Thursday, October 20, 2011

Book Report time: "The Way Home" by J. Bilhuber


Jeffrey Bilhuber presents 12 of his decorating projects to show how a designer works with clients to create a cohesive look for an entire house. What's interesting is to see how Bilhuber's overall aesthetic was the same for each client (layered eclectic traditional- is that a 'type?) with slight modifications for the client's interests and preferences.

My main take-away is not to hire a decorator unless you've reviewed their portfolio and find that their design sense is in line with your own. 

Highlights:  Gorgeous pictures, in-depth descriptions of how a client's requests become reality.

Lowlights:  Slightly pretentious ("Jenny grew up in a family that embraced the pleasure of creative expression and gloried in celebrating the domestic narrative"), photos of a client's camel in their house, some needless artsy shots of seagrass through a screen door.

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