The first step in creating a room is the most difficult: Where do you start? It's an anxiety-ridden process, and often we grow so worried about making a mistake that we end up with off-white walls and gray carpets. Inspiration, Decoration is the decorating book that gives us the confidence to change all that. By showing us simple, very personal starting points -- anything from a favorite color to a beloved old photograph or a wonderful chair -- this groundbreaking book takes the mystery and confusion out of transforming an interior. The key to creating a new look, we learn, is to find something that truly inspires us and then to build a decorative scheme around it. Those starting points can include fabrics, textures, light, color, architectural elements, even personal possessions -- anything we love and that gives our imaginations room to run. Each chapter of the book then takes a different inspiration as its focus and from there explores the decorative choices. The result is a volume that shows us how to be our own interior decorators, inspiring us to explore our own ideas and have the confidence to develop them. One of the most exciting elements in the book involves the real-life room makeovers. These detailed presentations tell us about the inspirations for each, and then show us the process of selecting the colors, patterns, and furniture that create the finished room -- from understated luxury in a bathroom; built up around a gilded chair, to slick storage in a workroom defined by limited space. There are also practical hints on working with scale, choosing colors, and organizing space. Featuring plenty of user-friendly advice from a leading stylist, Judith Wilson's Inspiration, Decoration is the ideal book for home Read Less