Hue by Kelly Wearstler

This book is extremely hard to find in the bigger size. It finally arrived towards the end of last week and I was very excited to receive it. However while dust cover is in pretty good shape(although NOT new), I happened to see today that there is a MASSIVE tea stain all over the front main hard cover, along the vertical surface of the underside reveal and on some of the internal pages. Really not happy about this at all, but as I've waited since the 28th March for this book - there is not much to be done.Please check your products BEFORE shipping!

Each of Kelly Wearstlers books has been beautiful and inspiring , once again HUE has done the same. This book offers an exciting way to look at and to remind us to use more COLOR! Each page is a visual treat layered with great design ideas and unique artwork with a fabulous sneak peek into the authors life. LOVE IT!

Kelly Wearstler is confident enough in her design ability that she tries to challenge herself with going in new directions pretty often. She has defintely proved with this book and her design work for Viceroys Anguilla and Snowmass that she is not a one-Hollywood Regency-trick pony. She has to be commended for not doing years of the same interiors.This book is great as an inspiration piece. I have been overwhelmingly inspired by her work. That said, because Kelly's aesthetic is so layered and textured, it would have been great for her to talk about some of the specific treatments. For example, are all of the wallpapers custom? What was her inspiration for the color and design of the wallpapers? What was the overall feel or direction she was going for when designing her house? How did she select the artwork? Are the furniture pieces high and low or all high end (okay, so they are all high end)? It would be great to get inside her head a little bit.But it seems like most people will probably never have the opportunity to examine her design process with any degree of satisfaction. And I say that only because Kelly Wearstler has turned into a major brand with product extensions all over the place. Brands don't like to be controversial and they don't like to reveal too much about themselves to keep the mystique and fantasy going. I could be wrong, just a feeling.I mean, sure Kelly's in this book with her kids, but it is all about creating a fantasy of having it all: personal beauty, stunning interiors, great kids, a house that has movie star lineage, an awesome wardrobe, glamour and above all wealth. I think she's very smart and media savvy to do it; her books are basically brochures she gets paid for creating. However, I wish there could be a discussion of her work on a deeper level.I do also wish that she would showcase more homes of people with wealth lesser than hers. Her average client is probably not as adventurous either I bet. I'm curious to see what that would look like, but maybe she is too busy to do a lot of residential because she has so many spinning plates?

I love Kelly Wearstler!! She's the best in design and workmanship!

I am a huge fan of Wearstler's irreverent, colorful design, but this book was a serious letdown. For a tome titled "Hue", she was hardly creative with real color. The fabric cover itself is just white! The entire book is just 12 rooms or so shot from different angles to highlight a particular artifact in a particular color. Worst of all, she used the same books and artifacts over and over. The glamor shots of her and her sons were out of place and the spread of her jewelry and shoe collections were quite self-indulgent. While text in a design book is often superfluous, hers is limited to an "interview" at the beginning without any real discussion of the rooms presented. Don't waste your money on this one.

I love leafing through this book when I need a pick-me-up. It's jazzy and bright and unapologetic. I love color and I love this book. I only wish I could replicate the results shown here, but my budget won't allow such grandeur. So I rely on this book to transport me to truly magical places.