A beautiful house is something we all deserve, but it often seems beyond our ability to achieve. With the appealing, accessible message that great interior design is as simple as knowing your own taste, Jeffrey Bilhuber's Design Basics demystifies the decorating process. He covers:

- Space: how to construct an inviting furniture plan

- Scale: how to establish a relationship between your belongings

- Color: how to approach painting with liberation-not trepidation

- Materials and details: how to bring personality to your rooms with unexpected fabrics and finishes

- Living: how to use your house to invite joy into your life

With a list of tried-and-true designer-tested paint colors, and over 100 color photographs, Jeffrey Bilhuber's Design Basics is a sublime and inspiring sourcebook, perfect for the first-time decorator and anyone who has dreamed of hiring her own interior designer.