Today I celebrate half a decade of blogging and tomorrow I celebrate my 27th birthday. Then, in a matter of weeks I celebrate the highlight of my career to date: the publication of the Bright.Bazaar book. It feels bizarre(!) when I look back at how I’ve evolved from being a just-out-of-my-teens guy into a young man during the five years I’ve been blogging. Life has thrown me all sorts of curve balls in the past five years, as well as a host of money-can’t-buy experiences. What do I know for sure? That the intense hard work across the past half a decade wouldn’t have been anywhere near as fun if it wasn’t for the support of my dear fiancé, or YOU, my dear readers. That’s where you come in because today I’m giving you the chance to WIN one of 10 signed first edition copies of the Bright.Bazaar book. All you have to do is click the relevant link (American book giveaway or UK & Ireland book giveaway) and follow the on screen instructions. Easy! Good luck, friends. Keep reading after the jump for a breakdown and sneak peek into the three main chapters of the book…
The book progresses in three sections, each aimed at helping you create a palette that’s personal to you, as well as arming you with the colour confidence to decorate your home in a vibrant and uplifting style that’s bursting with personality. The first, Colour Is Your Friend, is an introduction to the Bright.Bazaar take on colour, as well as a mix of quick and inspiring ways to invite more colour into your home that you can try today. Think of this as the courting period, where each new colour idea is a date for you to find your rhythm in your personal relationship with hue.
Next is a series of ten Colour Cocktails, where I show you intriguing ways to discover the colours you like best and how to transform your everyday colour inspirations into stylish and vibrant colour palettes. Each of the ten palettes begin with my own inspiration pictures accompanied with personal storytelling of the events and experiences that originally inspired the idea for each colour pairing. The next page shows an inspirational mood board to spark creative ideas to bring the given colour scheme together, with helpful hints, tips and colour know-how to help you get it right. Finally, each palette includes real life homes from across the world (including my own!) that use the exact same palettes in a variety of inspiring ways. I love this section of the book because it’s not only very personal, but also includes lots of my favourite travel photographs. I never would have thought when I took some of these snaps that they would end up being printed in my own book (or any book, for that matter) so it’s certainly very special for me to see these in print.
In the final section, Bringing Colour Home, I explore how to invite colour into every room in your home and make it work for you. Throughout the book I’ve included ‘Will’s Colour Secrets’ – nuggets of helpful colour know-how so that it feels like we’re on a bright and colourful journey together.
// Photography by Will Taylor & Andrew Boyd | Giveaway Ends 15 March 11:59PM EST
51 Comments
Wow! Your book looks great. I can’t believe you’re only 27! I hope you don’t think that’s rude? You’ve just achieved so much by 27. I’m 33 (I think! I’ve lost count) and I’ve been writing my food and craft blog for six month now and I love it. Seeing people like you have success really inspires me and makes me excited for any opportunities in the future. Thanks for sharing all your ideas and best of luck with your book. X
@Rebecca – Thank you for your kind words, it means a lot. Clicking over to your blog now! 🙂
Congratulations! Your book looks amazing and is perfect to help me on my mission for a beautiful, colourful home! Thank you!
@Jessica – Creating a colourful home… that’s just what I love to hear! I hope you enjoy the book! 🙂
So nice with a sneak peak inside the book! Looking good, really good !!! =) xx
@Emelie – So pleased you like the look of what’s inside. I can’t wait to show you more!
What a fantastically useful sounding book. I will order now 🙂
@Rebecca – Very kind of you to say. Thank you for ordering, I hope you enjoy the book as much as I did making it!
Congratulations again Will, and of course also with your 27th birthday coming up! So young and so talented, I wish you all the best on your birthday! 🙂 And may there be many more books to come from your superb hands!!
Too bad I can’t enter the sweepstakes since I’m not an American or UK resident, but that’s ok: I have preordered my book already, so I cannot wait to hold a copy in my hands… I hope to get it signed one day by you. 🙂
Hugs to you Will,
Inge x
@Inge – Thank you for your sweet words! I hope we can meet one day soon so I can sign you a copy – that would be so much fun! 🙂 x
Glorious colour celebrated in style.
@Yasmin – Thank you very much.
oh! And Australian fans? *sadface*
@Kelly – I hope to have something organised for you soon! 🙂
Both books look SO inviting! I’m sure your book will do very well.
I’m heartbroken that only US, UK & Ireland entries are allowed 🙁
And congratulations on how far you’ve come as a blogger! 😀
@Alexandra – Thank you for your kind and generous words! There will be a German edition published in September! 🙂
Ah thank you Will, it’s very kind of you to take the time to look x
@Rebecca – The Apricot and Fruit loaf looked so tasty! x
congrats and look at what you have accomplished in a short 5 years … and only 27!!! so glad to have found your blog and have met you over the blog world for daily inspiration and amazing fun when we get together!!
