Currently Reading Be Your Own Decorator: Taking Inspiration and Cues from Todays Top Designers

I finally got my hands on this book this week: Be Your Own Decorator: Taking Inspiration and Cues from Todays Top Designers. I was reading it over a few weeks ago at our local bookstore and definitely decided it belongs in my book collections. Ever want to get advice from the professionals, this is the book for you! There are so many designers discussed in this one book, its amazing!

I also found this great video so you too can get a feel of what youre getting. I always like to see what a book as to offer before purchasing, this video does just that.

Book Description:

Selecting favorite rooms from more than fifty renowned designers such as Kelly Wearstler, Bunny Williams, Albert Hadley, Nate Berkus, and Mary McDonaldand shot by the worlds top shelter photographersSusanna 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 books 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 rang e 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.

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