East West Style: A Design Guide for Blending Eastern and Western Elements at Home

A visually Stunning survey of Eastern influences, design, and objects incorporated into Western interiors, East West Style will help you create beautiful Interiors, incorporating the Eastern ideas of balance and harmony, color and texture, simplicity and richness. Blend the essence of Eastern style with the comfort and familiarity of Western interior design to energize and simplify your home. Sumptuous fabrics, smooth wood cabinets, celadon pottery, Japanese, Chinese, of Islamic calligraphy screens, gleaming red lacquer boxes and lamps-these are some of the Eastern design elements featured to help you create a harmonious, restful home as a retreat from today's hectic life.

Ann McArdle is a freelance writer who lives and works in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Recently retired from a career in publishing, she writes on a wide range of topics.

Her books on interior design include the Interiors series, Minimal Interiors, Romantic Interiors, Elegant Interiors, Natural Interiors, and Harmonious Interiors, all by Rockport Publishers. Her book, Stephanies's Angels, will be published in 2000 by Twin Lights Publishers.

In her free time, McArdle studies yoga and tutors at Gloucester's Wellspring House, Inc. in their Foundations Program teaching career skills to women in transition.