The Home Style Sourcebook: Inspirational Decorating Schemes For Every Home

Interior design is a subject close to our hearts. What could be better than coming home to a house that you love to look at as well as live in? Home style influences are to be found everywhere nowadays, from magazines and newspapers to art and architecture, from exotic holiday destinations to the fashion runways. THE HOME STYLE SOURCEBOOK contains hundreds of great ideas that you can use in your own home. It will help you decide which style works best in you property, and match the style to the way you live. Three expert writers on style and home decorations demystify the whole business for you. The book begins with Finding you Style. First, look at your property and you lifestyle, to help you define your decorating goals. Part Two of the book, The Rooms, shows you how each style works in Kitchens and Eating Areas, Living Rooms,Bathrooms, and Bedrooms. A description of the style (including a "Key Features" checklist of componetns and materials) and how to achieve it is follwed by a case study of a room that perfectly exemplifies the style. With hundreds of photographs for inspiration, achievable ideas from the experts, and an extensive directory of the best home design stores, THE HOME STYLE SOURCEBOOK will guide you to create a fabulous home where yuou can cook, eat, sleep, relax, and entertain in style.

Leslie Geddes-Brown is a former deputy editor of "World of Interiors." She writes about interiors and gardening for the Observer, the Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Times, and You magazine, and she is a contributing editor to Country LIfe, for which she writes about food. Her books include "Home Furnishing with Fabric," "Waterside Living," "The Color Design File," "Hallways," "Corridors," and "Staircases," "Color Essentials," and "Sweet Days and Roses," and she also contributed to "The Home Zone" and "Rural Escapes" (all Ryland Peters & Small, Inc.).

Katherine Sorrell is a former Associate Editor (Features) of Homes & Gardens magazine and now writes books as well as magazine and newspaper features on interiors, design, style, and crafts. She has written for numerous publications, including The Times, The Sunday Times, the Telegraph, the Independent, and Elle Decoration. Her books "Old & New" and "Home Design Planner" are also published by Ryland Peters & Small, Inc.

Judith Wilson has been an interiors writer and stylist since 1987, including a six-year stint on Homes & Gardens, where she was decorating editor. Since the arrival of her children, she has been a freelance contributor to many publications, including the Telegraph Magazine, House & Garden, and the Independent Magazine. Her books "Essential Home," "Family living," "Living Room Essentials," "Harmonious Home," and "Children's Spaces" are published by Ryland Peters & Small, Inc., and she also contributed the "The Home Zone."