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Interior designer Leslie Banker grew up learning the trade by her
decorator mother s side. The most important thing her mother taught
her was that thinking like a decorator means focusing on developing
the story of the space and its inhabitants. That story is what
gives a place style, depth, character, and its own unique look, as
well as most importantly makes the people who live there happy.
Think Like a Decorator shows readers how to do just that. Banker
teaches readers how to drill down and articulate what appeals to
them. She explains how to drop anchors for the project, whether it
s a favorite paint color or an inherited family piece, and what is
essential to living comfortably in a home (hint: enough chairs at
the dinner table). Banker also covers how to identify what is not
working currently (the pile of backpacks that grows at the end of
each day in that neglected corner) and how to solve the inevitable
issues that will arise (the paint color that turned garish on the
wall). Witty and entertaining, with Q and As from noted designers
including Alexa Hampton, Tom Scheerer, Amanda Nisbet, Katie Ridder,
and Christopher Spitzmiller, Think Like a Decorator is, ultimately,
about how to live happily and well at home.
At an early age, Alexa Hampton learned the language of good design,
the vocabulary to speak it, and the elements that define it. As the
daughter of interior design legend Mark Hampton, she traveled the
world by her father's side, touring the great architectural
landmarks and discovering beauty, training her eye.
Now one of America's most influential designers herself, Alexa
Hampton provides a tour of stunning residences from her own
portfolio.
Eighteen classic spaces illustrate in rich detail the elements that
govern cultivated design--contrast, proportion, color, and balance.
Among the residences are a landmark 1912 McKim, Mead & White
restoration on Fifth Avenue in New York City; an eclectic house by
the sea layered in textures, patterns, and colors; a contemporary
apartment distinguished by simple geometry and clean lines; and
Hampton's own apartment, filled with an exquisite collection of
architectural elements.
Hampton also explains how she tailored each space to meet her
clients' needs while retaining a timeless aesthetic, and she
provides design expertise on everything from fabric schemes to the
particulars of paint. From a French neoclassical tour de force of
architec-ture, artwork, and design to a Queen Anne summer cottage
furnished to showcase the house's graceful nineteenth-century
dimensions, the spaces here speak the language of design--a
language that, under Hampton's tutelage, anyone can master.
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