Decorate Fearlessly: Using Whimsy, Confidence, and a Dash of Surprise to Create Deeply Personal Spaces
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.12 (574 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0847842339 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Susanna Salk captures a wide range of sophisticated interiors, spanning the spectrum from modern to traditional and from bohemian to more formal, while highlighting rule-breaking design ideas that celebrate whimsy and personal style rather than predictable, safe looks.Including more than 150 gorgeous photographs and organized according to every room of the house, the book addresses key design principles such as color and pattern (encouraging self-expression and risk taking) and mixing and accessorizing (fearlessly using decorative elements to express various parts of your own personality and background) while illustrating the limitless possibilities that personal expression can take. Featuring inspiring interiors from today’s top designers, Decorate Fearlessly shows us how to be bold and personal with our design choices, creating spaces that we love to live in. With Salk’s encouraging design tips and quotes from the designers themselves explaining their philosophies, this beautiful volume is inspiring and offers stunning interiors and a liberating message to follow your heart to create interiors that are deeply personal.. Decorate Fearlessly is both a p
. Susanna Salk is the author of Be Your Own Decorator, Room for Children, and Weekend Retreats and is a contributing editor for 1stdibs and iVillage, as well as a regular contributor to design segments for NBC’s Today Show
Disco mirrors invade kitchens. "I soon understood," she wrote of her research process, "that every great room—no matter how grand or humble—exudes whimsy." You'll want to brace yourself before you flip through this exceedingly exuberant volume. Beautify your cocktail table with this gem; I highly recommend it to be read and reread- often." -Courtney Price"Thrilled. For Susanna Salk, author of Decorate Fearlessly, a new book packed with anti-generic spaces like Mr. She shares rule- breaking design ideas that celebrate whimsy and personal style over predictable, safe looks. Page after page will enthuse youevery page is a visual delight. "THERE'S ONLY ONE persuasive reason to hang a nutso, ship-shaped chandelier in a living room, as designer Jonathan Adler did: Because you can. Adler's, truly memorable
I really enjoyed reading the book Susanna's style is a bit more over the top than my own. That having been said, I really enjoyed reading the book, Each chapter includes a brief introduction for the room that is being covered, and then there is brief text for each photo. The photos are lovely to look at. Even though my house is not quite a wild as those reflected in this book, I still found inspiration in reading it. My favorite chapters were Living Room, Entry, and Dining Room. The chapte. M. Cremaschi said BRILLIANT BOOK BRIMMING WITH INSPIRATION AND IDEAS. I work in the offices of Howard Slatkin's interior design firm, and have done so for twenty years. Every design book is in our library and ones that Mr Slatkin thinks are very important he buys for all of us to have in our home library. And this is one of those rare books he has given us and it is obvious why: every beautiful page is a superb image that shows personality and originality. No boring or conventional rooms here. This book has enough ideas and . Cammie Churdar said Joyful. I firmly believe that Dorothy Draper (author of Decorating is Fun!) would love this book. Through a myriad of examples, Salk proves that we can be unfettered from the fear of "making a costly mistake", a mantra I hear constantly in my line of work as a decorator. If we stay true to our style and furnish our homes with what we truly love, then we can hardly go wrong. It took me a good bit of time to fully digest this wonderful book--it is visually stimulati