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House Beautiful Color

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Despite a promising but tight view of the cobalt blue walls of the living room of architect/decorator duo Peter Pennoyer and Katie Ridder that appears on the dust jacket, there really are not many colorful interiors in this book; only the same shot of this room appears within the book. The Long Island living room of the late decorator Mark Hampton appears in several pictures; it is a handsome room but with dark brown walls and white furniture, it is relatively neutral along with the rest of the rooms in the book. Part of the Great Style series from projects previously published in HOUSE BEAUTIFUL magazine, this edition is not up to the standards of some of the others in the same series. Someone looking for ideas and/or advice for color in interior design would be better served elsewhere.

See my review of another edition of this same book which was first published in 1993. Although attractive, the rooms presented in this book, culled from earlier editions of HOUSE BEAUTIFUL magazine, are not particularly colorful. Those looking for inspiration for use of color might be better served elsewhere.