Chris and I are planning a trip to Europe again this Christmas and our layover before returning to Toronto maybe London!! Hope you are in town around new year 🙂
@Tim – Thank you, Mr. Your support and friendship is so important to me! 🙂 And as for New Year fun in London – that sounds BRILLIANT! x
aagh Will I’M SO EXCITED FOR YOUR BOOK!
Huuge happy birthday and congrats with your blogging heritage! I too will be celebrating my birthday on 28th April and your book will be at the top of my wishlist plus my blog will then turn 5 too a month later!
I’m delighted to be finally moving into my own place in London this week and i’ve been pretty much using your blog as my bible trying to find online shops and the best homeware pieces (at the lowest prices of course) to furnish it with. Going to post a wishlist soon and will defiitely have to give your book a mention. Remember you talking about how you were working on it when we met last year – you’ve waited so long!
Anyways best of luck, can’t wait to read it and thanks for being a great resource for the new little home chapter in my life! <3 Lucy ShinyThoughts x
@Lucy – Thank you so much for sharing in my excitement about the book! Your own place in London is also very exciting, all the best with the move this week! Big hugs! x
LOVING that you have an American giveaway! keeping my fingers crossed! xo jillian – cornflake dreams
@Jillian – YEAH! Good luck! 🙂
Im so proud of you Will! I still remember the first time I came across your blog and loved it right away! you deserve it!! xx
@Helena – You are so sweet and generous with your words. We’ve been following each other from the early days and I’m so pleased we’re still in touch! 🙂 x
So happy to see so much yellow since it’s one of my happy colours 😉
Happy birthday for tmrw, 27 was definitely one of my favourite years! You’ll have a blast 🙂
@Sarahmia – Hurrah for another yellow addict! And thanks for the birthday wishes! 🙂
Love the look of the book. I’m not an american or a UK resident so I’ll have to get my copy through Amazon. I turned 27 in January and I think it’s gonna be a great year! I’m accomplishing a dream trip in June, got a new DSLR camera and taking some classes to use it properly and I’m gonna use you’re colourful book as inspiration (I love your pics of London and your many travels….I especially love the colourful doors I often see in your pictures (I have a condo right now so I can’t paint my door but one day, when I buy a house boy am I going to pick a great colour for the front door!). So congrats for your first 27 great years and cheers for the next many decades ahead of you 🙂
@Caro – Thank you for the kind words about the book. I loved reading about your adventures AND your plans to paint your front door a bright colour one day. I plan to do the same, too! 🙂
OOohhh I really hope I win!!!
It looks amazing! Lots of yellow shown here too – I’m loving my yellow Ikea EKERÖ chair which resides in my living room!
x
@Alison – Good luck! Yes, there’s loads of yellow! 🙂
Oooooh my gosh I’m so excited! I cannot wait to get a copy, but I hope I win so mine is signed! Congratulations, and thank you for loving color as much as me 🙂
@Kristin – I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you, good luck! 🙂
wow what a great opportunity even though I’ve pre-ordered mine already. I’ll give one to a friend too if I win. Thank you for such a kind offer Will
Jo x
@Jo – That’s a lovely idea! Good luck! 🙂 x
Hmmm You have a lot of Canadian fans and followers also… Sniff
@Louise – I know, I feel terrible but I don’t set the rules, my publishers do. I’m sorry.
Happy Birthday Will! I’m excited about your book and the excerpts look really great. I am pre-ordering your book anyway but there’s no harm in joining the giveaway 😉
@Zhi – Thanks so much for pre-ordering and good luck with the giveaway! 🙂
Love that candy crush spread!
Cannot wait to browse through your book ; – )
@Lise – I’m so pleased you like it! Means a lot to hear that you from you. 🙂
This is such a big milestone for you and what an achievement. Really pleased for you and if I don’t win I’ll be sure to pick up a copy.
@Matthew – Cheers for all your support throughout the years, I really appreciate it!
AHHH Hope you had a marvelous Birthday Will. So exciting with everything happening to you and the books looks just divine. I am danish so I look forward to the international giveaway ha ha – or I’ll be in line at the store when it goes on sale 🙂 Happy weekend sweets,
Axx
@Anya – It was a wonderful birthday, thank you! Thanks for all your support xx
Congratulations Will! You’ve done so incredibly well, can’t wait to see what the next 5 years holds for you. Looking forward to getting my hands on a copy of your book. And a big belated happy birthday! xx
@Lana – Thank you for all your support, Lana! 🙂 xx
I’ve just discovered your blog and I’m so glad I did! I love absolutely everything!!! I’m parisian so I also look forward to a french edition 🙂
@Mademoiselle Bagatelles – Thank you! Fingers crossed for a French edition 😉
I WON! OMG!