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Coastal Blues: Mrs. Howard's Guide to Decorating with the Colors of the Sea and Sky Hardcover – Illustrated, April 10, 2018
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“Known for her stunning Southern style.” —Oprah.com
“The reigning queen of Southern design.” —USA Today
A hardworking how-to-get-the-look book that offers solid interior design and styling advice, Coastal Blues features brand-new, never-before-published projects, with every page reflecting the ease and casual elegance of shoreline living. Chapters include:
- Sea Glass
- Coral Reef
- Deep Ocean Blue
- Clear Water
- Indigo Bay
- Ocean Mist
Working in blue, Phoebe helps you choose wallpaper, furniture fabrics, serving ware, window treatments, and much more.
Whether you are decorating or redecorating your beach home, or simply want to bring coastal style to your urban or suburban home, Phoebe’s ideas, beautiful blues, and popular designs will delight you, your family, and your guests. Coastal Blues is the perfect book for a coffee table, but it will be referred to again and again . . . and it makes a great gift book.
- Print length272 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherAbrams Books
- Publication dateApril 10, 2018
- Dimensions8.8 x 1.15 x 10.3 inches
- ISBN-101419724800
- ISBN-13978-1419724800
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- Publisher : Abrams Books
- Publication date : April 10, 2018
- Edition : Illustrated
- Language : English
- Print length : 272 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1419724800
- ISBN-13 : 978-1419724800
- Item Weight : 3.2 pounds
- Dimensions : 8.8 x 1.15 x 10.3 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #17,992 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2 in Furniture Design (Books)
- #36 in Interior Design
- #46 in Home Decorating (Books)
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Customers appreciate the book's great photos and love its color palette, particularly the various shades of blue. Moreover, they find the ideas helpful, with one customer noting it's great for renovation projects. Additionally, customers consider the book worth its price.
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Customers appreciate the photos in the book, noting that it is loaded with pictures.
"Wow! What beautiful photography. Each page was a feast for the eyes. Love all the colors of blue to decorate with." Read more
"...It looks so good in her costal themed bedroom and has great photos inside. She loved it!" Read more
"This book is loaded with pictures giving plenty of ideas to live your best beach life inside while bringing in the Oceanside...." Read more
"This book is well made with fairly heavy pages and clear photographs. However, most of the photos have dark furniture and dark blue decor...." Read more
Customers love the blue color palette in the book, with one mentioning the inclusion of paint chips for several color schemes.
"...Each page was a feast for the eyes. Love all the colors of blue to decorate with." Read more
"Photography captured the feel of each room. Decorating Ideas will flow with your coastal blues book. Great coffee table book!" Read more
"...GORGEOUS shots, and everything is sectioned into various shades of blue. Dreamy and ethereal, you can get lost looking though it. Love it!" Read more
"The photos are really nice and there are "paint chips" for several color schemes to help with planning...." Read more
Customers find the book full of great ideas, with one customer noting it's particularly helpful for renovation projects.
"Lovely book with great ideas and photos." Read more
"This book is loaded with pictures giving plenty of ideas to live your best beach life inside while bringing in the Oceanside...." Read more
"This book is loaded with information and lots of wonderful photos! I love it!!!!" Read more
"...nice and there are "paint chips" for several color schemes to help with planning. We will use it to plan a color scheme for our new home." Read more
Customers find the book worth the money, with one mentioning it offers great quality for the price.
"This book is super cute and a great quality for the price!" Read more
"Beautiful book at a great price." Read more
"...Definitely worth the money!" Read more
"Beautiful Pictures - excellent purchase..." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2025Perfect coffee table book for my beach house.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2025They did not skimp on pictures and the were beautiful. MS Howard was very informative as to shades of blue and the color schemes that work so beautifully with coastal blues
- Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2025Gave my mom this book for her bedroom dresser as a Christa’s gift. It looks so good in her costal themed bedroom and has great photos inside. She loved it!
- Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2024This book is so pretty! I use them for decor on coffee & end tables. People ask if they can view the book because it looks so classy as decor.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2024This book is super cute and a great quality for the price!
- Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2024The media could not be loaded.
I only use this book for decor. I’ve looked through the pages, but never actually read the content. Overall, it serves his purpose and looks great on my entertainment center.
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- Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2024Book is great, but it wasn't packed well so the corners of the book were bent.
- Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2024So happy that I bought this book! It is an awesome coastal decorating guide not to mention how pretty it is on my coffee table!
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- Brandy McElderryReviewed in Canada on August 4, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book
This book has lots of inspiration and has helped me style my new home.
Brandy McElderryBeautiful book
Reviewed in Canada on August 4, 2024
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- KirtReviewed in Australia on April 19, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars Love It
Beautiful Pictures and designs, looks great as a coffee table book
- Amazon CustomerReviewed in the United Kingdom on March 15, 2019
5.0 out of 5 stars A great guide to Coastal Blues interior design
Beautifully illustrated & written context, with colour charts & pallets.
- Marie HattReviewed in Canada on March 18, 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars Coastal beauty
Absolutely loved this book. I am using the room ideas. The blues are so beautiful. Looking forward to the next book
- Mrs JoanieReviewed in the United Kingdom on September 11, 2018
2.0 out of 5 stars Two Stars
Not enough information about fabrics etc