Beautiful: All-American Decorating and Timeless Style - Hardcover

Sikes, Mark D.

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9780847848928: Beautiful: All-American Decorating and Timeless Style
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0847848922 ISBN 13: 9780847848928
Publisher: Rizzoli, 2016

Synopsis

This New York Times bestselling book from interior designer Mark D. Sikes is a celebration of American style today, showcasing chic and accessible ideas for every home. Modern and unfussy, Mark D. Sikes’s interiors are classic takes on California indoor/outdoor living, with natural fibers and crisp coloration, informed and influenced by the fashion world where he began his career. In eight chapters, he explores approachable, stylish looks, from "Blue and White Forever," which features indigos, stripes, batiks, and wicker in casual rooms such as porches and pool houses; to "Timeless Neutrals," presenting semiformal rooms filled with chinoiserie, gilt, glass, mirrors, banquettes, and French chairs; to "Garden Greens," featuring happy, casual family rooms and kitchens inspired by the garden with treillage woodwork, rattan, and cotton. There are also "Beautiful Brights," colorful rooms that are eclectic, layered, and fun, with chintz, florals, and Middle Eastern influences; and "Sun Faded Hues," rustic coastal rooms with weathered fabrics and furniture. Each chapter presents light-filled images of the designer’s looks and offers the reader inspiration and advice. As famed film director Nancy Meyers writes in the book’s foreword, this is a book that shows design lovers "how classic can look fresh, how style and comfort go hand-in-hand."

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About the Author

Mark D. Sikes began his career in visual merchandising at Banana Republic/GAP. After two successful decades, he launched his interior design business and immediately attracted national publicity in publications from Veranda to Architectural Digest. His lifestyle blog—Chic People, Glamorous Places, Stylish Things—has become an inspiration and resource for design lovers all over the world.

Nancy Meyers is the director and screenwriter for several Hollywood blockbusters, including Something’s Gotta Give, The Holiday, and It’s Complicated.

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Publisher
Rizzoli
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0847848922
ISBN 13 
9780847848928
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
256
Rating
  • 4.09 out of 5 stars
    194 ratings by Goodreads