Nina Campbell's Decorating Secrets: 100 Ways to Achieve the Professional Look

Campbell, Nina; Chislett, Helen

ISBN 10: 1903116082 / ISBN 13: 9781903116081

Published by CICO Books, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nina Campbell's Decorating Secrets: 100 Ways to Achieve the Professional Look
• Publisher: CICO Books
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1903116082
• ISBN 13: 9781903116081
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Interior decoration has never been more popular - everyone wants the sort of home seen in glossy magazines. Yet few people ever achieve the look they had in mind when they started a room. That is because the real trick of decorating lies in making sure the extra ingredients - lamps, pictures, lighting etc- are just right. Now top interior decorator Nina Campbell has come to the rescue. Nina lifts the lid on decorating and takes the reader through each stage, step by step.

Review

The title says it all! This is the third book from Nina Campbell, one of Britain's leading interior designers whose work is known through Europe, the United States and Asia, and shows her expertise in creating fabulous dramatic effects when furnishing a house. It comes at a time when detail and quality are growing in importance and does, indeed, show some of Nina Campbell's secrets.

Lots of these will capture a reader's imagination and show how to get the professional touch when it comes to treating interiors with classical and timeless furnishings. Large or small, narrow or cramped, Nina Campbell shows how to achieve an inviting room. Her reputation is for comfort and relaxation in a classic style, for as she says in her introduction, "Your home is an extension of your personality".

With a text by Helen Chislett, a journalist whose work has appeared in major newspapers and magazines, this book is full of ideas to give a room a professional look. The photographs show different rooms from all aspects and one can easily take an idea and adapt it. The book deals with all types of room including those that need "the masculine touch".

There is a useful section on finishing touches including suggestions for displaying collections and the different treatments for windows as well as practical hints on creating a "mood" and using space and light to advantage. This is a book to enjoy and to use creatively. --Judith Spelman