Cheap Chic gives you all the information and advice you need to create a distinctively stylish wihout breaking the bank. Drawing on the knowledge and vision of interiors experts, it explains how to mix well-designed high-street basics with more individual finds to achieve the home of your dreams.

Cocering many different types of living space, from a compact studio to a large space, Emily Chalmers and Ali Hanan reveal the best ways to invest a modest budget and combine colours, textures and materials with confidence. Assisted by Debi Treloar's inspiring photgraphs, they tell you how to track down bargain copies of modern classics and how to customize high-street basics or mix them with junk-shop finds.

The first part of the book The Elements, looks The Elements, looks at colour, pattern and fabrics, and moves on to cover window treatments and furniture. There are sections on storage and display, lighting, accessories, flooring, and materials used in the home. The second part of the book, the Spaces, includes chapters on relaxing, cooking and eating, sleeping and bathing areas and home offices. Cheap Chic gives advice on finding treasures at markets and in salvage yards, and ends with an extensive directory of suppliers.

Written in a lively and accessible style and positively brimming with afforsable ideas, Cheap Chic is an indispensable source book for anyone who is designing or furnishing a home but doesn't have much to spend.

 

EMILY CHALMERS is a London-based freelance stylist who excels at using more dash than cash to create inspirational interiors. Emily's work appears regularly in magazines and newspapers, and her clients include homes & Gardens, Telegraph Magazine, Livingetc and Red. She is the author of Table inspirations and candle Details (both Ryland ptets & small ) and has contributed to several other books.

ALI HANAN is a connoisseur of cheap chic. Her London flat perfectly illustrates Andree Putman's adage 'style is to see beauty in modest things' She has written for a number of leading interiors publications, including Elle Decoration and Livingetcd, and is the author of four books. Modern Rustic, Untouched, Bathing Spaces and Contemporary Glamour.

DEBL TRELOAR'S photographs of interiors and food are well known from magazines such as Homes & Gardens, Red and Country Living. She has taken the photographs for several books, including Eat Drink Live, Children's Spaces and Family (all Ryland Peters &Small).