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

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 SpelmanRead More