Living with Light takes its inspiration from the northern hemisphere, where every second of daylight is treasured. Rooms are designed to welcome the light, Scandinavian style—soft colors illuminate spring sunshine, cool linens soak the heat from a summer’s day… and at night there’s romantic firelight, illuminating porcelain candle-holders, a handstitched daisy on a cushion, and the grain of whitewashed floors. Living with Light shows how to maximize light in your own home, room by room, expanding dark spaces and creating a wonderful ambience of light and calm. Chapters bring together a host of impressive interiors, and explain the techniques used to create the effects. Paint with pastel colors and be inspired by the traditional muted palette for textiles, hunt down unusual fabrics, and try out display techniques that focus on everything from flowers to kitchenware. • The perfect companion for anyone wanting to give their home a spacious feel, the Scandinavian way. • Discover how light can influence mood and change the whole ambience of a room • Inspirational photography by Mark Scott.
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GAIL ABBOTT is an established interior designer, stylist, and writer with over twenty years’ experience. Her books include "So Simple Window Style", "Living with Light", and "Decorating with Blue and White" (all published by CICO. Gail contributes regularly to home-style magazines, including Homes the others include "Shoestring Chic" and "Quick & Easy Window Treatments".
Mark Scott is a location based lifestyle photographer with specialist portfolios in the field of interiors, gardens, food, beauty and travel. He lives in central London but undertakes commissions worldwide and has ten years experience of shooting for clients both at home and abroad.
Regular clients include Homes and Gardens, Marks and Spencer, Ideal Home, The Pier and Debenhams.
email: mark@markscottphotography.co.uk
Mark Scott is a location based lifestyle photographer with specialist portfolios in the field of interiors, gardens, food, beauty and travel. He lives in central London but undertakes commissions worldwide and has ten years experience of shooting for clients both at home and abroad.
Regular clients include Homes and Gardens, Marks and Spencer, Ideal Home, The Pier and Debenhams.
email: mark@markscottphotography.co.uk
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21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
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Giving your home a sense of light, air, and space,
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This review is from: Living with Light: Decorating the Scandinavian Way (Hardcover)
In Scandinavia, with its long and dark winters, few qualities are a prized in homes as light. The vivid color pictures in this book how light is emphasized, with bleached floors and white walls, white benches, white tablecloths, and glass and mirrors that send light glimmering in the rooms.
Scandinavian decorating emphasizes plain walls and clean lines. They try to bring the outside in pots and vases of flowers. The pale gold of rattan is sometimes the only color in a room. "Many homes in Sweden have an antique chandelier with crystals that sparkle as they slowly move in the air, but even a single crystal hung at a window will refract any stray beam that comes it ways, often throwing glorious rainbows across the room into the bargain" (p 120).
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Light of Inspiration,
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This review is from: Living with Light: Decorating the Scandinavian Way (Hardcover)
"Living With Light: Decorating the Scandanavian Way" is a beautifully photographed interior design book that features some of the decor ideas that make the most of the Northern light that is so dearly treasured in the short summer months in cottages in Sweden as well as British upscale homes. The materials, color palettes, and rooms are illuminated by the pictures and the minimal text adds some detail to the images. I would have given 5 stars if I had seen some photos of how all this summer-oriented decor worked in other times of the year; it would be very interesting to see how this interior style changes to embrace the darker times of winter and still bring in natural light.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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Beautiful to look at while providing good decorating tips,
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Not only are the photos beautiful as they capture the heart of Swedish style but they also teach how important light is to this type of decorating. The text that goes along with the photos aptly describes how to accomplish Scandinavian decorating in your home.
A lovely book of coffee table quality anyone would appreciate owning and reading.
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