Do you look at photographs of beautiful homes in magazines or at room sets in shop windows and stores and wonder how the designers ever managed to the colour combinations so effortlessly right? 101 Ideas Colour will show you how it's done and ensure that you use colour successfully throughout your home. The first section of the book, The book, The Big Picture, explains the fundamentals of colour – which colours go together and why, the importance of getting colour proportions right, how pattern, texture and light affect colour, and how to test out colours before you start. Getting Down to the Detail explores colours for different rooms in the home, for different styles and for different surfaces. The final section, Keeping it Fresh, will help you to maintain your chosen colours like new – and offers simple tips for quick and easy colour updates.

For practical advice and heaps of inspiration, whether you want a complete colour makeover for your home or just a few ideas for perking up a colour scheme, look no further - 101 Ideas Colour has it all.

 

VINNY LEE is a writer, stylist, and Interiors Editor of The Times Magazine. She has travelled extensively in Britain and search of features for the glossy pages of supplements and magazines and is the author of more than a dozen books on interior design,lifestyle and interiors. Vinny has broadcast on radio and TV, is married and lives in London and Brussels.