About this item
If you dream of decorating (or redecorating) your home but have no idea where to begin, this decorating workshop-in-a-book decodes an interior designer's thought process on creating a stylish home with vision and flow.The secret to those gorgeous interiors in the magazines lies not in the things that fill the rooms, but in the "decorating story" or point of view that the designer has applied to the space. With How to Decorate, learn how to create your own design concept and implement it with color, furniture, fabrics, lighting, accessorizing, and styling. This book also helps solve a decorator’s biggest challenges, from working around a home's existing architecture and organizing a space, to mixing patterns and editing collections. Best of all, 150 color photographs and charming watercolor illustrations--and even a bookplate for personalizing this guide--provide inspiration that makes this book as useful as it is beautiful.
About the Author
Shannon Fricke is an award-winning television presenter, author, interior designer and journalist. She is a well-known face on The Lifestyle Channel - presenting over 60 episodes of their award winning program, HOME - winning an Astra Award for Favourite Subscription Television Presenter.She has authored three successful interior decorating books published by Murdoch Books. The books have received international acclaim and have been translated into Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Spanish and Chinese!Shannon regularly contributes to Inside Out magazine and her trademark style can also be seen on the pages of Country Style magazine and the Australian Women's Weekly - reaching over 1 million readers per month. Internationally, her interior decorating work is showcased in Elle Decoration UK, Bolig Liv, Elle Décor Denmark, MarieClaire Netherlands.Shannon is well known in the blogging community and her rapidly growing decorating/garden/lifestyle blog (shannonfricke.blogspot.com) attracts up to 60,000 hits per month from a local and international audience - and is supported by sponsors such as Murobond, The Dharma Door, Blue Caravan and Fiona Kate Storage.However, Shannon's greatest love is for her 'How To Decorate' Workshops that have been designed to mentor budding home decorators. Her fan base, made up of dedicated decorating enthusiasts, fly in from all over Australia and New Zealand to spend the day at her studio workshop in Bangalow, where they can learn the secret to creating a beautiful home.
