Inspirational Interiors

Informationen zum Autor Roger Banks-Pye was interior design director for Colefax and Fowler, the legendary English interior decoration, fabric and wallpaper company founded in 1934 by Sibyl Colefax and John Fowler. His connection with the firm began in in 1977, when he embarked on a career with the company that spanned 20 years. Roger Banks-Pye died in 1996. Klappentext Decorate in a classic English style with this traditional yet practical and creative interiors guide. Zusammenfassung Discover the world of decorating in the classic English style as revealed by Roger Banks-Pye of legendary English decorating company Colefax and Fowler. Roger Banks-Pye was one of the most sought-after interior decorators of his time. Design director at the doyen of interior decoration Colefax and Fowler, his work appears traditional at first glance but is in fact spiced with innovation, originality and irreverence. This classic volume shows the decorator at work in a selection of the private homes he transformed with flair and panache, from a London studio flat decorated on a shoestring to a Scottish hunting lodge where money was no object. This book is a record of the spaces he created and there are accessible, practical and creative ideas to be picked up on each and every page. Inspirational Interiors allows a privileged glimpse into his unique world of style.

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Roger Banks-Pye was interior design director for Colefax and Fowler, the legendary English interior decoration, fabric and wallpaper company founded in 1934 by Sibyl Colefax and John Fowler. His connection with the firm began in in 1977, when he embarked on a career with the company that spanned 20 years. Roger Banks-Pye died in 1996.

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Decorate in a classic English style with this traditional yet practical and creative interiors guide.

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Discover the world of decorating in the classic English style as revealed by Roger Banks-Pye of legendary English decorating company Colefax and Fowler.

Roger Banks-Pye was one of the most sought-after interior decorators of his time. Design director at the doyen of interior decoration Colefax and Fowler, his work appears traditional at first glance but is in fact spiced with innovation, originality and irreverence. This classic volume shows the decorator at work in a selection of the private homes he transformed with flair and panache, from a London studio flat decorated on a shoestring to a Scottish hunting lodge where money was no object. This book is a record of the spaces he created and there are accessible, practical and creative ideas to be picked up on each and every page. Inspirational Interiors allows a privileged glimpse into his unique world of style.