Junk Style
For those who have always had--and used--junk, the  juxtaposition of the wordsjunkandstyleis an  acknowledgement of what they've always known: useful and attractive  objects don't always have to come straight from the furniture showroom.   Melanie Molesworth enumerates the ruling principles ofJunk  Styleon the back cover:1. It doesn't have to match.2. Don't get attached to an object's original function.3. Use junk as an accent.4. If you frame it, it's art.5. White cures all ills.6. One is an eyesore; five makes a collection!Though some of the "junk" pictured wouldn't be out of place  in an uptown antique shop and the designer practices rule #5 so  assiduously that some of the shots call to mind the sterile interior of  an idealized World War I-era hospital, practitioners of secondhand chic  will still findJunk Stylea useful guide.  In particular,  there's a good range of interiors pictured, from some that look like  funky converted garages to the expensively spacious and light-filled.  Not too surprisingly, Moleworth's junk looks great in both.--Barrie  Trinkle--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.