Rooms: Creating Luxurious, Livable Spaces

Rooms: Creating Luxurious, Livable Spaces Book Description

An interior designer known for her refined simplicity, clean lines, and clear architectural definition shows how to make any room useful and comfortable--as well as tasteful and refined. Color photos throughout.
For award-winning interior designer Mariette Himes Gomez, every project is a voyage of self-discovery

Refined simplicity, thoughtful attention to detail, and a clear architectural design -- these are the hallmarks of Mariette's style. Filled with breathtaking photography, "Rooms" is a guided tour of the designs that have made Mariette one of the most respected and sought-after tastemasters in the country. Peek behind the scenes as she divulges the secrets of the trade that will help you transform your own home from the everyday to the extraordinary.

Designing a room involves balancing the ideal and the real, discovering a happy medium between what you imagine and what exists. From evaluating the core architectural structure -- or "shell" -- of a room, to selecting colors and arranging furniture, to picking out and placing the final artistic touches, Mariette shares all of the techniques and information you'll need to create "Rooms" of elegance and distinction.

What colors and patterns will work with a room's architecture? How can you visually turn two "Rooms" into one -- and vice versa? How is art different from decor? How big a sofa will a room tolerate? Mariette answers these questions and more with sage advice and an easy-to-follow, step-by-step approach. She shares the experience of renovating her own homes -- one, a house in the country, the other, an apartment in the city -- and the many homes around the country that bear her unique signature.

Whether you are decorating a loft apartment, summer cottage, or home in the suburbs, "Rooms" will help you strike the balance between beautiful and practical, lavish and livable.

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