Farrow & Ball: The Art of Color (Hardcover)

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Farrow & Ball is a leader in the luxury paint and wallpaper market, catering to top designers and discerning homeowners who seek the finest quality products to adorn their walls. Offering a unique historical color palette, stunning depth of color, great coverage and a wide choice of finishes, Farrow & Ball products are found in many of the world's most exclusive properties. In Farrow & Ball: The Art of Color, Brian Coleman hosts a tour of cottages, castles, lofts and beyond that illustrate how paint and wallpaper are paramount to a room's overall design and feel. Visually stunning interiors and inspiring color schemes reveal how to build cohesive, stylish rooms by using furnishings and fabrics that blend with and accent the walls.

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Over the last seven decades, Farrow & Ball has built a remarkable reputation as the leader in luxury paint and wallpaper, catering to top designers and discerning homeowners who seek only the finest quality products to adorn their walls. Offering a unique color palette, stunning depth of color, great coverage and a wide choice of finishes, Farrow & Ball products are found in many of the world's most exclusive properties.
Author Brian Coleman hosts a tour of cottages, castles, lofts and beyond that illustrates how paint and wallpaper are paramount to a room's overall design and feel. Visually stunning interiors, inspiring color schemes, and an abundance of design ideas reveal how to choose finishes and colors and build cohesive, stylish rooms by using furnishings and fabrics that blend with and accent the walls.
Travel across the continent from Miami to Maine, Canada to California, visiting a wide selection of extraordinary and inspired interiors. From a classically furnished pre-war Manhattan apartment to a postmodern glass and concrete home in Toronto, see how top interior designers are taking color to a new level of art, and catch an exciting glimpse of why Farrow & Ball colors are the palette of choice for today's designers.
BRIAN D. COLEMAN, M.D., is a practicing psychiatrist in Seattle, Washington. Also an old-house enthusiast, he has grown his love for historic restoration into an active second career. He is the West Coast editor for Old House Interiors and has written numerous articles on historic home design for magazines ranging from Old House Journal to Period Living in the U.K. Brian is the author of Scalamandre, Window Dressings, Historic Arts and Crafts Homes, and Cottages, among other home design books. He divides his time between New York and Seattle.
EDWARD ADDEO is a New York-based photographer whose work has appeared in Vogue, House Beautiful, and the New York Times magazine, among other publications. He has also photographed several books, including Cherished Objects and The Art of the Party. He lives with his family in New York.
Front and back jacket photographs 2007 Edward Addeo
Edward Addeo photo by R. T. Tanuki?

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith; 1 edition (August 21, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 142360010X
• ISBN-13: 978-1423600107
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 10.2 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #182,138 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, November 21, 2007

By	J. Zenz "Bookwoman" (Chicago) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I was waiting for this book for some time and had high hopes because I know that Farrow and Ball make great paint. The book was a disappointment however, because the quality of the pictures was poor and the text rather boring. I had somehow expect it to be better. I also think many of the homes pictured were rather dated looking and not as interesting as some of the new rooms we see in other publications.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Farrow & Ball; The Art of Color, September 28, 2009

By	Charles B. Brett (Greensboro, North Carolina) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I bought this book as a birthday gift for my son-in-law's 40th birthday. He is an arichect in Charleston, South Carolina and has become quite intrigued with Farrow and Ball. He used some of their colors to paint his design studio. So, I bought this book "unseen" because I hoped it would be "well done" and I must say that I was not disappointed! The photography by Edward Addeo is nothing short of amazing. You can really appreciated the subtlety and depth of the Farrow and Ball paint colors. Also, an added extra bonus to this book is that one of the homes featured belongs to friends of mine and their daughter happends to be best frinds with the "birthday boy's" first cousin. So, serendipitously, I found the perfect birthday present!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Let there be color., January 26, 2009

By	Classical Teacher "magestra" (Long Island) - See all my reviews

My son received this beautiful book as a Christmas present. I am hoping to get one of my own.
I love the way the photographer uses natural light. Addeo's photographs really give you a sense of how color enhances furnishings and determines the atmosphere of a room. Color has to be bold but yet subtle or it will compete. A quality paint is called for hence-Barrow & Ball. This is a great book for decorating ideas.