100 Best Decorating Books of All Time (Updated for 2026)

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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing

Marie Kondō

5.0

Despite constant efforts to declutter your home, do papers still accumulate like snowdrifts and clothes pile up like a tangled mess of noodles?

Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly simplify and organize your home once, you'll never have to do it again. Most methods advocate a room-by-room or little-by-little approach, which doom

Recommended by Andra Zaharia, Annie Loves Covfefe, Benjamin Spall, and 3 others.

Andra Zaharia

I’ve gone through quite a few experiences brought on or shaped by what I’ve learned from books. … a more frivolous example is The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying. I read this one when moving apartments a few years ago and it made me throw or give away ⅓ of my stuff. The result: freeing up space, both physical and mental, and acquiring some home organizing skills that have stuck with me ever since. My home is tidier and my mind is clearer because of this book. [source]

Annie Loves Covfefe

@Benny29143790 @Thereal_ssteele Oh how I love Kondo cleaning. Her first book is fantastic too!! [source]

Benjamin Spall

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo … I started reading on vacation. I interviewed Marie for my own book and while the translation is somewhat quirky in places, her book is worth the hype. [source]

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The Design of Everyday Things

Don Norman

5.0

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Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure out which light switch or oven burner to turn on, or whether to push, pull, or slide a door. The fault, argues this ingenious—even liberating—book, lies not in ourselves, but in product design that ignores the needs of users and the principles of cognitive psychology. The problems range from ambiguous and hidden controls to arbitrary r

Recommended by Andrew Chen, Marissa Mayer, Nir Eyal, and 23 others.

Grey Baker

I mainly read to decompress and change my state of mind, so it’s hard to point to an insight I read that helped me. Reading fiction has pulled me out of a bad mood more times than I can count, though, and always reenergises me to attack problems that had stumped me again. That said, I read and loved Norman Norman’s “The Design of Everyday Things”, and it’s helped me think through design problems ever since. [source]

Julia Enthoven

For people interested in designing or building software products: The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman and The Lean Product Playbook by Dan Olsen. Both books have informed my product sense and helped me make decisions about great UX. [source]

Kaci Lambe

These three books are about how people actually use design in their lives. They helped me understand this very basic idea: There are no dumb users, only bad designers. Take the time to create based on how your design will be interacted with. Test it. Iterate. That's how you become a good designer. [source]

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Homebody: A Guide to Creating Spaces You Never Want to Leave

Joanna Gaines

4.9

In her design book, Homebody: A Guide To Creating Spaces You Never Want to Leave, Joanna Gaines walks you through how to create a home that reflects the personalities and stories of the people who live there. This comprehensive guide will help you assess your priorities and your instincts, as well as your likes and dislikes, with practical steps for navigating and embracing your authentic design s

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Domino: The Book of Decorating: A Room-by-Room Guide to Creating a Home That Makes You Happy

Deborah Needleman, Sara Ruffin Costello, Dara Caponigro

4.8

Domino: The Book of Decorating cracks the code to creating a beautiful home, bringing together inspiring rooms, how-to advice and insiders' secrets from today's premier tastemakers in an indispensable style manual. The editors take readers room by room, tapping the best ideas from domino magazine and culling insights from their own experiences. With an eye to making design accessible and exciting,

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The Nesting Place: It Doesn’t Have to Be Perfect to Be Beautiful

Myquillyn Smith

4.8

Popular blogger and author of Cozy Minimalist Home Myquillyn Smith (The Nester) helps readers find beauty in imperfection and freedom to take risks to create the home - and life - they’ve always wanted. This beautiful four-color book is full of photos and creative, easy ideas for arranging, decorating, and cultivating a welcoming home.

Myquillyn Smith is all about embracing reality - especially whe

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Styled: Secrets for Arranging Rooms, from Tabletops to Bookshelves

Emily Henderson

4.6

The ultimate guide to thinking like a stylist, with 1,000 design ideas for creating the most beautiful, personal, and livable rooms
It’s easy to find your own style confidence once you know this secret: While decorating can take months and tons of money, styling often takes just minutes. Even a few little tweaks can transform the way your room feels.
At the heart of Styled are Emily Henderson’s te

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The Perfectly Imperfect Home: How to Decorate & Live Well

Deborah Needleman, Virginia Johnson

4.5

Style is a luxury, and luxury is simply what makes you happy.

