Keep it Simple: A Guide to a Happy, Relaxed Home - Hardcover

Bartlett, Atlanta

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 184975621X ISBN 13: 9781849756211

Publisher: Ryland Peters & Small, 2015

Synopsis

In Keep it Simple, Atlanta Bartlett and David Coote present a practical and inspirational guide to creating a happy and relaxed home that works perfectly for everyone who lives in it. They start at the very beginning, explaining the key elements at the heart of their own unique decorating philosophy, The Simple Mindset, which appreciates good, honest design, values quality not quantity and advocates rediscovering the simple pleasures of life. In Chapter 2: Making it Happen, Atlanta and Dave focus on design essentials such as working with existing architecture and choosing colour, furniture, fabrics, accessories and other decorative details. Finally, in Living the Dream, they take a tour through every room in the home, from attic to cellar, revealing how easy and enjoyable it can be to put together rooms that are practical yet personal and beautiful, and to create a home that’s easy to live in and easy on the eye.

About this title

About the Author

Atlanta Bartlett is an interiors stylist whose trademark look is elegant and feminine yet accessible and easy-going and Dave Coote is a furniture and interiors designer well known for his quirky, retro style with an emphasis on reclaimed materials. The couple run an online boutique homeware store, www.paleandinteresting.com, and a location agency, www.beachstudios.co.uk. Atlanta and Dave live on Romney Marsh, Kent, with their four children: Indigo, Hogarth, Bluey and Honey-Rose. Atlanta is also the author of the internationally best-selling 'Easy Elegance' and 'At Home with White', and the co-author, with David Coote, of 'Pale and Interesting' (all published by Ryland Peters & Small).

From the Back Cover

In Keep it Simple, Atlanta Bartlett and David Coote present a practical and inspirational guide to creating a happy and relaxed home that works perfectly for everyone who lives in it. They start at the very beginning, explaining the key elements at the heart of their own unique decorating philosophy, The Simple Mindset, which appreciates good, honest design, values quality not quantity and advocates rediscovering the simple pleasures of life. In Chapter 2: Making it Happen, Atlanta and Dave focus on design essentials such as working with existing architecture and choosing colour, furniture, fabrics, accessories and other decorative details. Finally, in Living the Dream, they take a tour through every room in the home, from attic to cellar, revealing how easy and enjoyable it can be to put together rooms that are practical yet personal and beautiful, and to create a home that’s easy to live in and easy on the eye.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ryland Peters & Small
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184975621X
• ISBN 13: 9781849756211
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176