Annie Sloan's Room Recipes For Style and Color

Find the right interiors recipe for your ideal home with Annie Sloan.

World renowned paint effects guru and color expert Annie Sloan considers what makes a successful interior. Style and color lie at the heart of the matter, but both can be stumbling blocks for the amateur decorator. Annie explains how to achieve your chosen style by creating moodboards and analyzing key factors, such as scale, focus, display, and layout. She examines nine popular styles: French Elegance, Neoclassical, Traditional Swedish, Vintage Floral, Modern Retro, Boho Chic, Coastal Style, Rustic Country, and Warehouse Style. Discover, too, the key techniques you'll need to recreate these styles in your own home: color theory (Why do some colors work so well together? Why can the same color look dramatically different in different rooms?), using storytelling with pictures and collected treasures, style fusions (combining your favorite styles), and, of course, paint techniques. With stunning photography and packed with practical advice, this will soon become your interior style bible.

Annie Sloan is one of the world’s most respected experts in the field of decorative painting. She runs highly successful workshops, and teaches in the US and Europe. Annie has written more than 20 books, including the bestselling Quick and Easy Paint Transformations, Color Recipes for Painted Furniture and More, Creating the French Look, The Painted Garden, and Annie Sloan’s Painted Kitchen. The author is based between Oxford, UK and France.