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The New Traditional: Reinvent-Balance-Define Your Home

Darryl Carter is a leader in the design world, recognized for his restrained, distinguished, and livable environments. Known for seamlessly mixing the modern with the classical, Carter presents a comprehensive guide to creating a home that balances individual comfort with a timeless aesthetic.

Comfort is the essential element of a successful interior, but also the most elusive. Too often our design decisions are driven by others. In The New Traditional, Darryl Carter encourages you to be

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  1. Robert Haft Avatar
    Robert Haft
    14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
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    Daryl Carter May Be the Next Martha Stewart for Home Furnishings!, September 3, 2008
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    This review is from: The New Traditional: Reinvent-Balance-Define Your Home (Hardcover)

    Daryl Carter has created a new genre and a signature style that is elegant, classical, and comfortable, where the new mixes with the old, and less is certainly more. His equal parts of restraint and creativity create an amazing combination. This book is like a slow, beautiful, casual walk through a well designed yet livable home. I wanted to stop, sit down and enjoy being in many of those rooms. Daryl Carter is already important as furniture designer, lighting designer, and interior designer and if this book is any indication likely the next Martha Stewart like figure for home furnishing.

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    AESTHETE
    9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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    STILL A FAN, December 22, 2008
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    AESTHETE (Los Angeles) –

    This review is from: The New Traditional: Reinvent-Balance-Define Your Home (Hardcover)

    I have long admired Darryl Carter for his sophistication, sense of restraint and cool modern take on neoclassicism. That said, I found myself searching each photograph for something just a little more interesting — just one object or piece of furniture that was a little less generic and basic. The best shot is on the cover, juxtaposing the solid honey brown footed pedestal table and the delicate painted regency klismos chair. A little bit more humor and interplay between shapes, forms, texture and color would go a long way toward activating these interiors and making them spring to life. As is, everything is just a fraction too still and plain. But I’m still a fan.

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    Danya Speller
    12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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    Buy this book, September 9, 2008
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    Danya Speller (Scottsdale, Arizona) –
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    This review is from: The New Traditional: Reinvent-Balance-Define Your Home (Hardcover)

    Darryl Carter is a revolutionary in the design world. Creating classic, visualy engaging, and completely livable environments for his clients has transfered well to the book world. Easy and informative reading, stunning photography, and realistic living environments make this a book not about Darryl Carter (like many interior design books) but about well lived and well crafted interiors. This book is how it should be!

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