Farrow & Ball How to Decorate

by Farrow & Ball, Joa Studholme, Charlotte Cosby

Overview

Transform your home with inspiration and advice from one of the world's leading home decorating brands, Farrow & Ball.

Set to become the bible of home decoration, Farrow & Ball How to Decorate provides a highly practical and inspirational guide to the successful use of paint and paper in any home, large or small, urban or country.

Published on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the iconic brand, the book brings together the expertise of Joa Studholme and Farrow & Ball's creative team to demystify the nitty-gritty of transforming a home - from deciding which colors work best in a north-facing room to creating accents with paint and making the most of a feature wall.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781784720872
Publisher:	Octopus Books
Publication date:	06/07/2016
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	9.20(w) x 10.30(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Joa Studholme
Having joined Farrow & Ball over 19 years ago, Joa Studholme has amassed a vast wealth of experience. From developing the new colours to consulting on design projects, Joa has worked with the paints and papers every day on both residential and commercial projects. A self-confessed 'color-geek', Joa's passion for interior design and color means her own home is under constant renovation and she claims to redecorate it at least once a month.

Charlotte Cosby
Head of creative, Charlotte Cosby, has been working with Farrow & Ball for the past eight years. Charlotte began her career in finance, but she soon realized that her heart was in the creative world and she moved to Farrow & Ball in 2006. She has full responsibility for creative direction, including product development, brand identity, photography, showroom design and much more. Charlotte is passionate about pattern, color and design and spends much of her free time redecorating her beautiful Victorian apartment by the sea.

Farrow & Ball
Paint pioneers John Farrow and Richard Ball founded their company in 1946. They met while working at a local clay pit and later went on to build their first factory in Dorset, southern England, where the company is still based. Farrow & Ball is now one of the world's leading home decorating brands, manufacturing decorative paint and wallpaper that transform homes around the globe.

Farrow & Ball paint is distinguished for its depth of color and unique finish developed through the use of high levels of pigment, rich resin binders, and ingredients with a high refractory nature. In addition, its complementary wallpaper products are handcrafted using Farrow & Ball paint with traditional block and trough printing methods, creating a distinctive tactile texture.

Editorial Reviews

04/18/2016
In honor of the 70th anniversary of the luxury paint and wallpaper brand Farrow & Ball, creative director Cosby and color consultant Studholme use stunning photography and written detail to highlight the multiple factors that transform average square footage into dynamic, evocative living space. When it comes to making design decisions about any given room, their approach is simple: consider the architectural elements, the light, and personal tastes. There are endless ways to transform a room from darkness into light. Exploring a neutral theme? Consider traditional neutral, or a yellow-based neutral, or a red-based neutral. Beyond that you will need also to decide whether to go with the contemporary neutral, the easy neutral, or the architectural neutral. The nuance is explained in the detailed text, and tones are differentiated in the exceptional photography. The wealth of information on topics such as room accessories, color combinations, and even ceilings makes this book an invaluable tool for the novice who feels inspired to give a living space a makeover. (June)

Publishers Weekly

05/01/2016
Studholme and Cosby, designers for the British paint firm Farrow & Ball (F&B), spotlight the use of paint and wallpaper for domestic interiors rather than providing the usual decorating advice. An introduction to the business features a history and overview of the creation of its paint shades and wallpaper. A large portion of the book is devoted to how F&B's products have been applied in homes worldwide, with emphasis on their use for architectural details as well as on ceilings and floors. For each of the nearly 300 color photographs, the F&B shade or wallpaper is identified. The volume concludes with practical information on painting, equipment, finishes, and a list of showrooms in the UK, Europe, and North America. VERDICT Although this is basically a dressed-up F&B catalog, the color combinations displayed furnish a wealth of decorating ideas.

Library Journal