House Beautiful Colors for Your Home: 300 Designer Favorites

By: Marjorie Gage

What transforms a room from monotone to magical? Color So, if you're nervous about splashing that white with bright, this conveniently portable primer based on "House""Beautiful"'s most popular column... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588167399
• ISBN13: 9781588167392
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Hearst Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

This is the book to have for selecting interior color

This is Susan Hershman, author of the book, 'House Colors: Exterior Color by Style of Architecture'. My book deals with how to choose exterior color for the home. This book's subject matter deals with the interior room . This subject matter was going to be my next book. It was written before I got a chance to do it. My point is that readers are always asking me to write a book on interior color or ask for a recommendation for one. This book is my recommendation. The paint colors were chosen by talented designers and are their favorite colors. Their word on color is the bottom line because they have experienced color professionally and know what works and doesn't work. Designers always end up with a list of their favorite colors and it is a list that many designers hold close to their chest and don't share. Not here. This is an priceless resource. That being said, always check your colors before you paint your room. The nature of the printing process is that it's not always accurate, some colors are particularly off. It's not the fault of the author at all. Just use common sense when selecting colors from this book. That means that you must always test your colors on your walls in your room. Paint a large area, at least 4'x4' or even larger and paint it on all four walls. Look at the color in the day time, mid day and under artificial lighting sources at night. It will look different for each situation. Take the time to test before you go out and buy gallons of paint, it will pay off financially and more importantly, in the color result. Trust me, I've done this a million times. One more thought about the book. As much as I love it, and I do, I wish that there were more examples of the colors in photographs. People have a hard time visualizing. Even if the color is a little bit off, it does show alot more than a color swatch. Still, bravo to the editors of House Beautiful. Well done and thanks a lot for all of those people out there who struggle to get great color for their interiors!

Great Resource!

This book is an invaluable resource for choosing paint colors. I utilized this book extensively while having my house painted. The size makes it easy to carry to the paint store. Highly recommend this if you are needing help choosing paint colors.

loved this book

loved this book, found the colors I wanted without having to go to various stores. Was able to see which colors matched each other and what matched my colors at home. large selection of Benjamin Moore colors.

House Beautiful Colorsw for Your Home: 300 Designer Favorites

Great book with beautiful colors and suggestion on how to use. Well worth the money.

What a handy color reference book!

I love the color pages that appear every month in House Beautiful. This book contains much of that information in one handy location. The book is divided by rooms as well as color families and color inspirations. There is also a very good index. I am a Realtor and often help my customers with color selection. This book provides some great visuals plus the name of the paint color and manufacturer. The photos of the rooms also can give you some excelling decorating ideas.