Over the years, founding editor in chief of domino magazine Deborah Needleman has seen all kinds of rooms, with all kinds of furnishings. Her conclusion: It's not hard to create a relaxed, stylish, and comfortable home. Just a few well-considered items can completely change the feel of your space, and The Perfectly Imperfect Home reveals

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New Cottage Style: Decorating Ideas for Casual, Comfortable Living

Better Homes and Gardens

4.5

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New Decorating Book

Better Homes & Gardens

4.4

A revised and updated edition of the flagship guide from the authorities on home decorating The Better Homes and Gardens New Decorating Book has been the decorating resource readers have turned to for more than half a century. Like its predecessors, the Tenth Edition features solid instruction, hundreds of examples, and clear interpretation of design guidelines that generations of readers have com

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Cozy Minimalist Home: More Style, Less Stuff

Myquillyn Smith

4.4

More Style, Less Stuff

Cozy Minimalism isn’t about going without or achieving a particular new, modern style. Nope. It’s simply a mindset that helps you get whatever style YOU LOVE with the fewest possible items.

You want a warm, cozy, inviting home, without using more resources, money, and stuff than needed. Why use more if you don't have to?

In Cozy Minimalist Home, accidental stylist and bestselli

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Elements of Style: Designing a Home a Life

Erin Gates

4.4

From the rising-star designer and author of the hit blog, Elements of Style, a full-color, fully illustrated book packed with honest advice, inspiration, ideas, and lessons learned about designing a home that reflects your personality and style.

Elements of Style is a uniquely personal and practical decorating guide that shows how designing a home can be an outlet of personal expression and an exer

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Young House Love: 243 Ways to Paint, Craft, Update Show Your Home Some Love

Sherry Petersik, John Petersik

4.4

Design ideas for every style, skill level, and budget, from the beloved couple behind YoungHouseLove.com

This debut book by bloggers Sherry and John Petersik is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up a home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts, 5 million blog hits per month, and an ever-growing audience since the launch of "Young House

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Design*Sponge at Home

Grace Bonney

4.4

"The long-awaited home décor bible by the beloved design blogger"

Thank you, wrote a reader to Design*Sponge creator Grace Bonney, for teaching me that houses don't have to be frumpy and formal. They don't have to be matchy-matchy or rigidly modern. They can just be comfy and unique and reflect who you are, no matter how small your budget or space.

That reader is one of the 75,000 unique daily visit

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The Magnolia Story

Chip Gaines

4.4

This eBook includes the full text of the book plus an exclusive additional chapter from Chip and Joanna that is not found in the hardcover!

Are you ready to see your fixer upper?

These famous words are now synonymous with the dynamic husband-and-wife team Chip and Joanna Gaines, stars of HGTV’s Fixer Upper. As this question fills the airwaves with anticipation, their legions of fans continue to mult

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The Things That Matter

Nate Berkus

4.3

Does your home tell the story of who you are?

In The Things That Matter, Nate Berkus shares intimate stories from his life, introduces us to people who influenced him and helped him forge his sense of style, and opens up about the remarkable experiences that have left him forever changed, all of which find expression in how he lives today. From his most cherished flea market finds, to his beloved

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Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up

Marie Kondō

4.3

Spark Joy is an in-depth, line illustrated, room-by-room guide to decluttering and organising your home. It covers every room in the house from bedrooms and kitchens to bathrooms and living rooms as well as a wide range of items in different categories, including clothes, photographs, paperwork, books, cutlery, cosmetics, shoes, bags, wallets and valuables. Charming line drawings explain how to pr

Recommended by Deke Bridges.

Deke Bridges

@ritawynthomas @MarieKondo Happy Friday Rita. It's a great book... part 2 of Marie's first book. Highly recommend. [source]

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501 Decorating Ideas Under $100

Better Homes and Gardens

4.3

501 easy, affordable DIY decorating projects for every room in your home Giving your home a facelift doesn't have to break the bank-or your back! This idea-packed book gives you step-by-step instructions for tackling small, inexpensive, and easily achievable decorating projects that will give your home a whole new look.

501 Decorating Ideas Under $100 gives you projects and inspiration for sprucing

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A Touch of Farmhouse Charm: Easy DIY Projects to Add a Warm and Rustic Feel to Any Room

Liz Fourez

4.3

Create the Home You’ve Always Dreamed of with Easy, Authentic Farmhouse Décor

Opening A Touch of Farmhouse Charm is like taking a breath of fresh, clean country air. With the turn of each page, Liz Fourez leads you on a tour through her family’s house, restored to its 1940s rustic farm style, and teaches you how to make each handmade decoration yourself. The projects require minimal effort, yet add

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Call It Home: The Details That Matter

Amber Lewis

4.3

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Through gorgeous photography and heartfelt essays, the interior designer and author of Made for Living reveals her detail-oriented approach to renovating, decorating, and building a beautiful home.The details can make a room. The bullnose edge of a marble countertop. The wood grain and color of the flooring. The particular pleat of the drape. Amber Lewis, the esteemed designe

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Not So Big House

Sarah Susanka, Kira Obolensky

4.3

This best-seller was met with an extraordinary response when it was published in 1998. In it, visionary architect Sarah Susanka embraced the notion of smaller, simpler shelters that better meet the needs of the way we live today. The book created a groundswell of interest among homeowners, architects, and builders. More than 200 photographs bring the spirit of the ""Not So Big"" house alive.

