Beautiful Interiors: An Expert's Guide to Creating a More Liveable Home

by Charles D. Gandy and Chris Little

Book Overview

The work of Chris Little, an Atlanta-based photographer specializes in corporate and residential interiors with many award-winning designers is shown throughout the book. Award-winning designer Charles Gandy creates an amazingly informative guide to the ABCs of interior decorating. Through beautifully photographed homes in a variety of styles, this very basic reference presents the fundamentals of design, such as line, rhythm, scale, shape, form,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402716079
• ISBN13: 9781402716072
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Chapelle
• Length: 143 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 10.3" x 10.2"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Foundational Material

This book is both educational and beautiful. It explains the theories behind good design and provides a knowledge base of tools for creating interior settings that work well. I thought the photos were beautiful with enough variation in the styles and rhythm of the different designs. Rich in flavor and color with different temperatures and goals in mind for the viewer, this book is full of eye candy and inspiration. The content of photos are variable and sweep across a large range of styles and textures, very nice for the beginner and perhaps even the more advanced decorator.

WOW -- this is masterful!

This is without a doubt the best book I have ever read on interior design. The author "cuts to the chase" and demystifies how to put a room together. Where was this book when I decorated my first home and the second and the third? All the basic principles are right here with beautiful photos to illustrate. I loved the book so much that now all of my best friends have one as well!

Photography

The photographs of the rooms are gorgeous. Some of the rooms look VERY EXPENSIVE however, but beautiful, none the less!!!

Great for learning about design

This book really helped me as I am beginning to decorate my new home. It is very readable, has great illustrations and most importantly give me a framework for how to look at interior design. I don't plan on selecting everything myself but now I know how to communicate with a decorator.