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.