Kelly Hoppen's Essential Style Solutions for Every Home

by Kelly Hoppen

Kelly Hoppen, multi-award-winning designer and TV personality, shares her essential style solutions that will transform your home.

Kelly knows what works , and here she shows you how to do it by bringing together creative ideas and inspiration alongside a wealth of professional know-how , practical advice and cost-effective style solutions that can work for every home, big or small.

Whether you are a young professional renting a flat, a first-time homebuyer or an experienced homeowner who wants to give your home a dash of Kelly Hoppen glamour, this book will help you create a beautiful, functional and relaxing home that suits your individual needs and reflects your personality.

With over 200 images , carefully selected and curated by a world-renowned design guru with over 40 years' experience, Kelly Hoppen's Essential Style Solutions for Every Home gives Room-by-room case studies focus on the main spaces in the home as well as dead space such as corridors, addressing the feeling you are aiming to create, and setting out the core elements and top styling tips to allow you to achieve this.

Where applicable, Kelly makes cost-cutting suggestions for saving money by choosing less-expensive materials, advising what it’s worth splashing out on and where you can afford to spend less, as well as ideas for making quick-and-easy seasonal updates to inexpensively refresh your rooms on a regular basis.

Get the luxe look for less with Kelly Hoppen’s Essential Style Solutions for Every Home .

Genres: Design, Nonfiction

208 pages, Paperback

Published August 3, 2021

Reviews

[Melissa Borsey · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good take on how an interior designer goes about the decorating process for a new space . Lots of pictures of modern decor. Lots of Black/White/Gold. Storage and Lighting possibilities too. I thank Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this book.

[Alicia Bayer · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh. The title of this book is definitely misleading. These interior design tips are not for every home, or certainly not for mine. The interiors are ovewhelmingly black, white, gray and beige. The homes are very expensive and very modern. I hated the look of all of it. There may have been good tips but it was overshadowed by the whole lifestyles of the rich and boring vibe for me, sorry.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for review.

[Marina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kelly Hoppen is a big name in interior design and it was for her knowledge and experience that I was attracted to this book. There is certainly a lot of advice. A particular technique, using runners and banners ie strips of a material (fabric or stone, for example), is well explained and illustrated, and not something I’ve come across before. Also I like the advice on using notebooks, grids and centrepieces.

On the downside, I found the book quite visually dull. I understand Hoppen has a signature style but I had hoped that it would either have shown a noticeable evolution or that she would have also used examples from other designers with a different style. I’ve seen many photos of showhomes that use this aesthetic of contrasting textured neutrals. Hoppen’s photos show interiors that don’t look like anyone lives in them or ever could. The shelves aren’t used for storage but for display only and while she writes about treasured possessions, these mostly look like things just bought for show – eg multiple identical white opaque jars.

People interested in interior design will find this a great reference book, but unless they are a huge fan of Hoppen’s signature style, they’ll also need to find inspiration elsewhere.

Thanks to Netgalley and publisher for the arc.

[Susanne · Rating 2 out of 5]

Thank you to the author, Quarto Publishing Group and NetGalley, for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I was not familiar with the author's name, but after googling her name I was eager to see what she had to say about "essential style". I know I have an eclectic style sense, but I was not prepared for how underwhelming I found this book. What was presented in lots of gorgeous glossy photos was very expensive, and for the most part very boring if not stodgy style - not really something I would define as essential. Yes, there were some great tips about how to think through what your needs and wants are when you are making a home, but much of the book was so far from (my) reality that I could not relate.

[GONZA · Rating 3 out of 5]

The ideas are very interesting and certainly valid, of course it is also difficult not to have a beautiful house using the apartment described in the photos of the book and being able to spend billions on furniture and furnishings.

Le idee sono molto interessanti e sicuramente valide, certo che é anche difficile non avere una bella casa usando l'appartamento descritto nelle foto del libro e potendo spendere i miliardi in arredamento e mobili.

