Selecting favorite rooms from more than fifty renowned designers such as Kelly Wearstler, Bunny Williams, Albert Hadley, Nate Berkus, and Mary McDonald—and shot by the world’s top shelter photographers—Susanna Salk offers insightful advice on how to apply basic design principles to interiors.
Organized into chapters on balance, color, mixing, accessorizing, arrangements, rule breaking, and whimsy, Salk walks through the process of great design, illustrating how the featured designers made the decisions they did to make these rooms look so great. The book’s encouraging, conversational tone, practical tips and ideas, and quotes by the designers themselves explaining their philosophies empower the reader to create stylish, functional, and unique rooms of their very own.
Covering a range of styles from traditional to modern, formal to whimsical, and showcasing some of the best work by the best designers of our age, Be Your Own Decorator is a rich resource for the aspiring decorator.
I can’t see clearly now I read several reviews about this book and ordered it looking forward to rooms that were more liveable than the often overly done pictures in magazines. The photographs are lovely. There are some wonderful ideas to be gleaned from looking at them. The copy? Well, I’ve never been a fan of small type overburned on color. Particularly when the type is in a color as well. If the copy isn’t worth reading, don’t include it. The design of this book is truly abysmal. I’d even call it arrogant is its…
A Valuable and Beautiful Reference Book If you are a decor maven, blogger, or an interior designer you undoubtedly collect hundreds, maybe thousands of images in good old fashion folders and clipping files, or in files on your computer. It gets a little unruly sometimes, trying to remember where you put a favorite image when you need it.
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Customer Video Review Length:: 3:04 MinsA great reference for the DIY decorator who is looking to be inspired by others. Fresh looks & styles are captured in every photo. Many different styles, lots of color & great advice from some very talented decorators. Take a look at my video-I flip through the pages to “give you an idea” of what the book is about. Enjoy 😉