Dog Palaces: Designer Beds for Pampered Pooches - Hardcover

Brian Coleman

9781423600237: Dog Palaces: Designer Beds for Pampered Pooches

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1423600231 ISBN 13: 9781423600237

Publisher: Gibbs M. Smith Inc, 2007

From modern sleek to designer chic, these pooch pads are the tops in design and innovation as well as creature comfort. From a Japanese pagoda to a mini travel trailer, find endless inspiration for a custom pet palace to suit your favorite furry friend. These pet palaces are found from coast to coast, from the lap of luxury in New York City to a casual camp bed in Canada, capturing homes that have "gone to the dogs" in special and spectacular ways. Over two dozen homes are included, showcasing not only these very lucky dogs but their designers' ingenuity and skills as well.

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Dog Palaces shows that almost anything can be made or converted into an elaborate pad for your pampered pooch: coffee tables, snack bars, doll beds, end tables, toolboxes, antique cupboards, divans. Or how about diva digs that imitate San Francisco Victorian homes, grand hotels, oriental pagodas, French and Turkish palaces? Mugsy, Maggie, Marty, or Maxwell might just have a preference for one of these fanciful designs inhabited by their canine cousins.Here are great ideas for practically everyone on how to come up with innovative, creative homes for your furry friends. You adore your dogs and want them to be comfortable and happy. But you might be surprised at how much personal pleasure and joy you will get from custom designing their homes, matching them to your decor and style, and letting your imagination and creativity go a little berserk.
"This book is a terrific idea," says a confirmed lab lover. "What a nice break from the standard red-barn painted doghouse, or the pet cushion in the corner. And it was refreshing to see pets that don't have to chew up their bedding before they lie down."
Brian Coleman, MD, is a practicing psychiatrist who divides his time between Seattle and New York and is an editor with Old House Interiors magazine, as well as the author of seven books on the decorative arts.
Dan Mayers is a New York-based photographer whose work appears regularly in Cottage Style and other magazines. This is the third book on which Coleman and Mayers have collaborated, including their widely acclaimed Scalamandre and most recently Extraordinary Interiors: Decorating with Architectural Salvage and Antique.

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