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Interior Decoration
 Websites presented in alphabetical order American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) 
 ASID is a "leading professional organization for interior designers with the largest residential and commercial membership." The site features an overview of interior design, career and design school information, a code of ethics, a list of ASID members, links to state licensing boards, articles about sustainable and universal design, and related material. Some material only available to members. http://www.asid.org Topics: Home & Housing, Home & Housing Last updated Jul 18, 2005 BHG.com: Better Homes and Gardens
Online presence for this home and family magazine. The website focuses on "decorating, building and remodeling, crafts, entertaining, cooking, and gardening." Features in-depth articles. http://www.bhg.com/ Topics: Architecture, Crafts, Food & Cooking, Home & Housing, Magazines Last updated Aug 10, 2009 Decorating
Dozens of articles about the interior decoration of contemporary homes. The "Design Styles" section features information about styles such as Art Deco, Asian, French country, rustic, shabby chic, and Shaker. Includes home tours, and design ideas for specific rooms and for items, such as baskets, candles, lamps, and window treatments. Also includes a design style quiz. From Home and Garden Television (HGTV). http://www.hgtv.com/decorating/ Topics: Home & Housing, Home & Housing Last updated Dec 21, 2008 Design Profile: Legendary Women Who Defined the Art of Style
This site features photographs of 12 women from the early and mid-20th century who defined "the art of living well. Their style of dress, the manner in which they entertained, the way they decorated their splendid homes, set standards for the world, and still fascinates and inspires today." Includes brief information about selected women, including Dorothy Draper, Elsie De Wolfe, Babe Paley, and Diana Vreeland. From Canadian Interior Design. http://www.canadianinteriordesign.com/kwi/ Topics: Home & Housing, Home & Housing, Photograph Collections Last updated Jan 18, 2005 Designing the Moderne: Kem Weber's Bixby House
This essay contains information on Kem Weber (once called "the first West Coast designer to bring a tradition-free, machine-age creativeness to American interior design") and his designs for the Kansas City, Mo., Bixby House. Includes photographs and the unpublished 1929 lecture by Weber, "Modern Art Movement." From the University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara. http://www.uam.ucsb.edu/Pages/weber.html Topics: Architecture, Home & Housing, Museums, Photograph Collections Last updated Oct 4, 2004 Dezignaré Interior Design Collective
This "guide for interior design" provides news and information for interior design professionals. It features an international list of selected designers (and a list of related services, such as furniture refinishing and feng shui), a design library with links to sites about various historical design periods from ancient to modern, links to interior design magazines, a list of design centers for the trade, and more. http://www.dezignare.com Topics: Home & Housing, Home & Housing Last updated Jul 18, 2005 Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture
A directory of "electronic resources of the decorative arts, with a particular focus on Early America. Included are electronic texts and journals, image databases, and information on organizations, museums and research facilities." Created and maintained by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. http://decorativearts.library.wisc.edu/ Topics: Crafts, Home & Housing Last updated Sep 30, 2009 Founders Of The Arts & Crafts Movement 1870 - 1900
"An anthology of writings on interior design by William Morris and his contemporaries [including Oscar Wilde, Walter Crane, and others]." Includes A Brief Overview of the Early Arts & Crafts Movement in America and briefly annotated links. http://www.burrows.com/found.html Topics: Home & Housing, Home & Housing, Schools of Art Last updated Jul 24, 2001 Geffrye Museum
This London museum "shows the changing style of the English domestic interior in a series of period rooms from 1600 to the present day." The site features virtual tours of interiors and the garden, information about special exhibits, and activities for children (such as designing Tudor, Victorian, and modern rooms). http://www.geffrye-museum.org.uk Topics: Arts and Humanities, Home & Housing, Museums, Museums by Place Last updated Jul 25, 2005 Gothic Martha Stewart: DIY Home Decor for the Morbidly Inclined
Home decor for the gothic do-it-yourselfer. Includes decorating projects, Internet and print resources, and shopping guides. Don't miss the Gothic Weddings section! LII Record of the Month for January, 2003. http://www.trystancraft.com/martha/ Topics: Communities & Groups, Holidays & Observances, Home & Housing, Nonfiction by Genre, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Jul 3, 2005 The History of Interior Design
An overview of prominent designers of interior spaces mainly from the 20th century. Features brief information and selected thumbnail images for designers such as Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Antoni Gaudi, Gerrit Rietveld, Alvar Aalto, Philip Johnson, and Charles Eames. From Architecture Week magazine. http://www.architectureweek.com/2001/0905/culture_1-1.html Topics: Architecture, Home & Housing, Home & Housing, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Jul 20, 2005 Internet Resources for Interior Design
This site provides a "basic list of resources relating to interior design available via the Internet. This is not a comprehensive list but is intended to help you begin exploring the Internet." Includes links to organizations, museums, and general sites. Some sites only available to members. From the University of Ulster (Ireland) Library. http://library.ulster.ac.uk/arts/belf/interior_d.htm Topics: Home & Housing, Home & Housing Last updated Oct 24, 2005 Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture (MoDA)
This interior design museum, part of Middlesex University in Britain, offers exhibitions that "give a vivid picture of domestic life in the first half of the twentieth century while also looking at contemporary design, art and issues related to the domestic environment." The site features a description and online catalog of the collection (use the "light box" to access records with selected images), information about exhibits, online teaching resources, and links to related sites. http://www.moda.mdx.ac.uk Topics: Home & Housing, Home & Housing, Museums, Museums by Place Last updated Jul 25, 2005 Rental Decorating Digest
This site provides a "collection of interior design articles, covering topics on the basics of interior design, dorm decorating and college decor, bedroom design for all ages, budget decorating ideas and organizing for small space living." It provides interior design suggestions for apartments, home studios, and dorm rentals. Includes do-it-yourself ideas, a brief style guide, information about gardening for renters, and more. Note: Includes links to commercial sites. http://www.rentaldecorating.com Topics: Home & Housing, Home & Housing Last updated Jul 26, 2005 Wallpaper in New England
Explore examples of wallpaper in New England from the 1750s to the 1950s. "The online catalogue describes and illustrates individual samples of wallpaper, historic photographs of wallpaper in situ, and ephemera dealing with the wallpaper industry. There are currently [as of May 2009] over 4000 records in the database." Also includes a timeline on the history of wallpaper, resources on care and conservation of historic wallpaper, and related material. From Historic New England. http://www.historicnewengland.org/wallpaper/ Topics: Art, Home & Housing Last updated Apr 27, 2009 |
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