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The Home Edit: A Guide to Organizing and Realizing Your House Goals

Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin

4.3

There's decorating, and then there's organizing. From the Instagram-sensation home experts (with a serious fan club that includes Reese Witherspoon, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Mindy Kaling), here is an accessible, room-by-room guide to establishing new order in your home.

Believe this: every single space in your house has the potential to function efficiently and look great. The mishmash of summer and wi

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Romantic Prairie Style

Fifi O'Neill

4.3

Romantic Prairie Style embraces simple pleasures, comfort and the long-cherished ideals of natural beauty, simplicity and harmony with the earth. It's a style that says 'home' wherever you may be because, more than anything else, it's a mindset: gentle but strong, welcoming and lasting, durable yet sophisticated and, above all, real. Over the centuries, the humble dwellings built by European immig

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Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

Fumio Sasaki

4.2

Fumio Sasaki is not an enlightened minimalism expert; he’s just a regular guy who was stressed at work, insecure, and constantly comparing himself to others—until one day he decided to change his life by reducing his possessions to the bare minimum. The benefits were instantaneous and absolutely remarkable: without all his “stuff,” Sasaki finally felt true freedom, peace of mind, and appreciation

Recommended by Kyle Chayka.

Kyle Chayka

Sasaki not only describes how he cleaned out his apartment, but has a list of everything he earns, and suggests that you try to buy the same things. He tells you why you should live with only one low table instead of, you know, a dining room. So I think this book in particular presents a particular aesthetic and style that goes with ‘the minimalist lifestyle.’ [source]

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The New Bohemians: Cool and Collected Homes

Justina Blakeney

4.2

New York Times Bestseller

In The New Bohemians, LA-based designer Justina Blakeney defines the New Bohemians as creative individuals who are boutique owners and bloggers, entrepreneurs and ex-pats, artists and urban farmers. They embrace free-spirited, no-rules lifestyles and apply that attitude to all areas of their existence, including their homes. With little distinction between work and play,

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The New Bohemians Handbook: Come Home to Good Vibes

Justina Blakeney

4.2

The New Bohemian Handbook guides readers in beautifully simple techniques for adding good vibes and style to living spaces. Packed with hundreds of ideas for bringing positive energy to your home, the book features exercises and activities for thinking about rooms in new ways.

With Justina’s expert guidance, learn how to rearrange, paint, prop, and plant your way to a home that’s fresh and inspiri

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Shabby Chic

Rachel Ashwell

4.2

"Shabby Chic is as unpretentious as its author, including thoughts about what works and what doesn't, tips on how to shop at a flea market, inspirational photographic illustrations and plenty of encouragement." —Los Angeles Daily News

Rachel Ashwell’s bestselling guide to home furnishings, flower arrangements, flea-market finds, tag-sale treasures, and more continues to bring American home decorati

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The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well

Meik Wiking

4.2

Denmark is often said to be the happiest country in the world. That's down to one thing: hygge.

'Hygge has been translated as everything from the art of creating intimacy to cosiness of the soul to taking pleasure from the presence of soothing things. My personal favourite is cocoa by candlelight...'

You know hygge when you feel it. It is when you are cuddled up on a sofa with a loved one, or sharin

Recommended by Vanessa Keng.

Vanessa Keng

I've always loved the uniqueness of Danish culture, and it reminds me that it is the simple things in life that are the most important. [source]

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The Shabby Chic Home

Rachel Ashwell

4.2

Shabby Chic designer Rachel Ashwell shows readers how to turn any house or apartment into a comfortable, functional, beautiful, and stylish home, in this bestselling guide to getting the most out of flea-market finds and vintage treasures.

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Rachel Ashwell's Shabby Chic Treasure Hunting & Decorating Guide

Rachel Ashwell

4.2

The guide to discovering beautiful treasures on a budget from the acclaimed creator of the Shabby Chic style and line of home furnishings.

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Rachel Ashwell Shabby Chic Interiors: My rooms, treasures and trinkets

Rachel Ashwell

4.2

Rachel Ashwell created Shabby Chic: a peaceful, practical way of living that embraces a respect for the things in our lives we hold dear and keeps them at the heart of our homes.

