Love Pattern and Colour: The essential guide

.Whether you want to fill your home with a riot of different patterns, or are looking for a single motif for a feature wall, there’s an amazing array to choose from, and Love Pattern and Colour is the perfect place to start. Bursting with beautiful images of pattern designs from all over the world, this book shows how clever use of pattern can change a room: it can create a bold and striking space filled with drama, a cosy, comforting corner, or a cheery, colourful place that lifts the spirits. Being creative with pattern doesn’t just mean choosing it for your walls: there’s a feast of styles displayed here for furniture, lampshades, floors, tableware, curtains and cushions. Looking at eight popular themes and how they can be used in a huge variety of ways, Love Pattern and Colour shows you designs and styles that can transform your home. Chapters and motifs featured include: Abstracts – brush strokes, marbling, random swirls Botanicals – trees, leaves, grasses, seedheads Scenes and Stories – Chinoiserie, toile du jouy Florals – spectacular blooms, country garden Cultural Travellers – paisley, Ikat, Islamic arabesques Geometrics – stripes, spots, squares Animal Kingdom – animal motifs and prints Textures – visual and tactile Charlotte Abrahams loves pattern and wants you to love it too. With her expert advice on how to choose and use pattern, and how to make it work in different spaces, you can find your personal style and decorate your home with flair.Love Pattern and Colour: The essential guide is written by Charlotte Abrahams and published by Frances Lincoln. ISBNs for Love Pattern and Colour are 9780711257498, 0711257493 and the print ISBNs are 9780711257481, 0711257485.