Blue and White in Your Home

When the temperature drops and the focus moves indoors, it's time to think about redecorating. Interior design journalist Lisa Skolnick and the editors of Victoria Magazine propose using Blue and White in Your Home. For a fresh design take on a classic color scheme, deploy the two colors that are the easiest to combine and offer a rich palette of shades and intensities. Charmingly simple, formal, traditional and even starkly modern treatments are among the many styles showcased here, with detailed suggestions for ceramics such as Delftware or Chinese export porcelain, mixing and matching fabrics, dressing up lampshades and pillows, etc. Walls, ceilings, floors, fabric, tile, china, paper and furniture can all be part of the mix. More than a hundred color photographs show off their ideas to great advantage. ( Nov.)