Everyday Decorating

by Jeffrey Bilhuber, Jacqueline Terrebonne

Jeffrey Bilhuber, one of the most sought-after voices in interior design, offers practical advice and easy-to-follow tips that inspire and empower the reader to make enlightened design decisions.

Jeffrey Bilhuber has created the ultimate decorating handbook for those who love to go to Instagram or Pinterest for inspiration and design knowledge. Kicking aside the standard interior decorator format of showcasing work house by house, the book is divided into chapters that illustrate how to make your home more comfortable, happy, colorful, personal, lighter and brighter, sexy, charming, and cozy. Using iconic images spanning the breadth of his illustrious career, each page sings with a practical takeaway that leaves the reader thinking, "Well, I never thought of it like that."

Bilhuber's classically informed point of view mixed with his tell-it-like-it-is humor make for memorable tips that will prove valuable the next time you're shopping for a sofa, making a bed, or considering paint colors. From sleek city townhouses to rambling country manors, he's found that ultimately all clients have the same goals regardless of interests, budget, or location. Those clients have included bold-face names like Anna Wintour, Iman, Mariska Hargitay, and Elsa Peretti. And the same advice he shared with them, he now shares with you.

Genres: Nonfiction, Design, Interior Design

256 pages, Hardcover

Published March 19, 2019

Reviews

[Kathleen · Rating 4 out of 5]

EVERYDAY DECORATING by Jeffrey Bilhuber and Jacqueline Terrebonne was published in 2019. I loved reading this book! The pages feel so smooth and thick, and the pictures are so beautiful and colourful.
Jeffrey and Jacqueline give practical advice and easy-to-follow tips that inspire and empower the reader to make enlightened design decisions. They have divided the book into chapters that illustrate how to make your home more comfortable, happy, colorful, personal, lighter and brighter, sexy, charming, and cozy. Although I read this book from cover to cover, whenever I sit down I cannot resist picking it up and randomly opening it and "drinking in " some pages.
4 decorative stars ⭐️️⭐️️⭐️️⭐️️

[Marcy Graybill · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love decorating books and this one had a nice balance of words and pretty pictures. Then I stumbled onto this quote: "Libraries can be many things, but rarely does happy spring to mind." Yeah, he doesn't get it. Like all the other decorating books suggesting you hide the spines. That's the purpose of a library. The books are the point.

[Lori · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jeffery Bilhuber has authored another great interior design book and it is a lot of fun to look at. There are lots of pictures and short remarks along the eight themes of comfortable,happy,colorful,personal,lighter& brighter,sexy,charming and cozy.

[Jmay · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this coffee table book word-for-word, cover-to-cover just because I had the downtime at my job. On the one hand, I appreciated the brevity of the single-sentence recollections about designing a particular room. One the other hand, I didn't get too much of the practical advice for what to do when I move into my new, small house.

[Marta · Rating 5 out of 5]

A top designer shares ideas for creating atmosphere in A way that is generous and unstuffy. This is a coffee table size book stuffed with pictures. Admittedly, I can't think of a practical tip that I'm going to use off the top of my head, but this bopk got me fired up to get going on some things and I really needed that.

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of beautiful ideas for sitting rooms / sun rooms. Wish I had gorgeous doors and windows like those.

[Wendy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Visually appealing 😍

[Marianna · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pretentious.

[Kayla · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don’t personally like Jeffrey’s design style, but the tips, captions, and other writing are well-done and helpful! Great reference book!

[Holly · Rating 2 out of 5]

This definitely isn't what I expected, the publication date showed 2019 but the styles in the book looked old.