Create Your Perfect Dining Area
by Anonymous

Dulles, VA July 27, 2004 -- Where you eat in your home is a central social place in your life, whether you are munching on stale crackers and noodles alone in front of the television in a cramped studio apartment or entertaining a dozen guests in your manor’s large dining room. “In this age of rush, rush, rush, the special time you spend with friends and family is often over a meal,” says interior designer Lauren Smith, author of the new book What Goes With What: Dishes and Dining Areas Decorating Made Easy. Lauren Smith shows you how to find your own decorating style and create the ideal dining area for your home and style in What Goes With What: Dishes and Dining Areas.

Lauren Smith explains, “Whether you have a small dining alcove or a separate dining room, whether you love to cook elaborate meals or order takeout, this place where you sit down with your family, entertain your friends, or simply relax by yourself, is an important place in your home.”

What Goes With What: Dishes and Dining Areas is a simple, easy-to-use guide for decorating your dining area––from furnishings to tableware––for the way you live and entertain. It’s hard enough to find the right furnishings and tableware for your dining area, but it’s even harder to put them all together in a room that fits your lifestyle. Now, in this third in Capital’s popular What Goes With What series, well-known interior designer Lauren Smith comes to your rescue. Through easy-to-use lists, charts, simple black-and-white drawings, and wise words, she’ll help you combine furnishings with tableware for the way you live – from daily dining to entertaining. First, take the WGWW Quiz to define your personal style, then learn to select and combine your dining room furniture with your dinnerware, flatware, glassware, linens, colors, accessories, and patterns – within your budget. Quickly and easily, discover how to change that look – to dress, set, and accessorize your table for a luncheon, dinner, special occasion or simple everyday dining. In What Goes With What: Dishes and Dining Areas, you’ll also find a comprehensive list of resources for furniture, tableware, flatware, glassware, linens, and other decorating resources. This book is the answer for anyone who wants to decorate a new dining room or redo an old one – with simplicity and ease.

Lauren Smith is a noted interior designer and author. A graduate of the prestigious New York School for Interior Design, Lauren has served as President of the interior design agency Lauren Smith, Inc. since 1973. She is also the author of What Goes With What: Home Decorating Made Easy (a BOMC selection), Your Colors at Home (1987) and Colors for Brides (1989). A member of the renowned American Society of Interior Designers, Lauren’s vast knowledge of interior design translates beautifully into practical principles for home decorating. She lives in Palm Coast, Florida.

What Goes With What: Dishes and Dining Areas Decorating Made Easy
by Lauren Smith

Paper, ISBN 1-931868-28-X, 5 ½ x 8 ½, 132 pp. + b/w line drawings, $15.95
July 2004

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