This volume of classic gorgeousness for our design libraries is destined to thrill! You’ll love how a breathtaking and timeless collection of designs by Mark D. Sikes within MORE BEAUTIFUL: All American Decoration (Rizzoli, 2020) is smartly categorized. Mark D. Sikes & MORE BEAUTIFUL All American Decor spotlights traditional style from the designer and this lovely book. (This post was updated from the original in 2020)
![Mark Sikes designed twin guest room with Sister Parish blue wallpaper and classic American design. #bluebedrooms #marksikes](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Mark-Sikes-twin-bedroom-wallpaper-blue-More-Beautiful.jpg)
All Images: ©More Beautiful: All-American Decoration, Rizzoli New York, 2020. All photographs in the book ©Amy Neunsinger, but no images may be used, in print or electronically, without written consent from the publisher.
Mark D. Sikes MORE BEAUTIFUL All American Decor
![Mark Sikes designed blue room with stripe wallcovering on ceiling, daybed, and built-in bookshelves. From More Beautiful (Rizzoli, 2020) with photography by Amy Neunsinger.](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Mark-Sikes-blue-stripe-ceiling-daybed-jute-rug-american-classic-more-beautiful.jpg)
After all, “American” is hardly sufficient as a singular description of interiors any more than it is of individuals who live here.
![Beautiful mixed royal blue patterns of wallpaper and upholstery in a charming traditional space - design by Mark Sikes.](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/mark-sikes-blue-wallpaper-royal-traditional.jpg)
We’re an eclectic land of diversity and color!
![Dramatic black wall in a living space with traditional design by Mark Sikes.](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/mark-sikes-traditional-living-room-black-wall.jpg)
What a country!
![Mark Sikes - More Beautiful (Rizzoli, 2020) with photography by Amy Neunsinger.](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/mark-sikes-garden-patio-terrace-more-beautiful.jpg)
More beautiful? I also own the first volume BEAUTIFUL which you can peek at here:
5 Distinct Design Styles
You’ll discover in MORE BEAUTIFUL five distinct styles, “all of which exude the happiness that comes with surrounding oneself with things you love.”
![Glorious all American classic interior design by Mark Sikes from MORE BEAUTIFUL - see more on Hello Lovely Studio. #marksikes #morebeautiful #interiordesign #classicstyle #traditionalstyle](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/more-beautiful-mark-sikes-classic-kitchen-1440x944.jpg)
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Which style is more you?
![Mark Sikes designed entry with wrought iron staircase and skirted round table. #traditionalstyle #entry #interiordesign](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/mark-sikes-entry-gracie-wallpaper-round-skirted-table-wrought-iron-staircase.jpg)
I guarantee you’ll gravitate more toward one in particular, but isn’t the fusion of several a recipe for lovely?
![Mark D. Sikes quote on Hello Lovely Studio. #interiordesign #markdsikes #traditionaldesign](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/palisades-floret-china-blue-schumacher-mark-d-sikes-01.jpg)
All American Traditional Style
Traditional? When it’s styled traditionally by Mark Sikes, it is not your granny’s trad.
![Beautiful Santa Barbara home exterior - Mark Sikes. #whitehouse #housexteriors #wroughtirongate](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/mark-sikes-wrought-iron-gate-house-beautiful-white-house.jpg)
Think rich colors, antiques, and plenty of patterns. Here’s a favorite traditional kitchen.
![Beautiful traditional living room with floral sofa - Mark Sikes. #livingrooms #interiordesign](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/mark-d-sikes-living-room-floral-sofa-veranda.jpg)
While you may know designer Mark D. Sikes is a renowned interior designer who creates one of a kind timeless spaces, he also partners with brands like Schumacher, Henredon, and Merida.
One of my favorite collaborations is Sikes + Annie Selke for Pine Cone Hill!
![American style finds from designer Mark D. Sikes on Hello Lovely Studio.](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/american-style-finds-mark-d-sikes-banner-hello-lovely-studio.jpg)
![Fanciful blue wallcovering in a classic American living room with interior design by Mark Sikes, author of MORE BEAUTIFUL (Rizzoli, 2020) with photography by Amy Neunsinger.](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Mark-Sikes-blue-living-room-more-beautiful-traditional-american-classic-design.jpg)
Hear from Mark, Annie, and Bunny Williams in this interview:
![Coastal classic American bathroom with blue accents and creamy walls - Mark Sikes, author of MORE BEAUTIFUL (Rizzoli, 2020) with photography by Amy Neunsinger.](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Mark-Sikes-bathroom-white-blue-accents-more-beautiful-classic-american-traditional.jpg)
If you love all American decor, traditional style, and coastal charm, you will fall for pieces designed for him HERE.
![Beautiful blue traditional kitchen with white cabinets - design by Mark Sikes. #bluekitchen #blueandwhite #kitchendesign](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/mark-sikes-blue-traditional-kitchen.jpg)
American Classic Style
Navy and cream elegant wallpaper has such a timelessness.
Coastal Style
![Glorious all American classic interior design by Mark Sikes from MORE BEAUTIFUL - see more on Hello Lovely Studio. #marksikes #morebeautiful #interiordesign #classicstyle #traditionalstyle](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/more-beautiful-mark-sikes-coastal-bedroom-1440x939.jpg)
So much nature in those neutrals, sunshine in those woven textures, and airiness in pretty blues and whites.
![Mark D. Sikes quote on Hello Lovely Studio. #interiordesign #markdsikes #traditionaldesign](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/palisades-floret-china-blue-schumacher-mark-d-sikes-02.jpg)
![Glorious all American classic interior design by Mark Sikes from MORE BEAUTIFUL - see more on Hello Lovely Studio. #marksikes #morebeautiful #interiordesign #classicstyle #traditionalstyle](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/more-beautiful-mark-sikes-traditional-blue-living-room-1440x881.jpg)
Beautiful Mark D. Sikes Style
The fifth style simply summarized as BEAUTIFUL encompasses Sikes’ signature favorites: Italian wicker, blue and white, and Anglo-Indian antiques.
![Glorious all American classic interior design by Mark Sikes from MORE BEAUTIFUL - see more on Hello Lovely Studio. #marksikes #morebeautiful #interiordesign #classicstyle #traditionalstyle](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/more-beautiful-mark-sikes-blue-bedroom-1440x836.jpg)
I am so happy to hear I’m not the only one who still hangs on to books! It is becoming such an old fashioned sort of tendency that surely it can’t be long before it is JUST THE MOST CHIC THING.
![Mark D. Sikes quote on Hello Lovely Studio. #interiordesign #markdsikes #traditionaldesign](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/palisades-floret-china-blue-schumacher-mark-d-sikes-03.jpg)
![Beautiful study with bookcases of magazines collected by Mark Sikes. #study #interiordesign #neutralinteriors](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/mark-sikes-study-neutral-stripe-bookshelves-magazines.jpg)
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The Annie, Bunny and Mark video was a fabulous, entertaining, informative ‘peek backstage’. Thank you for sharing it with us!
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Thanks for watching it – I loved it too since it is not often we are treated to a master class like that!