Color Your Life: How to Design Your Home with Colors from Your Heart

Elaine Ryan

St. Martin's Press, Apr 17, 2007 - House & Home - 206 pages

Inspired by the need to feel comfortable and confident about the colors in our homes, COLOR YOUR LIFE teaches readers how to experiment with beautiful, bold and ageless color schemes for the home without ever making a mistake. ELAINE RYAN'S specially designed color matching system instructs homeowners how to pick colors that won't clash or bore. Filled with practical advice and designer tips to create the home of your dreams COLOR YOUR LIFE speaks to the emotional connection we have to our homes.
 
Inside there are dependable tips on:
--How to design every room of the home to reflect your lifestyle
--How to work with your child to design a bedroom you both will love
--How to transform an ordinary bedroom into a sensuous bedroom
--How to bring color into your home and life if you've become suddenly single
--Plus much more.
 
Through fun worksheets- like the amusing and practical "Supermarket Test", tips and other useful analysis sprinkled throughout the book, the reader learns to discover their favorite colors and how to incorporate them in their home.  In addition, this home decorating how-to includes a set of punch-out COLOR BARS, ELAINE RYAN'S unique color matching system that makes choosing colors easy and fun.   And because the colors have already been coordinated for you it is impossible to make a color mistake. They are a proven fool-proof way to COLOR YOUR LIFE!

What people are saying

Review: Color Your Life: How to Design Your Home with Colors from Your Heart

User Review  - Andd Becker - Goodreads

Fascinating! Select supermarket fruits and vegetables in various colors. At home, arrange your four favorite colors in a bowl. Now you have a palette for home decor. Decorate your home with these colors.

Review: Color Your Life: How to Design Your Home with Colors from Your Heart

User Review  - Denise - Goodreads

Great book on color theory!

About the author

Elaine Ryan is a professional interior designer and a leading expert on color in the interior environment. Her columns appear routinely in weekly newspapers. She is a cofounder of the International International Designers Association (IIDA) and the creator of the patented Elaine Ryan COLOR BARS. She lives in Connecticut.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Color Your Life: How to Design Your Home with Colors from Your Heart
• Author: Elaine Ryan
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press, 2007
• ISBN: 0312368194, 9780312368197
• Length: 206 pages
• Subjects: House & Home / Decorating; House & Home / Do-It-Yourself / General; House & Home / Reference