More Beautiful: All-American Decoration

Description

Interior designer Mark Sikes burst onto the publishing scene with his first book Beautiful. His second book, aptly titled More Beautiful, picks up where the first left off, showcasing Mark's most recent decorating work and providing the reader with details on how to get the look. The rooms are divided into five styles. Traditional features rooms filled with painted wicker, botanical curtains, and inviting chintz armchairs. Country is a modern take on the style, with striped sisal stair runners, bamboo blinds, and white painted wood. Cottage is streamlined, with natural woven fibres, and furniture with simple lines. California is richly patterned, tailored and layered. Mediterranean features a deeper palette with tile, ikat, and wood. No matter the theme, all of the rooms are light-filled and crisply patterned, chic yet comfortable, just the way people want to live today.

Interior designer Mark D. Sikes is known for creating beautiful, timeless interiors that embody an indoor/outdoor lifestyle. Mark has a talent for mixing American and Europena, traditional and modern, and new and old sensibilities. His work has been featured in AD, Veranda, House Beautiful, the Wall Street Journal, C Magazine, Milieu, and Domino. He has designed rooms for the Kips Bay Show House and the Grand Garden Halls at Greystone in Beverly Hills. He also completed work on the Southern Living House in Birmingham. His blog, Mark D. Sikes Chic People, Glamorous Places, and Stylish Things is an inspiration and resource for design lovers all over the world. His first book, Beautiful, was a New York Times bestseller.

"This sought-after designer is back with his second book, breaking up style into five groups: Traditional, Country, Coastal, Mediterranean and Beautiful. Each chapter showcases projects filled with his signature bright, chic, and well-appointed rooms." - SERENDIPITY "Mark D. Sikes's first book was The New York Times bestseller Beautiful. His new book, More Beautiful, is a further exploration of all-American decorating, with a particular emphasis on indoor-outdoor living. Expect a celebration of classic styles, preppy color combinations, and all-around beautiful, welcoming interiors that charm." -CHAIRISH BLOG "Blue-and-white vignettes dotted with wicker and antique furnishings have become interior designer Mark D. Sikes's calling card. In More Beautiful: All-American Decoration, he shows just how versatile the classic style can be, highlighting a range of approaches, from the interplay of American and European aesthetics to mixing traditional and modern styles. It's a discernment that results in wonderfully crisp yet livable interiors that continue to prove the longevity of Sikes's Midas touch." -ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST.COM "Designer Mark D. Sikes follows up his hit debut book Beautiful with even more of his specific brand of classic, preppy style. Expect lots of blue-and-white, wicker, and breezy interiors." -HOUSE BEAUTIFUL.COM