Rooms: Creating Luxurious, Livable Spaces
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Good fit if you want...
- You want room-by-room guidance for creating luxurious, livable spaces—a practical luxe playbook.
- You enjoy decorator-led visuals and anecdotal styling rooted in early-2000s classic elegance.
Maybe skip if...
- You’re after ultra-minimal, cutting-edge 2020s trends or avant-garde contemporary design.
- You need step-by-step DIY plans, up-to-the-minute sourcing links, or renter-only solutions.
- You only want something with very current references and examples.
Summary
Designer Mariette Himes Gomez offers a 256-page, room-focused handbook blending high-style aesthetics with everyday practicality, covering furniture, fabrics, color, and layout to create comfortable, polished interiors.
Edition on file: 2003 • Regan Books • 256 pages • ISBN 9780060083700.
Why this book now
Timeless design principles and adaptable ideas in this 2003 guide still help update homes without chasing trends.
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Reading commitment
Light Short sit-downs
About a few focused reading sessions or dipping into chapters as you tackle each room—suitable for reference and project-by-project use.
What stands out here
This Regan Books edition collects Gomez’s room-by-room strategies and visual sensibility in a mid-length, ilustrated practical handbook for homeowners and decorators.
Best way to approach it
Treat it as a practical manual: skim chapters relevant to each room, bookmark fabric and furniture recommendations, and apply examples to real projects.
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