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Cracking Antiques

Cracking Antiques

by Mark Hill (Author), KathrynRayward (Author), Mark Hill (Author), Kathryn Rayward (Author)

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    Hardcover 2010

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Synopsis

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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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 224
 Publisher: Mitchell Beazley
Published: 05 Apr 2010
ISBN 10: 1845335562
ISBN 13: 9781845335564
Book Overview: Ties in to an exciting new BBC2 primetime television programme - 6 x 30 minute programmes. Created by the team behind 'The Apprentice', 'Supersizers' and 'Grow Your Own Drugs'. Promotes antiques and vintage as the ultimate in recycling - don't buy new flatpack furniture which will wear out quickly, spend the money on something with a story that can be sold if you tire of it. This book is for the 14 million Ebay users in the UK who want to personalise their homes. Taps in to the anti-Ikea zeitgiest. Takes antiques off their pedestal and shows you how to live with them. Shows how to use antique and vintage pieces in modern homes - you don't need to live in an 'old' house to enjoy them. Takes the fear out of buying antiques. Inspires those who can't move to improve.

Author Bio
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.