Choosing Colors: An Expert Choice of the Best Colors to Use in Your Home

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Choosing Colors: An Expert Choice of the Best Colors to Use in Your Home

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Book Description
This beautiful and unique reference provides an unrivaled mine of inspiration and ideas for anyone wishing to create a colorful new look for their home or garden! In this stunningly produced guide, internationally renowned interior designer Kevin McCloud puts together over 1,000 color chips arranged in over 80 palettes. Each palette-which includes anywhere from 6 to 16 color swatches-forms a blueprint for a unique decorative scheme. A palette based on old Chinese silk, for example, is seen reinterpreted in a contemporary New York apartment. Plus, each palette features gorgeous photographs that bring the color scheme to life, along with invaluable advice and tips for using the colors to transform a room. Readers will also find manufacturers' paint references and numbers, lists of suppliers, and much more. The ultimate color sourcebook!

About the Author
Kevin McCloud, one of the world's foremost authorities on domestic design, has written several books, including the best-selling Kevin McCloud's Complete Book of Paint and Decorative Techniques. He has written and produced two TV series as well as two signature paint lines. He lives in London.

Choosing Colors: An Expert Choice of the Best Colors to Use in Your Home,Kevin McCloud,Watson-Guptill Publications,0823006468,Color,Color in interior decoration,Decorating,Decorating - General,Home Improvement / Construction,House & Home,Interior Design - General,Interior design

Book Contents:

  1. Christi Carter's Art of Accessorizing
  2. Classic Decorative Details
  3. Color : Natural Palettes for Painted Rooms
  4. Color Your Home : More than 65,000 at-a-glance Room Combinations
  5. Complete Bathroom Design : 30 Floor Plans, Plus Fixtures, Surfaces, and Storage Ideas
  6. Cool Shops New York
  7. Cottage : America's Favorite Home Inside and Out
  8. Country Kitchens
  9. Country Living 750 Great Ideas for Decorating on a Budget : Transform Your Home Inside & Out
  10. Creating Great Guest Rooms

Book Contents

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