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Fresh American Spaces: Romantic - Nuanced - Happy - Cultured - Exuberant
by
Annie Selke
From a powerhouse in the design world comes a vibrant decorating book that instructs readers on how to layer fabrics and patterns, combine colors, and add furnishings and accepts to create an adaptable and exuberant home.
Hardcover, 240 pages
Published
August 23rd 2011
by Potter Style
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Here is an interior decoration book of 240 pages, circa 2011. There are a few basic painting and sewing projects included.
This is not a book to read as much as it is one to inspire while looking at the photographs and imagining what one could create in one's own spaces. Sometimes it's good to change one's surroundings, making them Brighter, more Romantic, more Colorful, or going for a Nature-inspired palette. Then one can always mix things into an Eclectic Arty theme. Those are the five grouping...more
This is not a book to read as much as it is one to inspire while looking at the photographs and imagining what one could create in one's own spaces. Sometimes it's good to change one's surroundings, making them Brighter, more Romantic, more Colorful, or going for a Nature-inspired palette. Then one can always mix things into an Eclectic Arty theme. Those are the five grouping...more
Really enjoyed. For fans of Annie Selke and Amy butler. More accessible than many of the typical shelter magazine top designers.
I'm learning as much from observing pictures of the finished rooms as I am from the text of the book.
I especially enjoyed the Nuanced Neutral section. Two years ago I redid our master bathroom in black, white and grey. It is striking, like walking into a black and white photo. It has not become boring- just very restful.
I especially enjoyed the Nuanced Neutral section. Two years ago I redid our master bathroom in black, white and grey. It is striking, like walking into a black and white photo. It has not become boring- just very restful.
Good ideas, interestingly categorized. Something for everyone.
Some fresh, modern design concepts. I like a few color schemes which have inspired me for my
cashmere quilt making:
pg.57 - milk chocolate brown, with lime green & hot pink & a touch of lemon yellow
pg. 120 - black with 3 blues, Behr Handsome Hue, Sherwin-Williams Frank Blue, and Benjamin Moore
Caribbean Coast
cashmere quilt making:
pg.57 - milk chocolate brown, with lime green & hot pink & a touch of lemon yellow
pg. 120 - black with 3 blues, Behr Handsome Hue, Sherwin-Williams Frank Blue, and Benjamin Moore
Caribbean Coast
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