About Decorating: The Remarkable Rooms of Richard Keith Langham

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This first book on esteemed interior designer and tastemaker Richard Keith Langham presents lavish imagery and insider information on his life and process placing him within the context of his mentors, Mark Hampton and Keith Irvine, and his contemporaries. This book will be a welcome addition to the libraries of decorators, architects, and design-savvy individuals who purchased books on Hampton, Irvine, Mario Buatta, and Albert Hadley, as well as Langham's friends and contemporaries Jeffrey Bilhuber and Tom Scheerer.

From Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Pat Buckley to Hilary Swank and Blaine Trump, Langham has worked with a glamorous clientele. This volume presents his captivating stories and lush interiors classic American with a vibrant and pattern-friendly Southern flair that will inspire design aficionados, home decorators, and fellow interior designers.

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"...the 256-page tomewritten with New Orleans-based writer Sara Ruffin Costelloshowcases thisAD100 designers classic, yet undeniably Southern approach in which inviting comfort meets moments of irreverence and stimulating color. Like the lush, impeccable homes of his clients (Jackie O. and Hilary Swank), the tome is, in a word, remarkable."
Atlanta Homes Lifestyles

"Part biography, part celebration of Langhams lavish work."
The Society Diaries

"A stylish southerner and connoisseur of antinuqes, he is known for designing rooms that are elegant and refined"
Schumacher

"About Decorating: The Remarkable Rooms of Richard Keith Langham features a selection of city and country projectswaterside estates on Marylands Eastern Shore and Floridas Jupiter Island, gracious country houses in Pennsylvania and Connecticut, a grand townhouse in New Orleans, and city residences in New York, Washington, D.C., and Memphis"
The Glam Pad

"On My Bookshelf: Fall Must-Haves"
La Dolce Vita Blog

" 'About Decorating; the Remarkable Rooms of Richard Keith Langham' by Sarah Ruffin Costello talks the same language but from a different sensibility or, as Joe Alsop once wrote, phenomenal."
New York Social Diary

Author Bio

Richard Keith Langham earned a degree in interior design from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. After an apprenticeship at Mark Hampton, Inc., he worked as an Associate Designer with Irvine and Fleming, Inc. for eight years. Langham started his own firm in 1990 and has designed residences around the country and abroad.