商品簡介
The essential do-it-yourself guide from one of the top designers in the country that uncovers the secret home design rules used by the pros
Many design books are filled with lavish photography of perfect rooms that most of us can only dream of re-creating. Without any practical advice, the look is unattainable. That's where Design Rules comes in. Here, Elaine Griffin, one of the country's 100 top designers (House Beautiful), explains all the practical decorating standards that professionals use behind the scenes to create flowing, balanced, gorgeous design. Packed with helpful illustrations and hundreds of step-by-step tips, Design Rules includes essential advice such as:
APick a pleasing color palette (that really works)
ACorrectly size their bedsize tables (so they don't tower over their beds)
AEnhance the visual appeal of windowless rooms (so they're not dungeons)
ADesign furniture arrangements that function and flow
AStyle up even the most forlorn kitchens, baths and yes, basements and laundry rooms (honey, no space is too dreadful to be made ultra fab)
ABrighten up their kitchens with a can of paint and a burst of strategically-placed color (location, location, location!)
AFigure out which styles of furniture go together (there is a rule and it's easy!)
AMake their own personalities shine throughout their homes (because they should)
AAnd oodles more!
Design Rules is for the growing number of savvy, novice home designers who are well-versed in what good design looks like, but need advice on how to translate it into their own home. It is the home design bible people have been waiting for.
作者簡介
Ranked as one of House Beautiful's Top 100 American Designers, Elaine Griffin is a contributing editor of Elle DAccor and designs the Good Works Makeovers for Oprah's O at Home magazine. Her work has been featured widely elsewhere in the media.
