A Colorful Home: Create Lively Palettes for Every Room

Description

Nature, art, a favorite collection--each holds unexpected color combinations that can be beautifully incorporated into the home. Colour expert and designer Susan Hable shows how to discover colour in the everyday, create dynamic palettes, and translate them into stunning interior spaces. See how a cheerful bedroom can be constructed from the natural hues of autumn leaves: crisp greens, bright yellows, and rich reds. Or how a burst of bright confetti can inspire a candy-coloured tiled bath. Brimming with luscious photography, A Colorful Home reveals how to open our eyes to the colours around us and bring them to life in rooms composed with meaning.

Susan Hable is co-owner of the design firm Hable Construction, founded in 1999. She is a textile designer, artist, and colour expert with the Color Association of the United States, designing for Hable as well as other clients. She lives in Athens, Georgia. Visit HableConstruction.com. Rinne Allen is a photographer based in her hometown of Athens, Georgia. Rinne has worked with artisans and chefs over the last ten years to help them document the process of creating their work. Her photographs have appeared in dozens of books and publications. http://www.rinneallen.com/

I have been waiting years for a design book this exciting. Every single page is full of impeccably curated color inspiration and practical information to help you make each color palette work for your home. I love the way Susan uses nature as the ulti-mate jumping-off point and resource-I can't wait to try some of these ideas in my own house. -Grace Bonney, Founder of Design*Sponge I love Susan's sensibility. This book captures every-thing she's about: the modern and the rustic, the bold and the subdued. My favorite moments in the book were discovering her personal inspiration for color and design-the leaves, thorns, arrowheads, maps, salt, and butterflies. --Andy Spade, Founder of Partners Spade Stunning - Lonny Susan Hable is the most colorful person I know. The way she sees the world-in amazing hues inspired by the often overlooked or unexpected-has translated into incredible interiors. This book offers page after page of incredible color and texture that will inspire even the most committed color-phobes to seriously consider embracing pink. -Rima Suqi, Columnist, New York Times Home Section What I love so much about this new book is the way that real life, the outdoors and family history play into each interior. . . . the homes and lessons in this book are all about finding ways to translate the things, people and places you love into beautiful moments at home. - Design*Sponge