Rooms to Remember: Interiors Inspired by the Past

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Rooms to Remember captures an original approach to decoration. The look is inspired but never enslaved by the past, and relies not on money but on imagination and freedom-the freedom to use illusion and visual excitement, ignore fashion, mix styles and express personal vision. Barbara and Rene' Stoeltie draw on elegant, original interiors as varied as an American country retreat, a French fisherman's dwelling, and an eighteenth century Dutch manor house. Though wide ranging in style, all are united by a spirit of invention; and people who have created these eclectic and timeless rooms delight in sharing their expertise.

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Barbara Stoeltie studied at the Akademic voor Schone Kunsten-Ghent and the Conservatoire in Brussels. She has exhibited her own surrealist paintings in Brussels and Geneva and contributed art criticism to Vrij Nederland in the 1980's. She has been a regular contributor to The World of Interiors since 1984 and regularly collaborates with her husband Rene' on magazine articles. Rene' Stoeltie's own interiors have been featured in Decoration Internationale, and his photographic work has appeared in magazines all over the world, including The World of Interiors, House and Garden, Elle, Country Homes and Interiors, Harper's Bazaar, Colonial Homes, and Classic Homes.