Grand Illusions New Decorating

A colour and theme based practical decorating book, with step by step instructions on capturing the spirit of the Mediterranean, the East, and Scandinavia, in the reader's own home. Each chapter focuses on a different style with ideas for furniture, fabric, walls, floors, and accessories, in order to capture the whole essence of a look.

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NEW DECORATING is an exciting colour - and theme-based practical decorating book. Nick Ronald and David Roberts of Grand Illusions have turned their attention to four corners of the globe where landscape, colour and local materials dictate a diverse and inspirational form of decorating. The book is crammed with ingenious ideas and step-by-step instructions for capturing the spirit of the Mediterranean, the East, Scandinavia and Natural Simplicity in your own home. Each chapter focuses on a different decorating style as seen in the use of colour and other materials in various locations and opens with a section on Essential Elements, pinpointing the key features of a style. There are ideas and projects for furniture, fabric, walls, floors and accessories, so that the whole essence of a look can be captured, and more than 40 projects range in scope from a simple Scandinavian painted corner cupboard to an Eastern wirework candle sconce. Each chapter also includes a section on painting in the style of..., which includes wall treatments, as well as motifs and images.