Posts Tagged ‘Decorating’

Creating the French Look by Annie Sloan

Creating the French Look by Annie Sloan, softback published by Cico Books. ISBN 978-1-907563-95-9, price 12.99 available from www.cicobooks.co.uk
French interiors are so chic and sophisticated – it’s a look that many of us admire and want to replicate. This book identifies several looks we could emulate – divided into Chateau, Country, Provence and Paris. The [...]

The Girl’s Guide to DIY by Jo Behari & A. Winfield-Chislett

The Girl’s Guide to DIY by Jo Behari & Alison Winfield-Chislett, softback published by New Holland. ISBN 978-1-8477037540, price 12.99 available from www.newhollandpublishers.com
Subtitled ‘How to Fix Things in Your Home Without Breaking Your Nails’ this is a straightforward, practical guide to doing things around the house. So if you’re a girl who does not rely [...]

Kevin McCloud’s Colour Now

Kevin McCould’s Colour Now, softback published by Quadrille. ISBN 978-1-84400-699-1, price 9.99 from www.quadrille.co.uk
Subtitled ‘An expert guide to choosing colour for your home’, this guide claims to show you how to master colour and how to use it in a sophisticated way.
It looks like a paint manufacturers colour palette swatch. However, colours have been chosen [...]

Choosing Colours by Kevin McCloud

Choosing Colours by Kevin McCloud, softback published by Quadrille. ISBN 978-1-84400-440-9, price 12.99 from www.quadrille.co.uk
This book begins with a technical guide to colour. It then tailors paint palettes to decorative schemes. It is very similar to Kevin McCloud’s ‘ColourNow’ by the same publisher. In this book you will find over 700 colour swatches combined into [...]