title: Beautiful Interiors: An Expert's Guide to Creating a More Liveable Home
author: Chris Little
description: Homeowners need not copy ideas from magazines or follow current trends to achieve a look that they love, says interior decorator Gandy. Instead, they need only understand the basic principles of good design so that they can better recognize and communicate their own ideas to professionals. In this accessible guide, Gandy defines design terms such as rhythm, form, scale and closure and explains how to use these elements to achieve a desired effect. For example, Gandy explains that regular rhythm, like equally spaced candles, "adds order and can have a calming affect" while irregular rhythm, like photographs in different sized frames, "creates movement." Little's color photographs of successful designs offer stunning visual examples of each concept. Gandy also includes helpful hints for creating what he calls "The Wow Factor," which can be achieved by paying close attention to detail when using artwork or natural objects like plants and bouquets. Organized with easy-to-follow subheadings, bulleted lists and numerous pictures, this coffee-table book is designed as elegantly as the rooms it displays and should be a valuable resource for amateur decorators and do-it-yourselfers. <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  ## CHAPTER NINE
  
  
  The Blind Side
  
  
  BIRTH OF A STAR
  
  
  THE REDBRICK MONSTROSITY rises from a hollow beside a quiet road in the
  Buckhead section of Atlanta. To call it a home would be to give the wrong
  impression. It’s less a shelter than a statement: the long sweeping driveway,
  the lawn that could double as a putting green, the giant white columns, the
  smooth stone porch inscribed with greetings in Latin. Through the leaded glass
  windows can be glimpsed sleek marble floors leading to a grand staircase lit
  by chandeliers with enough wattage to illuminate an opera house. It’s the sort
  of place where the door really should be answered by an English butler, but
  Steve Wallace answers his own door. He wears shorts, T-shirt, and sandals, and
  has the pleasantly surprised air of a man who has just woken up from a dream
  that he is rich only to discover that he’s actually rich. The only thing that
  the home and its 