Beautiful: All-American Decorating and Timeless Style

This New York Times bestselling book from interior designer Mark D. Sikes is a celebration of American style today showcasing chic and accessible ideas for every home. Modern and unfussy Mark D. Sikes’s interiors are classic takes on California indoor/outdoor living with natural fibers and crisp coloration informed and influenced by the fashion world where he began his career. In eight chapters he explores approachable stylish looks from Blue and White Forever which features indigos stripes batiks and wicker in casual rooms such as porches and pool houses; to Timeless Neutrals presenting semiformal rooms filled with chinoiserie gilt glass mirrors banquettes and French chairs; to Garden Greens featuring happy casual family rooms and kitchens inspired by the garden with treillage woodwork rattan and cotton. There are also Beautiful Brights colorful rooms that are eclectic layered and fun with chintz florals and Middle Eastern influences; and Sun Faded Hues rustic coastal rooms with weathered fabrics and furniture. Each chapter presents light-filled images of the designer’s looks and offers the reader inspiration and advice. As famed film director Nancy Meyers writes in the book’s foreword this is a book that shows design lovers how classic can look fresh how style and comfort go hand-in-hand.

Hardcover: 256 pages

Publisher: Rizzoli; 4th Printing edition (September 20 2016)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0847848922

ISBN-13: 978-0847848928

Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 1.2 x 10.2 inches

Shipping Weight: 2 pounds