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Decorate Like a Decorator

All You Need to Know to Design Like a Pro

Dara Caponigro author Melinda Page author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Monacelli Press

Published:18th Apr '24

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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

‘You’ll find more than 100 classic decorating moves, including scenic panels, wallpapered ceilings, decorative plates, skirted tables and bespoke lampshades. Rendered in the hands of these design talents, the results are inspiring and emboldening, and take the guesswork out of common decorating dilemmas.’ – House and Home

‘When Dara Caponigro spells it out for you through 21 chapters on upholstery ideas, slipcovers, accent paints, and more, you’re set up for success. . . expect dreamy interiors from such designers as Billy Cotton, Rita Konig, and Charlap Hyman & Herrero.’ – Domino

‘Decorate Like a Decorator delivers on the promise of its title as it offers an impressive collection of photographs of interior spaces. . . a visual feast. . . Design afficionados will return to its wealth of ideas and informed insight again and again as they develop spaces that are both stylish and functional.’– Shelf Awareness

ISBN: 9781580936309

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 1900g

264 pages