft, fashion, interior and garden design, even shopping. With photographs of every room in her house, various collections, ... Read More
