KELLY HOPPEN MBE is one of the world’s most influential interior designers. Her unique design aesthetic combines luxury with simplicity and has won her international acclaim, copious design awards and a huge following. Her celebrated interior design studio, Kelly Hoppen Interiors, has completed international schemes for residential and commercial properties, yachts and private jets, as well as the interiors for British Airways’ first-class cabins. She is the author of eight design books to date including bestsellers Kelly Hoppen Home, Kelly Hoppen Ideas and Kelly Hoppen Design Masterclass and she fronted the Channel 5 Design Series, Superior Interiors, in 2011. Kelly designs kitchens for Smallbone and joined the panel of BBC2's popular TV Series Dragon's Den in 2013.

• Foreword by Savannah Miller, Sienna Millerand Natasha CorrettIntroductionTHE GROUNDWORKFunctionThe SpaceNatural LightArchitectural FeaturesPlanning Your SpaceThe ZonesThe FlowThe GridThe Design Brief Plans and PlanningReading PlansUnderstanding ScaleDrawing Up a Floor PlanElevationsPerspectivesCGI (Computer-Generated Image)DESIGN CONSIDERATIONSThe Bones of Good DesignSymmetry and BalanceScale and ProportionCreating ImpactThe Art of JuxtapositionLighting DesignHow to Design a Lighting SchemeThe Whole EffectWall and Floor FinishesWallsFloorsColour, Texture and PatternColour Palettes TextureCabinetryDoorsFurnitureFurniture LayoutSoft FurnishingsWindow TreatmentsUpholsteryCushionsRunners and ThrowsAccessoriesThe Art of DisplayMood EnhancementDESIGNING ROOMSCreating a Good Impression: The Core of the HomeThe Front DoorEntrance HallsStairsCirculation and FlowLightingGather Together: Living RoomsKey ConsiderationsLayoutsStyleLightingDisplayHome StudiesCook and Chat: KitchensStyleKey ConsiderationsLayoutFunctionalityLightingDecoration and Detailing A Sense of Occasion: Dining RoomsKey ConsiderationsFurnitureStyleLightingAccessoriesPrivate Moments: BedroomsKey ConsiderationsFurnitureStyleLightingDressing Rooms Children’s RoomsSpecial Sanctuary: BathroomsKey ConsiderationsStyleLayoutLightingDecoration and DetailingGuest CloakroomsDowntime: Exercise and Leisure RoomsPools and SpasGymsMedia RoomsPROJECT MANAGEMENTThe BasicsThe Schedule Managing the BudgetAssembling and Managing the TeamLiving on SiteSnaggingInvolving an Architect Address BookAcknowledgements and Credits

‘A wealth of professional advice on both the practical and the aesthetic aspects of interior design. Inspiring room schemes and photographs.’

KELLY HOPPEN MBE is one of the world’s most influential interior designers. Her unique design aesthetic combines luxury with simplicity and has won her international acclaim, copious design awards and a huge following. Her celebrated interior design studio, Kelly Hoppen Interiors, has completed international schemes for residential and commercial properties, yachts and private jets, as well as the interiors for British Airways’ first-class cabins. She is the author of eight design books to date including bestsellers Kelly Hoppen Home, Kelly Hoppen Ideas and Kelly Hoppen Design Masterclass and she fronted the Channel 5 Design Series, Superior Interiors, in 2011. Kelly designs kitchens for Smallbone and joined the panel of BBC2's popular TV Series Dragon's Den in 2013.

