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Shades of Grey

Decorating with the Most Elegant of Neutrals
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Shades of Grey by Kate Watson-Smyth explores the transformative power of using the colour grey in home interiors. This guide offers insights and practical advice for decorating with grey, showcasing various shades and how they can be combined to create different moods and styles in your living space. It serves as an inspirational resource for anyone looking to refresh their home with this versatile and calming colour palette.
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This book may appeal to you if you're looking to transform your home with expert advice on using the versatile and sophisticated colour grey. With insights from renowned design blogs, it offers practical tips and stunning photography, perfect for anyone wanting to elevate their home's aesthetic with a stylish and timeless palette.

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Crammed with fascinating facts, expert advice and a wealth of essential information, Shades of GreyΒ will guide you through the minefield that is choosing exactly the right shade of grey paint.Β 

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Crammed with fascinating facts, expert advice and a wealth of essential information, Shades of Grey will guide you through the minefield that is choosing exactly the right shade of grey paint.

There's no doubt about it, grey is the shade of the moment. On-trend restaurants, shops and homes are covered in it. There's not an interior decorating programme that doesn't feature it. However, despite its popularity, it’s not quite as simple as buying a pot of grey paint and slapping it on the wall. Make the wrong choice, and a grey room will be cold and dark, even energy-sapping. Get it right, however, and your home will look sophisticated and modern.

So how to find the perfect hue? In Shades of Grey, Kate Watson-Smyth explores the current popularity of the shade and consults experts – scientists, paint companies and interior decorators – who reveal their favourite greys as well as other tricks of the trade. She looks at the wide range of greys on offer and, via a simple process of elimination, will help you track down the shade that works perfectly for you.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781788791243

Publisher: Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 13 August 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd

Illustration: 230 col. photographs

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 190.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 828g

Pages: 176

About the Author

Kate Watson-SmythΒ is a journalist who has written about interiors for theΒ Financial TimesΒ as well as theΒ IndependentΒ and theΒ Daily Mail. Her home has been featured inΒ Livingetc, theΒ Wall Street JournalΒ andΒ Corriere della Sera.Β  Kate's blog, madaboutthehouse.com is the UK’s No.1 Interiors blog (Vuelio, 2018) and she also runs an interior styling consultancy, Mad About Your House.

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