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Interior style : how to use color throughout your home. written by Lesley Riva.

By: Publication details: New York : Harper Design International, 2004.Edition: 1st edDescription: 144 p. 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0060756020 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • NK2115.5.C6 R58 2004
Contents:
The power of color -- How color affects our moods and shapes our perception of the rooms around us -- The power of light -- The impact of light on color: Daylight -- Artificial light -- Night light -- Seasonal light -- Exposures -- Painting a room -- Pulling a room together with paint: Doors -- Baseboards -- Floors -- Ceilings -- Walls -- Windows -- Trim -- Finding your palette -- The first steps to finding the right color palette for your home -- The color wheel -- Color terms defined -- Refining your preferences color by color and finding the paint to match -- Color inspirations -- From traditional to ultramodern, townhouses to country homes, subdued to saturated colors: Inspirational projects by leading designers -- Practical matters -- Getting down to the business of painting: Before you begin -- Preparing surfaces -- Priming -- Treating walls, doors, windows, floors, trim -- Cleaning up -- Storing paint -- Types of paint -- Paint finishes -- Paint safety and disposal.
Summary: In Interior Style, the experts at Benjamin Moore share more than 100 years of know-how and advice on using color. Chapter by chapter, color family by color family, Interior Style explains how anyone can master the art of using color. Rich photographs of interiors take the guesswork our of choosing a palette and pairing colors because each is matched to specific Benjamin Moore paints. Expert color tips and advice from leading designers such as Vicente Wolf, Stephen Gambrel, Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz, Miles Redd, Jamie Drake, and Darryl Carter are included throughout interior Style, together with examples of their best work.
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The power of color -- How color affects our moods and shapes our perception of the rooms around us -- The power of light -- The impact of light on color: Daylight -- Artificial light -- Night light -- Seasonal light -- Exposures -- Painting a room -- Pulling a room together with paint: Doors -- Baseboards -- Floors -- Ceilings -- Walls -- Windows -- Trim -- Finding your palette -- The first steps to finding the right color palette for your home -- The color wheel -- Color terms defined -- Refining your preferences color by color and finding the paint to match -- Color inspirations -- From traditional to ultramodern, townhouses to country homes, subdued to saturated colors: Inspirational projects by leading designers -- Practical matters -- Getting down to the business of painting: Before you begin -- Preparing surfaces -- Priming -- Treating walls, doors, windows, floors, trim -- Cleaning up -- Storing paint -- Types of paint -- Paint finishes -- Paint safety and disposal.

In Interior Style, the experts at Benjamin Moore share more than 100 years of know-how and advice on using color. Chapter by chapter, color family by color family, Interior Style explains how anyone can master the art of using color. Rich photographs of interiors take the guesswork our of choosing a palette and pairing colors because each is matched to specific Benjamin Moore paints. Expert color tips and advice from leading designers such as Vicente Wolf, Stephen Gambrel, Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz, Miles Redd, Jamie Drake, and Darryl Carter are included throughout interior Style, together with examples of their best work.

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