House Beautiful Fabrics For Your Home

Featuring advice from more than 60 top designers, along with actual swatches gathered by the editors of "House Beautiful" and 24 mix-and-match fabric combinations drawn from the well-received "Instant Room" columns that run each month in House Beautiful, "Fabrics for Your Home" will show you how to select the fabrics that will add style and charm to your home.

Drawn from House Beautifuls wildly popular Swatch Watch feature, this inspirational new guide shows home decorators how different colored and textured fabrics work with a variety of furnishings.

House Beautiful’s follow-up to the popular Colors for Your Home A great book deserves an equally impressive sequel--and House Beautiful Fabrics for Your Home provides the perfect mix of practical information and inspiration for the home decorator. This conveniently portable primer will help novice and expert alike select and match the ideal fabrics for every room. Featuring advice from more than 60 top designers, along with actual swatches gathered by the editors of House Beautiful, it allows readers to select the fabrics that will add style and charm to their home. BOOK INCLUDES: - 24 mix-and-match fabric combinations, drawn from the well-received "Instant Room” columns that run each month in House Beautiful - 48 examples of fabrics blending harmoniously in beautiful rooms - Fabric swatches are identified by designer, distributor, name, color, and material--as well as by which other fabrics they’ll pair well with - A searchable index listing all fabrics by type: solids, florals, paisleys, prints, plaids, and more

Based on House Beautiful’s popular color column, a guide to setting the mood and adding a designer’s touch in any room with a simple coat of paint. This gorgeous primer showcases more than 450 colors selected by top interior designers who explain how and why they chose these particular paints—along with swatches complete with manufacturer, name, and number, to help you pick the perfect pigment. Exploring everything from bold saturated hues to more soothing shades and essential neutrals, the designers offer special insight into what makes color work and how it influences the different spaces. The insider advice, plus stunning images of inspiring rooms, will help you select the ideal colors you’ll enjoy for years.

Creating the perfect home begins with a dream- and House Beautiful has 500 ways and one breathtaking big book to make it come true. An array of magnificent photographs showcases a rich assortment of serene retreats in a special landscape format, including easy-care looks, paradises for nature lovers, cutting-edge domains, and spaces that are cozy and comfortable. Smart suggestions parade across each and every page, all bound to spur the imagination to creative heights and arranged in an easy-to-follow numbered layout. Most important of all, home decorators will find these ideas wonderfully simple to implement, because they focus on surrounding yourself with the furnishings, colors, accents, and art that you already love: the emphasis is always on creating an atmosphere that reinforces what you value and how you want to live.

A solution for every window from House Beautiful. Windows have a huge impact on a room’s look, lighting, and ambience--and the design authorities at House Beautiful know, and show you, how to fashion wonderful treatments. No matter whether the windows are mismatched, in the corner, or very small, there’s an answer to the problem, with every practical and creative aspect of the solution showcased. A comprehensive selection of imaginative ideas covers dozens of variations on classic formality, country charm, and contemporary style, with advice on trims, tie-backs, valances, pelmets, panels, shutters, and more. Exquisite photographs display everything from bay windows to lovely French doors. From creating a mood to deciding between drapes and shades, from measuring the space to adding hidden tracks and hooks, it’s all here. * Advertising in House Beautiful Magazine

A complete guide to decorating with any shade of blue. Learn how to showcase blue throughout your home, and mix it with other colors and patterns.

'A HouseBeautiful Home Business' is for anyone who has a passion, skill or hobby involving interiors and an interest in turning this into a business. You may always have a home project on the go and dream of turning your talent for styling a room, sourcing unusual products or upcycling fabrics and furniture into a successful business. With clear steps, useful links and expert advice, this book is your essential guide to making that happen.