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Great Inspiration: My Adventures in Decorating with Notable Interior Designers Hardcover – September 3, 2024

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One client, multiple decorators, extraordinarily influential rooms—an intimate look at the interiors of a design aficionada both working with preeminent interior designers and creating her own environments.

The decorating evolution of Bryan—one of the great patrons of interior design—has gone from classic modernism to sumptuous traditionalism to romantic eclecticism and everything in between, with the collaboration of such renowned interior designers as Tom Britt, Mica Ertegun, Susan Gutfreund, Mark Hampton, and Studio Peregalli Sartori. Each residence and each room make up an aesthetic memoir that explores those collaborations, reveals insights into the various processes, and inspires others to look at their own spaces and consider a myriad of beautiful and appropriate options. Anecdotes divulge her astute guidance and the charming idiosyncrasies of some of the twentieth century’s greatest decorators.

For Bryan, decorating has been a fifty-year journey of education, relocation, and transformation—with homes in New York City, Palm Beach, East Hampton, Brussels, and Paris to name a few. Each of the twenty-three residences that Bryan has called her own has been a stepping stone in the development not only of one woman’s style, identity, and character but also of American interior-design history.
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  6. ISBN-10
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  7. ISBN-13
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"A rare perspective guides this interior design volume. Katherine Bryan is, among many things, a longtime patron of American design legends across many different residences. Through her eyes, this volume studies the work she solicited from Albert Hadley, Mark Hampton—who was 'not only a decorator but also a scholar' in Bryan’s words—and other talents over 40 years. Detail shots of chintzes, photos of her children in her furnished houses, and original sketches color this volume, which is also an ode to New York: Four of the featured residences are in Manhattan, three are in Long Island. Her narration, alongside contributions from AD editor Mitchell Owens, proves that this process has shaped her own design sensibilities. In her own words: 'Decorators are teachers, and if you’re lucky, you will become a good student as well as a grateful client.'" — ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST

"A patron of interior design, she has embraced a plethora of aesthetics, including modernism, traditionalism, romantic eclecticism, and everything in between. She has collaborated with renowned interior designers as Tom Britt, Mica Ertegun, Susan Gutfreund, Mark Hampton, and Studio Peregalli Sartori—all traced in her new book, Great Expectations: My Adventures in Decorating with Notable Interior Designers." — PALMER

About the Author

Katherine Bryan is a Manhattan psychologist and decorator. She has worked with some of the stars of interior design for her own residences. Mitchell Owens is the American editor of The World of Interiors. He has also held editorial positions at Architectural Digest and Elle Decor. Roberto Peregalli and Laura Sartori Rimini are the owners of Studio Peregalli Sartori, a Milan-based interior design and architectural firm. George Gurley is a journalist who has written for publications including the New York Times and Vanity Fair.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Rizzoli (September 3, 2024)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 084783641X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0847836413
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.34 x 1.08 x 11.78 inches
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A truly lovely book put together with a care that is so rare these days. A magnificent showpiece with artistic, unique design ideas riddled throughout - especially for those with the eye for it. It’s a fascinating history lesson as well on how aesthetics develop and change through time and different spaces…and often where they show up…as well as hide in the wild. A beautiful read for yourself or as a gift. Beautifully presented.
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  • J. Heard
    5.0 out of 5 stars beautifully presented and visually breathtaking
    Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2025
    A truly lovely book put together with a care that is so rare these days. A magnificent showpiece with artistic, unique design ideas riddled throughout - especially for those with the eye for it. It’s a fascinating history lesson as well on how aesthetics develop and change through time and different spaces…and often where they show up…as well as hide in the wild. A beautiful read for yourself or as a gift. Beautifully presented.
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    Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2025
    A truly lovely book put together with a care that is so rare these days. A magnificent showpiece with artistic, unique design ideas riddled throughout - especially for those with the eye for it. It’s a fascinating history lesson as well on how aesthetics develop and change through time and different spaces…and often where they show up…as well as hide in the wild. A beautiful read for yourself or as a gift. Beautifully presented.
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  • Hilary
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Christmas present
    Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2024
    This is the most wonderful book filled with fascinating, insights and amazingly beautiful rooms. It is a real treat to read this and a fabulous Christmas present.
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  • Andrew
    1.0 out of 5 stars Don’t waste your time!
    Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2025
    This book is written by the author as an ode to herself. The name dropping made the text unreadable. The book is full of overdone, outdated rooms. They are all so stuffy, pretentious, and unlivable. I unfortunately didn’t come away with any design ideas, as the title suggests.
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  • J. Bryan
    5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book! Amazing houses.
    Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2024
    Such beautiful photographs. Such beautiful homes.
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