• Foreword by Savannah Miller, Sienna Millerand Natasha CorrettIntroductionTHE GROUNDWORKFunctionThe SpaceNatural LightArchitectural FeaturesPlanning Your SpaceThe ZonesThe FlowThe GridThe Design Brief Plans and PlanningReading PlansUnderstanding ScaleDrawing Up a Floor PlanElevationsPerspectivesCGI (Computer-Generated Image)DESIGN CONSIDERATIONSThe Bones of Good DesignSymmetry and BalanceScale and ProportionCreating ImpactThe Art of JuxtapositionLighting DesignHow to Design a Lighting SchemeThe Whole EffectWall and Floor FinishesWallsFloorsColour, Texture and PatternColour Palettes TextureCabinetryDoorsFurnitureFurniture LayoutSoft FurnishingsWindow TreatmentsUpholsteryCushionsRunners and ThrowsAccessoriesThe Art of DisplayMood EnhancementDESIGNING ROOMSCreating a Good Impression: The Core of the HomeThe Front DoorEntrance HallsStairsCirculation and FlowLightingGather Together: Living RoomsKey ConsiderationsLayoutsStyleLightingDisplayHome StudiesCook and Chat: KitchensStyleKey ConsiderationsLayoutFunctionalityLightingDecoration and Detailing A Sense of Occasion: Dining RoomsKey ConsiderationsFurnitureStyleLightingAccessoriesPrivate Moments: BedroomsKey ConsiderationsFurnitureStyleLightingDressing Rooms Children’s RoomsSpecial Sanctuary: BathroomsKey ConsiderationsStyleLayoutLightingDecoration and DetailingGuest CloakroomsDowntime: Exercise and Leisure RoomsPools and SpasGymsMedia RoomsPROJECT MANAGEMENTThe BasicsThe Schedule Managing the BudgetAssembling and Managing the TeamLiving on SiteSnaggingInvolving an Architect Address BookAcknowledgements and Credits

‘A wealth of professional advice on both the practical and the aesthetic aspects of interior design. Inspiring room schemes and photographs.’

KELLY HOPPEN MBE is one of the world’s most influential interior designers. Her unique design aesthetic combines luxury with simplicity and has won her international acclaim, copious design awards and a huge following. Her celebrated interior design studio, Kelly Hoppen Interiors, has completed international schemes for residential and commercial properties, yachts and private jets, as well as the interiors for British Airways’ first-class cabins. She is the author of eight design books to date including bestsellers Kelly Hoppen Home, Kelly Hoppen Ideas and Kelly Hoppen Design Masterclass and she fronted the Channel 5 Design Series, Superior Interiors, in 2011. Kelly designs kitchens for Smallbone and joined the panel of BBC2's popular TV Series Dragon's Den in 2013.

• Foreword by Savannah Miller, Sienna Millerand Natasha CorrettIntroductionTHE GROUNDWORKFunctionThe SpaceNatural LightArchitectural FeaturesPlanning Your SpaceThe ZonesThe FlowThe GridThe Design Brief Plans and PlanningReading PlansUnderstanding ScaleDrawing Up a Floor PlanElevationsPerspectivesCGI (Computer-Generated Image)DESIGN CONSIDERATIONSThe Bones of Good DesignSymmetry and BalanceScale and ProportionCreating ImpactThe Art of JuxtapositionLighting DesignHow to Design a Lighting SchemeThe Whole EffectWall and Floor FinishesWallsFloorsColour, Texture and PatternColour Palettes TextureCabinetryDoorsFurnitureFurniture LayoutSoft FurnishingsWindow TreatmentsUpholsteryCushionsRunners and ThrowsAccessoriesThe Art of DisplayMood EnhancementDESIGNING ROOMSCreating a Good Impression: The Core of the HomeThe Front DoorEntrance HallsStairsCirculation and FlowLightingGather Together: Living RoomsKey ConsiderationsLayoutsStyleLightingDisplayHome StudiesCook and Chat: KitchensStyleKey ConsiderationsLayoutFunctionalityLightingDecoration and Detailing A Sense of Occasion: Dining RoomsKey ConsiderationsFurnitureStyleLightingAccessoriesPrivate Moments: BedroomsKey ConsiderationsFurnitureStyleLightingDressing Rooms Children’s RoomsSpecial Sanctuary: BathroomsKey ConsiderationsStyleLayoutLightingDecoration and DetailingGuest CloakroomsDowntime: Exercise and Leisure RoomsPools and SpasGymsMedia RoomsPROJECT MANAGEMENTThe BasicsThe Schedule Managing the BudgetAssembling and Managing the TeamLiving on SiteSnaggingInvolving an Architect Address BookAcknowledgements and Credits

‘A wealth of professional advice on both the practical and the aesthetic aspects of interior design. Inspiring room schemes and photographs.’