Coastal Blues: Mrs. Howard's Guide to Decorating with the Colors of the Sea and Sky

Description

From design expert (and interior design readers' favorite) Phoebe Howard comes a new book focused on decorating with beautiful blue color schemes. Coastal Blues is a glorious decor book filled with inspiring images of beach houses, seacoast getaways, vacation cottages, and luxurious seaside manors. It is also a hardworking how-to-get-the-look book that offers solid interior design and styling advice. Featuring brand-new, never-before-published projects, every page reflects the ease and casual elegance of shoreline living. With chapters such as Sea Glass (brilliant blue color schemes), Indigo Bay (true blue schemes), and Ocean Mist (pale blue schemes), Phoebe Howard shows design lovers how to make the coastal style modern, fresh, and very much their own.

Phoebe Howard opened her first store, Mrs. Howard, in Jacksonville, Florida, 20 years ago and now has stores in Georgia and North Carolina. Her stores, furnishings, and interiors reflect the essence of coastal style and charm. Her work is routinely featured in House Beautiful, Coastal Living, Southern Accents, and Veranda. It has also appeared in Elle Decor, InStyle, and the New York Times. Phoebe resides in Jacksonville.

"Inspired by her upbringing on Florida's coast, author Phoebe Howard specialises in decorating beach-front houses and has compiled all her knowledge and know-how into one inspiring book [...] stunning photographs of beautifully styled rooms and tips to create the look yourself will undoubtedly inspire you to add a nautical vibe to your upcycled interior." -- Reloved "Interior designer Phoebe Howard describes her love of the colour blue and how its natural connections have inspired her to create throughout her career" -- TheLady "Phoebe Howard knows what she's talking about having opened her first store, Mrs Howard, in Florida 20 years ago - others followed in Georgia and North Carolina. With solid design advice as well as swoony beach houses, coastal getaways, cottages, and luxurious seaside manors, she defines different nuances of blue (sea glass, indigo bay and ocean mist) and makes them fresh and personal." -- The Gloss