Publisher's Synopsis
The author focuses on emerging trends in contemporary design, pin-pointing key elements such as commposition and arrangement, lighting and space, materials and textures, scale and proportion, fakes and trompe l'oeil, solutions to storage problems, finishing touches, details and focal points. Full-colour photographs of a wide-range of interiors, specially commissioned for the book, provide the focus and encompass a variety of up-to-the-minute styles that are individual, eclectic and full of ideas.;The author is a freelance journalist who contributes regularly to "Vogue". She has previously worked on "House and Garden" and "The Sunday Times Magazine" and was the London Editor of the New York based "Metropolitan Homes". She has also written "The Complete Interior Designer" and "Contemporary Details".;Paul Ryan is a photographer who has worked for "Country Living" and "World of Interiors" and is Art Director of "Homes and Gardens".
