By Elizabeth Wilhide & Joanna Copestick
After a long day’s work, who doesn’t yearn to kick back and enjoy a well-designed and relaxing environment? This environment can be created with a little bit of time put into practical, yet stylish home projects around the house. Creating contemporary styles throughout your home is not out of reach. Elizabeth Wilhide and Joanna Copestick are not only leading experts on interior design, but they also understand the need for practicality in accomplishing these designs. Copestick, a wife and mother of two, relates to busy moms across the grid who desire a comfortable and easily attainable contemporary space.
In their book New Decorating, Wilhide and Copestick provide stylish ideas for any room of the house. Every page includes a thorough explanation of each aspect of design in a given room along with pictures to help the reader visualize them. The book begins by defining the “new modern” and goes on to apply this new modern concept to walls, floors, windows, doors, furniture, furnishings, storage, and display.
In addition to tips on design, Wilhide and Copestick include methods to various home projects easy enough for one to accomplish after work or on the weekends. These step-by-step procedures include a list of necessary materials and numbered pictures in order to fully prepare the homeowner to tackle their home project.
This informative book with over 200 color photographs offers great advice for modern interior decor.
144 pages, Conran Octopus
