Love Pattern and Colour: The Essential Guide

Hardcover
by Charlotte Abrahams

Bursting with beautiful images of pattern designs from all over the world, this book shows how clever use of pattern can change a room: it can create a bold and striking space filled with drama, a cosy, comforting corner, or a cheery, colourful place that lifts the spirits. Being creative with pattern doesn’t just mean choosing it for your walls: there’s a feast of styles displayed here for furniture, lampshades, floors, tableware, curtains and cushions.

Chapters and motifs featured include:

• Abstracts—brush strokes, marbling, random swirls
• Botanicals—trees, leaves, grasses, seedheads
• Scenes and Stories—Chinoiserie, toile du jouy
• Florals—spectacular blooms, country garden
• Cultural Travellers—paisley, Ikat, Islamic arabesques
• Geometrics—stripes, spots, squares
• Animal Kingdom—animal motifs and prints
• Textures—visual and tactile