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Colour at Home

Clever Palettes to Transform Your Space
By Lucy Gough
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For anyone who wants to embrace colour at home but doesn't know where to begin, this book is for you. Lucy makes decorating with colour feel simple, achievable and exciting, whatever your style. — Kara Demmrich @kyalandkara Lucy's son said this book should be called The... Read More
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Lucy Gough's Colour at Home is the essential guide to understanding the power of colour and how to use it most effectively it in your space - set to be as successful as her debut title, The Home Style Handbook, which has sold 40,000 copies across markets.

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For anyone who wants to embrace colour at home but doesn't know where to begin, this book is for you. Lucy makes decorating with colour feel simple, achievable and exciting, whatever your style. — Kara Demmrich @kyalandkara

Lucy's son said this book should be called The Generosity of Colour, and I can't think of a better way to describe it. It's full of clever, achievable and inspiring ways to find the colours that feel right for you and your home. — Kate Watson-Smyth @mad_about_the_house

Lucy has an extraordinary eye for colour and shows how even the most subtle shades can completely transform a space. Packed with clever ideas, expert guidance and gorgeous inspiration, this book will become a colour bible for anyone wanting to create a stylish home filled with warmth, character and individuality. — Wayne Perrey, @thetvcarpenter

Lucy has an incredible ability to make colour and style feel completely approachable. She takes all of her experience and expertise and turns it into advice that feels practical, inspiring and easy to bring into your own home. — @jono.fleming

It's wonderful to see Lucy bring her interior stylist's eye to colour. — @karen_haller_colour

Whether you love soft, subtle shades or bold tones, Colour at Home, by interior stylist and author Lucy Gough, will help you create a home that feels beautiful, personal and uniquely yours.

Create the perfect colour palette for your home.

Use colour confidently, from gentle pastels to bold shades.

Mix and match patterns, prints and textures easily.

Link colour effortlessly from room to room.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781846016363

Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 April 2027

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Mitchell Beazley

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 204.0mm

Height: 259.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 224

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About the Author

LUCY GOUGH is an Australian-born interior stylist who has lived and worked in London for the last 12 years, but is currently based in New South Wales.

Her work has appeared in leading magazines in both the UK and Australia, including Livingetc, Australian Home Beautiful , Homes & Gardens, YOU Magazine, The Local Project and Sunday Times Style. She has also collaborated with brands such as Dulux, John Lewis, Marks & Spencer, King Living, David Jones, Freedom, Eco Outdoor and Sleeping Duck among many others.

In April 2020 Lucy launched an online course 'How to become a professional interior stylist' on her website lucygoughstylist.com, followed by 'How to style your home like a magazine' and now has more than 2000 students - all have left 5-star reviews. Delivering workshops to groups of interiors enthusiasts and professionals is a particular favourite activity of Lucy's and these have included events for Heal's and Livingetc, plus teaching an online interiors workshop on the newly launched Times+ platform.

Her first book, The Home Style Handbook, was published by MItchell Beazley in 2023 and has sold more than 40,000 copies across markets.

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