Think Color: Rooms to Live In - Hardcover

Guild, Tricia

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0811836703 ISBN 13: 9780811836708

Publisher: Chronicle Books, 2002

Synopsis

Renowned for her sense of color, sumptuous collections of fabrics and home furnishings, and now a complete line of bed and bath products, Tricia Guild reveals the secrets behind her approach to design in Think Color. For the first time, Tricia herself explains how she brings a room to life, from the initial assessment of atmosphere and dimension through her choice of color, materials, and furniture, right down to the finishing touches such as flowers, cushions, and trimmings. Guiding the reader first-person through her design process, she offers insight into using color to create mood and reveals the sources of her inspiration. This lavishly produced book showcases more than 200 color-drenched photographs featuring gorgeous interiors and highlighting exceptional details. With bountiful insight from a truly exceptional talent, Think Color is an energetic and vital celebration of contemporary home dcor.

About this title

About the Author

Tricia Guild founded Designers Guild in London in 1970. Since then, the company has achieved international acclaim for its innovative fabrics, wallpaper, and home furnishings, which are now available throughout the world.

Reviews

When decorating their homes, many people-whether out of a basic design conservatism or in an attempt to hide red wine stains and muddy footprints-settle on beige, camel and taupe for their couches, rugs and drapes. What they may not realize, says designer Guild, is that using color in home decorating can "infuse the mind to create moods or feelings" and "help you break out of conventions." It's not for nothing that Guild is "renowned for her vital sense of color": the sprightly author founded the influential Designers Guild in London in 1970 and has gone on to receive multiple art and design awards. In this attractive book, she offers ideas both grand and simple for jazzing up a room with unexpected shades. Transform an attic bedroom into an airy space by painting the floorboards pale blue. Mix patterns and colors to give a room a dynamic look. When setting the table for an alfresco lunch, dot each place setting with plump flowers. Guild divides the book into chapters on moods and their corresponding colors (e.g., "joyful/vivacious/mandarin/citrus/cerise" and "pure/serene/mauve/sea green/aqua"). Whether readers desire a relaxed bedroom (try indigo) or a vibrant living room (go for berry), they should find plenty of inspiration in these pages.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Afraid of color? London designer-author Guild (White Hot [1999]), Painted Country [2002], plus eight others) offers up a rainbow of shades that entice even the most hesitant to peek inside. Blatantly commercial because her own company's furniture, wallpaper, fabrics, and paint dominate, Guild nonetheless provides a relaxing way to start dabbling in home color. Shades are paired with emotions: turquoise, lime, and leaf connote freshness and stimulation; mauve, sea green, and aqua spell purity and serenity; and so on. Within these divisions appear rooms, vignettes, and outdoor tableaux that evoke the desired feeling, accompanied by some authorial musings about the inspiration for each. Food and nature, of course, are well represented. James Merrell's photographs of the fairly minimalist decor are clear, detailed, and evocative of each particular color-emotion swatch. Best of all, these ideas can be translated into any budget. Barbara Jacobs
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Edition details

• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0811836703
• ISBN 13: 9780811836708
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 172