Pretty Pastel Style: Decorating Interiors with Pastel Shades

Pastels are making a comeback, associated with feelings of comfort, well-being, and calm. Selina Lake's book "Pretty Pastel Style" shows how to use them to create sophisticated, quirky, and color-rich spaces without being garish. It divides the palette into four styles: Modern Pastels, Vintage Pastels, Handmade Pastels, and Simple Pastels. The Details section provides inspiring ideas on furniture, lighting, display, and decoration, and the Spaces section showcases a series of beautiful rooms that use pastels with stylish effect.

Format: Hardback
Length: 160 pages
Publication date: 13 June 2023
Publisher: Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd

Pastels are experiencing a resurgence, and this time around, they are linked with sentiments of comfort, well-being, and tranquility. When used effectively, pastels have a rich intensity or a subtle sophistication, keeping them on the cool side of sweet. They allow us to fill a home with subtle color, making us feel cosseted and safe. In Pretty Pastel Style, Selina Lake demonstrates how to use pastels to create spaces that are sophisticated, quirky, and color-rich without being garish.

To begin, she examines different ways of decorating with this versatile palette by dividing it into four styles. There's Modern Pastels, which are contrasted with pops of stronger color and sharpened with statement furniture, while Vintage Pastels are more nostalgic and elegant. Handmade Pastels highlights creative touches and simple crafting ideas that showcase pastels in candy stripes, polka dots, and floral prints, while Simple Pastels work with neutrals and off-whites for an elegantly minimal look.

Next, the Details section looks at everything from furniture and lighting to display and decoration, with inspiring ideas on how to put the style together. Finally, the Spaces section of the book showcases a series of beautiful rooms that use pastels with stylish effect.

First published in 2013, this is a new edition.

Weight: 950g
Dimension: 224 x 261 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781788795197