Transform your home and discover our eclectic mix of colours to create a space youll never want to leave. Colour abigail ahern the coolest decorator on the planet the times. Recently ive been flicking through the wonderful book colour. Firstly, all the colours featured are mostly dark schemes, because as the author herself states she loves dark hues, and black in particular. Color inspiration, beautiful homes, budgeting, abigail ahern, colour, house of. Abigail ahern on how to use colour in your interior design at. Explore flowers that will stay vibrant 24 discover design with a discount in our clearance edit. I detest a lot of purple paint colours blame it on a traumatic moment with a shade of aubergine in my early decorating days. Colour or perhaps color as i should be saying for the us is my biggest, fattest, most fabulous book yet. Colour, how to banish beige and bold up your home by abigail. Paris, left bank apartment in colour by abigail ahern. Totally paint the ceiling the lower the ceiling the more important it is to paint them the same colour as the walls you will love it promise. Damson this is the most beautiful, deep dark bruised fruit shade. She is an influential tastemaker, and is highly acclaimed for her trendsetting designs that are synonymous with glamour, eclecticism and british humour.
Delivering handson designer expertise in brilliant, bitesize chunks, colour is the perfect guide if you want to introduce colour into your home but dont know. A lot of dark colored walls and every room really does look so beautiful, complex and original. Crosby is an emotive, regal colour, brown with undertones of pink. Her trend setting designs are synonymous with glamour, eclecticism. Colour by abigail ahern, 97818494958, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Cosy apartment, abigail ahern, take you home, little black books, large. Abigail ahern interiors, design and decor inspiration. Im delighted shes written these tips for interiors addict and shared photos from her home, and her sister gemmas, with us. As you all know, im a huge fan of brit abigail ahern and her bold, unconventional interior style, which tends to break every rule in the book, with gusto. How to banish beige and bold up your home by abigail.
Abigail encourages you to be brave with colour and pattern and to make a bold statement with your home. This book shows how to use colours in little bits or large chunks in all rooms in the house, from the bathroom to the hallway to the bedroom to the kitchen. Ive been a fan of abigail aherns style since discovering her first book. Also yes paint the doors the same colour ive done exactly as you say with one colour one side.
Learn how to use colour to transform your home with this hip, hands on guide by one of the uks hottest designers, abigail ahern, owner of atelier, one of londons best interiors shop. Signed copies of her new book, colour, are available through her website, or you can order your copy on amazon. This book is definitely for people who like to decorate on the dark side, although she does talk about decorating with neutrals but there is only a small section. Apr 01, 2015 learn how to use colour to transform your home with this hip, hands on guide by one of the uks hottest designers, abigail ahern, owner of atelier, one of londons best interiors shop. Abigail ahern learn how to figure out your colour palette, to trust your instincts and identify your ideal shade the core colour that will make a home distinctly and beautifully yours. Discover book depositorys huge selection of abigail ahern books online. Strong and reassuring, our paint hues have the power to animate your home, adding instant glamour to whatever it touches. The book is a colour bible of sorts, but its not your basic howto guide that you see on the shelves. With the help of this lovely read it has made us more confident to use bold colours withing our showrooms. Abigail ahern 1214 essex road, n1 8ln london, united kingdom rated 3. Once youve converted to the dark side, its impossible to go back, says ahern, whose range of paints she calls them bottomofthelake hues. Whatever colour you paint the walls the ceiling has to be the same colour abigails non negotiable, this includes the coving, doors and frames too. Buy colour by abigail ahern from waterstones today. I have lights in the wardrobe and good lighting in the bedroom i dont find that the paint colour affects it, its all about nailing the best lighting scheme.
Whether dark or light colours take your fancy, youll find inspiration in abigails book colour shows. The decorator, whose clients include emma watson, robert downey jr and the vatican, is on a mission to banish beige. Abigail ahern shares her top advice for using colour. Colour wise this book colour by abigail ahern is one that you dont want to miss to get inspired by and. A public service announcement for my london design superfans. Delivering handson designer expertise in brilliant, bitesize chunks, colour is the perfect guide if you want to introduce colour into your home but dont know where to start or are scared of taking the plunge. Ahern message is to experiment with color on walls, layer with texture and break all the color rules. Shop the coolest interiors and find oodles of decor and design inspiration from abigail ahern go faux it.
