Hello, hello. How are you on this fine Monday morning? I have had a fun filled weekend to tell you about, but first I want to show you some beautiful pages from the new book by Annie Sloan – Annie Sloan’s Room Recipes for Style and Colour . I am very excited to be the first stop on the book tour and book giveaway. Below are a collection of my favourite pages and the paint colours that will help you achieve a similar look for your own home. Keep reading to win a copy or this lovely inspirational interiors book!In this new book the world renowned and treasured paint effects guru and colour expert Annie Sloan takes you through what makes a successful interior. Annie shares her knowledge on how to achieve your chosen style by creating mood boards and discussing factors such as – scale, focus, display and layout. The nine chapters – Boho Chic, Neoclassical, Vintage Floral, French Style, Swedish Style, Coastal Style, Classic Country, Modern Retro and Rough Luxe are packed with colourful examples and all the techniques you will need to recreate these looks in your own home.
With Annie’s chalk paints you can alter and decorate any surface in the home, so walls, furniture, accessories and even table lamps can be given a whole new look with the recipes shared in the pages of this new title.
Colours can look dramatically different in different rooms, lighting, scale, paint techniques and ceiling height are all factors. For the final flourish collected treasures, flowers and favourite furniture are styled to create harmonious and visually pleasing spaces to live, grow and work in.
How lovely and bright are these rooms?! They are from the Bohemian section, which is the most colourful and happy chapter! I am so pleased to have a have a copy of this book to give away to one of you, so all you need to do skip on over to Facebook here – like and share this picture and I will pick a random winner next Monday to brighten someones week.
By leading the decorative painting revolution over the last 20 years, Annie Sloan has become perhaps the world’s most respected expert in decorative paint, colours, and techniques. Above are all the colours of her unique and versatile decorative paint, Chalk Paint®, you can choose from!
Annie Sloan’s Room Recipes for Style and Colour by Annie Sloan and Felix Sloan with photography by Christopher Drake (Top image by Debi Treloar), is published by CICO Books rrp: £25. Follow the blog book tour for more images and words by these lovely blogs – Decor Art Uk, Remodelista and Such Pretty Things.
So happy you like my rooms in the bohemian chapter. Janice issitt
I live I Tucson Arizona and I can’t find Anne Sloan chalk paint! PLEASE HELP
Though it’s a 2 hr drive, there is a store in Tempe. Green Table Gifts, 1840 E Warner Rd Suite 115
Tempe, Arizona
(480) 855-5620
Lovely article. Would love to see you write something about Antique Lighting some time. Keep up the good work!