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A dean of American decorating offers his most important projects to date, revealing the foundations of his distinctive style. In his latest book, Jeffrey Bilhuber distills thirty years of expertise and creative inspiration designing beautiful and brilliantly modern rooms. Presenting a diverse range of Bilhuber's most recent and important work from around the country, this lavish volume is centered around forty signature statements-pithy and insightful bedrock principles and axioms that have fueled the designer's process, allowing the reader to glean the essence of his masterful approach to decorating. Bilhuber, in bright and rich prose, offers ideas and inspirations such as: What surrounds us must bring us pleasure; Rooms should reveal themselves gradually like a glorious book, and Rooms can be successful but still remain flat-that's when you add horsepower. Featuring projects from city townhouses to rambling country houses in New York City, Palm Beach, Aspen, San Francisco and Seattle, the decorator's optimistic and classically informed point of view encourages readers to embrace their own unique vision to create interiors that are as confident as they are contemporary. illustrious 30 year career, and eager to share the magic behind his method

Richard Keith Langham s all-American interiors unite a traditional approach with dashes of whimsy, beautiful tailoring, and an exuberant colour palette. In this book, Langham charms and inspires with a selection of city and country projects waterside estates on Maryland s Eastern Shore and Florida s Jupiter Island, gracious country houses in Pennsylvania and Connecticut, a grand townhouse in New Orleans, and city residences in New York, Washington, D.C., and Memphis. Langham conjures his own brand of design magic by approaching his clients rooms with the rigors of classicism, paired with an innate Southern predilection for pared-down elegance. Signature touches include custom-painted murals, curious antiques, and couture fabrics motifs that are uniquely Langham s but that also echo his early influences from working with design legends Mark Hampton and Keith Irvine. Langham has decorated for a glamorous clientele, including Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Pat Buckley, and Hilary Swank. This volume presents his captivating, lush interiors classic American with a vibrant and pattern-friendly flair that will inspire design aficionados and fellow interior designers.