"Cracking Antiques" will show you how looking for vintage and antique furniture and accessories enables you to create a stylish, individual home without setting foot inside a superstore. It will explain what to look for when buying antiques and how to renovate them using anything from a little tlc to a complete makeover. Special features give expert interior design tips, or explain why some antiques that are out of fashion today make a great investment for the future. A resources section tells you everything you need to know about buying at antiques fairs, antiques shops, at auction and online.
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Mark Hill was a specialist at Bonhams and Sotheby's before joining an internet company where he became a director, running its exclusive alliance with eBay Live Auctions. He is now the resident 20th-century design and collectables specialist at Miller's, and the author and publisher of a series of books on 20th-century design. Mark is an expert on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow. He writes for magazines including Collect It! and BBC Homes & Antiques. Kathryn Rayward trained as a theatre designer and has been working as an interior designer for the past 10 years. She specialises in taking unloved pieces of furniture and transforming them into one-off 'haute couture' pieces of design using vintage fabric and old painting and gilding techniques. As an interior designer she strives to create interiors for her clients that reflect their personalities. She likes every item within a room to have a 'story' and enjoys helping clients to find exciting pieces for their homes. She has appeared on Grand Designs Indoors (C4), Real Rooms (BBC1), she is the design face of UKTV Style where she presented Room Rivals, Design ER, Buying Style, Style File, and Get the Look. She is one of the main designers on the hugely successful series 60 Minute Makeover (ITV). She lives in Brighton.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
By Mrs. K.
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I found the content of the book excellent - intelligent, very informative and well written (but then again I am biased, I loved the TV series and I think both authors are such interesting, knowledgeable and original people).
it would be a very useful resource book for people who love vintage and antiques, and are now ready to start buying and collecting or using quality and beautiful items in everyday life. Only a small part is related to the TV series itself; most of it is good solid information about how and where to buy vintage and antiques of all ranges and styles, from large and small pieces of furniture to up-market and middle-of-the range porcelain. Glass, crystal, silver and textiles are also included.
there is an excellent chapter on interiors styles, all the way from Geogian and Rococo to modern-day. Room photos, hints and tips, iconic items and info on famous makers and designers, is all here but is still kept light, short and sweet. DIY enthusiasts will love the restoring and 'antiquing' step-by-step projects. There is also a good comprehensive Resources sections, with antiques fairs and websites for the UK and abroad.
the book's appearance however is somewhat disappointing. Cracking Antiques looks a lot like a Dorling Kindersley-type manual and for me does not have enough large-spread beautiful interior photos. This is why I have taken 1 star from it - however full marks for the substantial and very useful content
it would be a very useful resource book for people who love vintage and antiques, and are now ready to start buying and collecting or using quality and beautiful items in everyday life. Only a small part is related to the TV series itself; most of it is good solid information about how and where to buy vintage and antiques of all ranges and styles, from large and small pieces of furniture to up-market and middle-of-the range porcelain. Glass, crystal, silver and textiles are also included.
there is an excellent chapter on interiors styles, all the way from Geogian and Rococo to modern-day. Room photos, hints and tips, iconic items and info on famous makers and designers, is all here but is still kept light, short and sweet. DIY enthusiasts will love the restoring and 'antiquing' step-by-step projects. There is also a good comprehensive Resources sections, with antiques fairs and websites for the UK and abroad.
the book's appearance however is somewhat disappointing. Cracking Antiques looks a lot like a Dorling Kindersley-type manual and for me does not have enough large-spread beautiful interior photos. This is why I have taken 1 star from it - however full marks for the substantial and very useful content
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Jen
Format:Hardcover
I was delighted with the prompt delivery of 'Cracking Antiques' as it was a present for my sister's special birthday. The book is a good size, with hard back and a myriad of beautiful coloured photos and illustrations. My sister is a keen renovator with a liking for art deco but surprisingly had not watched the BBC2 programme of the same name. However she was very pleased with the book especially since, being a busy person, it is the type of thing that can be picked up and put down at any time. She loved the photos and some of the ideas and I think she will now watch out for the programme if it is repeated.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By J. Phillips
Format:Hardcover
An excellent book to support the TV programme and get you started on looking at antiques. Easy to read with good photos. Covers what you see in the programme giving all necessary details so that you do not have to make your own notes while viewing! I would like to have had additional examples over and above the TV programme itself, neverless the book is derived from the programme which it does well - hopefully there will be another series.
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