Allen, Phyllis Sloan.

Beginnings of interior environment / Phyllis Sloan Allen - Revised Edition. - Provo, Utah : Brigham Young University Press, c1977. - xxi, 360 pages : illustrations (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Color illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Our heritage in homes -- 2. Trends in homes for today -- 3. Floor plans -- 4. Design: theory and application -- 5.Color: use and misuse -- 6. Fabric selection -- 7. Backgrounds -- 8. Furniture selection -- 9. Furniture arrangement -- 10. Putting it all together -- 11. Budget decorating.

This book has been written to serve not only as a textbook for teachers and a text/workbook for students in an introductory course in interior design but also as a general course for students preparing to teach home planning and decorating in high schools, for members of adult education classes in which a practical approach to home furnishing is requested, and for homemakers who are looking for a workable guidelines that can be applied in their own homes.

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INTERIOR DECORATION--HANDBOOKS, MANUALS, ETC.

NK 2115 .A45 1977