I received from the Publisher a complimentary digital advanced review copy of the book in exchange for a honest review.

[Samantha · Rating 2 out of 5]

Whilst it is called 'Essential Style Solutions for Every Home', the images and ideas in the book do not really lend themselves to "Every Home". If you have a home that looks more like a hotel lobby then this is a great book but it's not for me.

It covers lots of information over the book. It is divided into two main sections, First Principles of Style and Room by Room, which each section having more subsections:
First Principles of Style: Tones & Colours, Texture, Lighting, and Finishing Touches
Room by Room: Entrance Hallways, Kitchen & Dining Spaces, Living Rooms, Bedroom, and Bathrooms

The choices made in Tones & Colours are all rather muted, Nothing to pop at you at all. Again rather like a hotel than a home. Plus each room shown is enormous, which given that most new build homes are getting smaller and smaller, it again does not live up to the Every Home aspect.

Overall I was rather disappointed with the book, it seems to cater to the middle classes with no personality or children rather than anyone else.

I received this book from Netgalley in return for an honest review.

[Susie · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was ok, however I don’t think I gained a lot more knowledge from reading it than I already had.

Thank you NetGalley for my complimentary copy in return for my honest review.

[Keli · Rating 3 out of 5]

Aesthetically Pleasing. Opulent. Sumptuous. Atmospheric.

I recently moved house and have a blank canvas to work with, so I was excited about this book.

I didn’t love this book. Neither did I hate it. I made a terrible mistake by reading the whole book in two sittings! Yikes! I’d say it’s more of a reference book than something you’d read front-cover-to-back-cover in just two sittings. I found it very repetitive in places. For example, the overuse of words such as ‘taupe,’ ’juxtapose,’ ‘juxtaposition,’ ‘organic,’ ‘transparency’ and so on. However, Kelly Hoppen uses evocative and atmospheric writing to delight our senses with phrases like “…the warm embrace of a cashmere throw” and “…the cool smoothness of a polished stone floor” (p.68). Wow! She certainly has a way with words. Very Nigella-esque.

Kelly Hoppen offers her insights, expertise and advice on the art of good design and design dialogue. She shows readers how to create a unique and personalised home, even in a small space, and offers some very useful information, such as matching different colour palettes, working with different textures, how to create inspiring and exciting spaces in our homes, how light is absorbed or reflected, and how to plan and create a material/colour/texture board. Hoppen adopts a holistic approach to enhance the function and quality of interior spaces, including the use of Feng Shui, which might not be to everyone’s taste, or in agreement with different faiths.

I’m not too sure it’s for ‘every home’. I’ve certainly stayed in hotels, visited museums and furniture showrooms that look like the interior photographs, but… for me, this is a glimpse into how the other half live. Don’t get me wrong, the interior photographs are divine. It is a visually stunning book that I’d buy just to display in my home, and refer to every now and then. Or, maybe just look at the pictures again. There are some extremely beautiful photographs of cascading crystal waterfall chandeliers/pendant lights, used instead of bedside lamps. My husband wasn’t too impressed when I suggested we could try this instead of our up-cycled bedside cabinets adorned with budget lamps. But, on a more serious, and realistic, note, Kelly Hoppen does give some very good advice on how to incorporate luxury designer furniture/artwork/statement pieces/family heirlooms into any space. No matter how small. I absolutely learned a few tips and tricks that I will be using in my new home.

I’d recommend this book to anyone who loves white, black, grey, and taupe interiors; you will love this book. If you love high-end bespoke statement and ‘star’ pieces of furniture you will love this book too. If you are interested in interior design or would like an exquisite coffee-table book, what are you waiting for? I’d definitely recommend this book to the above mentioned and also anyone who loves Kelly Hoppen. It’s like a piece of art.

[Nancy · Rating 1 out of 5]

Beautiful pictures, but it just wasn't for me. I'm a traditional dark furniture and wainscoting kind of gal, and this book was very glitz and glamour and Las Vegas kind of style.