With Kelly Hoppen Style, Kelly lays out her golden
rules of decorating. Inspirational room shots are
combined with simple text explaining each room design
together with specific advice on suitable lighting,
fabrics and accessories to create a feeling of calm and
balance. Drawing upon her fabulous portfolio of
projects, Kelly begins by addressing the potential space
of a room, and how other key aspects such as light,
scale and mood, symmetry and balance all need
consideration -and then offers her inspired design
solutions. Kelly provides a checklist of golden rules
for each subject to help you make an accurate assessment
of how to design the most beautiful and useful room, and
explains the importance of fundamental elements such as
surfaces, materials, equipment and lighting. The first
chapter, 'Hallmark Style', focuses on the influences and
inspirations that are inherent in Kelly's design work,
and shows how organic materials and shapes can add drama
and visual impact to an interior.From here, each
subsequent chapter focuses on building up the layers of
decoration: 'Colour and Texture', in which Kelly uses
examples of her own decorative schemes to demonstrate
how you can visualise a scheme with the aid of fabric
and paint swatches; 'Lighting Schemes' offers ideas of
how to balance the lighting in a room, and 'Decorative
Lighting' describes the different ways in which light
fittings can enhance a space with glamour or decadence.
The final chapter, 'Room Details', brings together the
decorative touches that make a home, and Kelly covers
the essentials from cabinetry to soft furnishings,
accessories and display. She also provides a
comprehensive list of suppliers, ranging from soft
furnishings and paint manufacturers to picture framers
and lighting specialists. Armed with Kelly Hoppen's
Golden Rules of Design, turning your home into a
sanctuary of style and sophistication has never been
easier. |
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