Drawing on her palette of inky, swampy, bottomofthelake hues, easyonthe eye neutrals and intoxicating brights, abigail reveals how to build a room through colour, showing how to up the ante with accents and focal points, layer lighting, add drama through accessories, and play around with paint, fabric and pattern. Im a little obsessed with it ive painted my kitchen, bedroom and the back of my store in crosby. Fantastic to see photographs i havent seen anywhere else. Abigail aherns top 10 tips for decorating with colour home. Choose a new hue abigail shares the inspiration behind some of the most unexpected shades in her collection. Apr 22, 2015 the interior designer abigail ahern left has written a new book about colourful style ethos right colour by abigail ahern quadrille.
We asked abigail ahern, style icon and author of colour and a girls. Release your dark side with our intoxicating colour range. How to get abigail aherns signature look in your home fads. Love love love abigail aherns work and off to her colour workshop on wednesday evening which should be packed full of her brilliant colour advice poppy 9th may 2015 at 7. She is an influential tastemaker, and is highly acclaimed for her trendsetting designs that are synonymous with glamour. Designer, style maven and author abigail ahern is recognised amongst design aficionados and devotees alike for her enchanting take on interiors. I cover this in a lot of detail in the book, because choosing colour is so personal and instinctive so. Whether dark or light colours take your fancy, youll find inspiration in abigails book colour shows how you can transform any room in your home. Shop now with up to 50% off including modern classics and contemporary designs accessories, that literally raise th. This decorating book is well laid out with not too much text but distilled enough to inspire. Abigail ahern colour is published on 23 april 2015. Abigail aherns top 10 tips for decorating with colour home beautiful. Designer abigail ahern is recognised for her enchanting take on interiors.
Using colour well is the most effective way of transforming a room, having a dark neutral colour on the wall is a great backdrop looks fab in this house. It is the cheapest and most transformative thing you can do to a space. See more ideas about abigail ahern, interior and dark interiors. This is designer abigail aherns clarion call to forsake the ubiquitous white interior and get down and murky dirty with a palette of dark green, tobacco, inky blacks and varying shades of muddy sludge. Abigail ahern on how to use colour in your interior design. Also yes paint the doors the same colour ive done exactly as you say with one colour one side and one the other. Find more info like this plus lots more in my book, colour. I live in chippenham monkton park if you want to collect. Her trend setting designs are synonymous with glamour, eclecticism and wit. Check out her blog for more tips and inspiration, or get your hands on one of her books. See more ideas about abigail ahern, wooden brush and color schemes. Inside abigail aherns alice in wonderlandstyle london. While taking risks with a bright or dark colour is second nature to me, i can. Abigail ahern for sale in uk 19 used abigail aherns.
If you like eclectic dark jaw dropping mysterious interiors this is the book for you. This is designer abigail ahern s clarion call to forsake the ubiquitous white interior and get down and murky dirty with a palette of dark green, tobacco, inky blacks and varying shades of muddy sludge. Learn how to figure out your colour palette, to trust your instincts and identify the ideal shade that will make a home distinctly and beautifully yours. The book itself is very welldesigned and would make a great coffee table addition, but the content i did not like.
How to get abigail aherns signature look in your home. Its the perfect coffee table tome and packed with some of the coolest, most inspiring interiors from around the world all with a bold and ballsy fresh approach to colour. With abigail s insider knowledge, you can effortlessly turn something cheap from the high street into a unique and luxurious focus piece. Interior designer abigail ahern will be hanging out at anthropologie regent street from 6. Craig and rose abigale ahern range colour tester this was the sample sent to beth langdon before it was accepted into the main production of abigail ahern products. See more ideas about abigail ahern, interior, interior design. Using colour well is the most effective way of transforming a room, having a dark.