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"A couple of weeks ago I wrote about my participation in a panel discussion, at the New York School of Interior Design, on whether Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman\u2019s 1897 book, The Decoration of Houses, remains relevant. That blog post got me thinking: What other long-ago design guides are well worth reading?\n\nTo answer that question I went straight to my own library, a frustratingly small room literally piled high with volumes on subjects aesthetic\u2014and dominated by a Greek Revival partners desk that\u2019s a bit too large for the space, but whose eight Ionic columns I couldn\u2019t resist. If I had to reduce that collection to, say, a half dozen mostly out-of-print books that offer the homeowner practical instruction as well as undeniable inspiration, which titles would survive?\n\nAfter a deliberation that left me feeling a bit gutted\u2014how can one choose a favorite child?\u2014here is my shortlist. Though not in general circulation any longer, most of the volumes can be found on eBay, Amazon, and other virtual marketplaces, as well as in public libraries.\n\nClick here to see a slide show of these decorating guides that have stood the test of time."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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