Interior Design Master Class: 100 Rooms - by Carl Dellatore (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

In this companion to Interior Design Master Class, 100 designers share room by room advice, tackling the questions that challenge everyone designing and decorating a home.

Everyone wants a stylish home, but with so much information available, how does one begin to put it all together? Enter Interior Design Master Class: 100 Rooms. The designers who've created the remarkable spaces in this volume individually explain in their own words the framework for the success of each room. The spaces featured in the book are broken down by type of room, including Gathering (media and family rooms), Transitional (porches and entryways), Respite (bedrooms and sitting rooms), Entertaining (dining rooms and bars), and Utility (kitchens, baths, and mudrooms). In each category, the multiple examples by designers well known from their appearances in Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, and Southern Living explore a variety of topics. Katie Ridder uses her vibrant living room to write about establishing a successful palette. Suzanne Kasler writes about the importance of light in bedrooms. Frances Merrill of Reath Design shares her thoughts about kitchens. Mark Sikes contributes an essay on tables. Steven Gambrel writes about the color blue. Josh Greene expounds on the bath. Also featuring Bunny Williams, Robert Couturier, Heidi Caillier, Miles Redd and David Kaihoi, Nicole Hollis, and Corey Damen Jenkins, the book is an elegant guide to twenty-first-century living, room by room.

Review Quotes

"Sometimes the best way to find out how a room came together is to hear directly from the person responsible. To that end, author Carl Dellatore has reached out to Katie Ridder, Miles Redd, Suzanne Kasler, Bunny Williams, and a host of other top interior designers and asked them to write about some of their projects and the creative processes that helped them achieve their goals. Organized by type of room - living spaces, porches and entries, bedrooms and sitting areas, dining areas and bars, and kitchens and baths - the book is an elegant guide on how to live a stylish life in every square inch of your home." -- INTELLIGENCE COLLECTOR

"This room-by-room guide, which functions as a companion piece to Interior Design Master Class: 100 Rooms, features advice from 100 designers covering every aspect of how to transform a house into a stylish home. Complete with insider tips on designing and decorating, it's an ideal blueprint for every aspect of your living space. From transitional areas such as entryways and porches to entertaining spots like bars and dining rooms, examples are provided to elevate each one. Based on their appearances in Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, and Southern Living, the roster of celebrated designers will also impress. Readers will enjoy access to a range of helpful insights about everything from the importance of bedroom lighting courtesy of Suzanne Kasler to developing the perfect color palette for a vibrant living room from Katie Ridder--plus an essay on tables from Mark Sikes." -- BOSTON MAGAZINE

About the Author

Carl Dellatore began his career as a textile designer, and has worked extensively in magazines, producing editorial content for House and Garden, Martha Stewart Living, and House Beautiful. He currently works as a content consultant within the interior and garden design communities. He is the author of Interior Design Master Class, Garden Design Master Class, On Style, and More is More is More.