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Venture beyond the impeccably styled rooms and into the private gardens of the world’s most celebrated interior designersThrough stunning photography and intimate narratives, Glorious Gardens offers a glimpse into the outdoor sanctuaries that serve as sources of endless inspiration for renowned interior designers. From Timothy Whealon’s urban oasis above Gramercy Park in New York City to Michelle Nussbaumer’s exuberant San Miguel de Allende retreat in Mexico to Veere Grenney’s magical hideout in Tangier, Morocco – as well as other gardens across the United States, England, and Scotland – each is a verdant reflection of its creator’s unique design philosophy.The book invites readers into the enchanting outdoor spaces that serve as personal retreats and wellsprings of inspiration for famed designers including Katie Ridder, Maxine Sloss, Stephen Sills, Thomas O’Brien, Mark D. Sikes, Martyn Lawrence Bullard, Paul Wiseman, and Charlotte Moss, among others. Richly illustrated with hundreds of stunning images across the book’s oversized pages, Glorious Gardens is a feast for the eyes, showcasing the intricate details and sweeping vistas of these extraordinary gardens.

Are you "High Style" or "Boho," or maybe "Happy Modern" or "Trad with a Twist"? The legendary fabrics and wallpapers house of Schumacher shows how you can use their iconic prints and patterns to create a variety of beautiful, chic interiors in the style that most suits you.***This book is being published with three uniquely patterned covers. Customers will be shipped any of these three different covers at random***With a focus on Schumacher's greatest contemporary patterns--everything from classic stripes and exuberant florals to edgy animal prints--this accessible and highly useful style guide is organized thematically by chapters such as "Sensual & Spare"; "Preppy"; "Ladylike"; "Exuberant"; and "Opulent," with each featuring a stunning selection of patterns along with inspiring interiors designed in the same spirit. To help readers better understand their style preferences, every chapter begins with a questionnaire, for example: "Are You an Acolyte of High Style?" "Do You Prefer a Midnight Supper to a Power Lunch?"; "Consider Jewel Tones Neutral?"; "Think Champagne Is Not Just for Special Occasions?"Page after page after page of lavish imagery and pattern details are juxtaposed alongside beautiful interiors designed by such luminaries as Miles Redd, Tom Scheerer, Amanda Lindroth, Celerie Kemble, Veere Grenney, and Mark D. Sikes, to name a few, illustrating how Schumacher's iconic patterns can be integrated into a wide range of chic and stylish room designs. The texts provide insights and tips on how patterns can be used in your decor, along with guidance for deciding what style is best for you and your home.Full of inspiring design ideas, as well as an unparalleled resource of prints and patterns, S Is for Style is a visual feast of interior design for all styles and tastes.

A vibrant new collection of the best maximalist interiors from today’s top designers. Rooms of jewellike color and glorious pattern. Enchanting lacquered ceilings and geometric floors. Brilliantly massed collections of furniture, objects, and art. Although maximalism has always had a place in interior design—practiced by noted decorators such as Dorothy Draper, Sister Parish, and Mario Buatta—today it is bigger than ever. Thanks to its contemporary practitioners, rooms rich with color, pattern, and everything else have exploded onto the design scene in recent years. More Is More Is More celebrates the best of this work with page after page of lushly photographed vivid inspiration and ideas. Each of the five chapters in More Is More Is More begins with an essay on a theme—color, pattern, surfaces, elements, and layering—followed by dozens of showstopping rooms from acclaimed, award-winning designers, including Ken Fulk, Steven Gambrel, Kelly Behun, Mark D. Sikes, Pierce and Ward, Bunny Williams, Corey Damen Jenkins, and Redd Kaihoi. The images are enhanced by commentary from the designers describing their process for creating the room and offering insight on how to incorporate the ideas at home. With a design as lavishly maximalist as its subject, More Is More Is More is a perfect gift for design fans.

Domino: The Book of Decoratingfollows a straightforward, room-by-room chapter structure featuring a run of lusciously photographed, beautiful interiors forming the centrepiece of each chapter. Large double-page images punctuate more densely packed spreads; richly composed full rooms alternate with sensuous details. This sequence of spreads puts the reader inside real, finished rooms from the Domino universe, each annotated to translate how its distinctive beauty and sensibility has been achieved. For a new generation of homeowners and renters, Domino: The Book of Decoratingpromises to becomethe décor bible: a constant source of guidance, inspiration, and excitement.

From FREDERIC magazine, the best – and most unexpected – decorating pro tips and tricks of the trade in one accessible guide Decorate Like a Decorator highlights the decorating tricks that only experienced designers know how to pull off – until now! Culled from FREDERIC magazine’s educational columns, this book shares with readers more than one hundred decorator pro moves: like how to use stripes on the bias, upholster doors, deploy curtain tiebacks, hang plates on the walls, and fabricate bespoke lampshades. Divided into twenty-one chapters covering everything from pelmets and valances, trim, upholstery ideas, slipcovers, folding screens, and fabric-covered walls, to accent paints, bedspreads, decorative lampshades, scenic wallpaper, and more it’s a lavishly illustrated cheat sheet for what it takes to transform a room from standard to sensational. Decorate Like a Decorator features rooms by some of the world’s most celebrated interior designers, among them Charlap Hyman & Herrero, Billy Cotton, Sara Ruffin Costello, Veere Grenney, Rita Konig, Redd Kaihoi, and Tom Scheerer, and best-known photographers, including François Halard, Stephen Kent Johnson, Francesco Langnese, and Simon Upton. This is the first book by FREDERIC magazine, a new and refreshing voice in design where beauty has no limits and quality has no compromise

A compilation of the most inspiring interiors featured in the pages of FREDERIC magazineSince its launch in 2021, Frederic magazine has become one of the design world’s most lauded publications, showcasing the work of legendary decorators and up-and-coming talents alike. In this volume, readers are invited to step inside a curated collection of the most memorable homes covered in its pages.FREDERIC: The Last Word in Chic visits the personal residences of Veere Grenney, Neisha Crosland, Anne-Marie Midy, and other notable figures, with never-before-seen images shot by the world’s leading interiors photographers. Projects from around the world by top decorators including Redd Kaihoi and Betsy Brown, architects Jeffrey Dungan and Joel Barkley, and industry insiders Elizabeth Mayhew and Dara Caponigro, to name a few, celebrate the joy of the unexpected, transcend rules and trends, and embrace personality and creativity.From lovingly restored historic houses to breathtaking new residences, each of the 28 homes within captures the commitment to originality and pursuit of beauty that makes this veritable treasure trove of inspiration essential reading for any design lover.A celebration of the power of design, FREDERIC is your guide to a more beautiful life. Unbeholden to trend and always open to the unexpected, FREDERIC showcases the work of the most interesting, important, and adventurous figures in the world of interior and garden design, architecture, fashion, art, travel, and more.