Romantic florals reclining against pure white linen, ruffles of muslin skirting a bed base against bleached floorboards, the deep comfort of a simple nest of fluffy towels… This is Rachel Ashwell’s signature style that for

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House Hushing: The Simple Method to Declutter and Decorate for a More Peaceful Home (Cozy Minimalist Design Inspiration for Your Tidy Home)

Myquillyn Smith

4.2

YOUR HOME CAN BE BOTH SIMPLE AND SOULFULIf you've ever found yourself in an endless loop of decorating and decluttering, you're not alone.We've been told that a peaceful home means a nearly empty home. But peace isn't found in emptiness; it's found in intention.Myquillyn Smith, the original voice behind House Hushing, will help you create a simple, storied home full of personality, without being o

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Cozy White Cottage: 100 Ways to Love the Feeling of Being Home

Liz Marie Galvan

4.2

Whether you live in a country farmhouse or an urban apartment, you will find inspiration for every room in your home. Come cozy up with your creativity and Liz's welcoming voice so you can love the feeling of being at home.

In this beautiful book of house and garden photography and DIY inspiration, popular blogger Liz Marie Galvan shares a hundred tips and tricks, budget-friendly hints, and projec

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Decorate: 1,000 Design Ideas for Every Room in Your Home

Holly Becker, Joanna Copestick

4.2

In Decorate, the world's top designers and leading decor experts including Kelly Wearstler, Amy Butler, Jonathan Adler, and many others come together to share over 1,000 professional tips, ideas, and solutions for every room and every budget. Written and compiled by Holly Becker, founder of the hugely popular design blog Decor8, and Joanna Copestick, acclaimed lifestyle writer, this intensive home

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Sarah Style

Sarah Richardson

4.2

In the flawless style of Deborah Needleman’s Domino comes the interior design book of the decade, from HGTV star, virtual sensation, and Canadian design queen Sarah Richardson.

Ever wondered how to transform your laundry room from drab to fab? Your kitchen from prison to paradise? Your bedroom from boring to beautiful?

Now you can, in this comprehensive interior design tome by design maven extraordi

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At Home with Books: How Booklovers Live with and Care for Their Libraries

Estelle Ellis

4.2

From an elegant, curved modern library with sunny picture windows to a bedroom library with dark wood paneling; from a simple apartment with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves to the grand Rothschild library, At Home with Books shows how book lovers live with their books in every room of the house.

Includes professional advice on editing and categorizing your library; caring for your books; preserving, r

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New Minimalism: Decluttering and Design for Sustainable, Intentional Living

Cary Telander Fortin, Kyle Louise Quilici

4.2

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Cake Decorating for Beginners: A Step-by-Step Guide to Decorating Like a Pro

Rose Atwater

4.1

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Rock Art Handbook: Techniques and Projects for Painting, Coloring, and Transforming Stones

Samantha Sarles

4.1

Discover all of the best techniques for creating amazing rock art! Brush painting isn't the only way to decorate a rock. Almost anything you do on paper or canvas, you can do on a rock. Rock Art Handbook will show you how, with more than 30 step-by-step tutorials featuring dot painting, marbling, embellishments, and much more. It's the perfect opportunity to use your favorite craft supplies, from

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100 Buttercream Flowers: The Complete Step-By-Step Guide to Piping Flowers in Buttercream Icing

Valeri Valeriano and Christina Ong

4.1

Learn to pipe 100 different buttercream flowers to showcase on your cakes with this complete visual reference to piping flowers - each flower is demonstrated on a cupcake, with five full scale projects to show you how to combine your flowers into a masterpiece cake.

Described by Chef Duff Goldman of Ace of Cakes as "hugely aspirational yet completely approachable," the authors demonstrate how to bu

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Ralph Lauren A Way of Living: Home, Design, Inspiration

Ralph Lauren

4.1

A stunning celebration of Ralph Lauren’s signature home collections—including the designer’s own homes—which have inspired the world of interior design for nearly half a century.The cinematic vision of Ralph Lauren is brought to life with a stunning and intimately written book that spans decades of innovation and influence by the iconic American designer. Ralph Lauren: A Way of Living, published b

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The Interior Design Handbook: Furnish, Decorate, and Style Your Space

Frida Ramstedt

4.1

The new comprehensive bible of interior design, from a home styling guru who has coached an entire Scandinavian generation in the art of creating a harmonious home. Frida Ramstedt believes in thinking about how we decorate, rather than focusing on what we decorate with. We know more today than ever before about design trends, furniture, and knickknacks, and now Frida familiarizes readers with the

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I Brake for Yard Sales: High Style - Low Budget

Lara Spencer, Kathy Griffin

4.1

Good Morning America correspondent Lara Spencer is a self-confessed frugalista with a passion for shopping at yard sales, thrift shops, and estate sales, and for decorating her home and friends’ homes with her fabulous finds. In I Brake for Yard Sales, Lara shares her secrets for bargain hunting and tells you where to shop, what to look for, how to pay for it, how to restore it, and finally, where

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Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff

Dana K. White

4.1

You don't have to live overwhelmed by stuff—you can get rid of clutter for good!

While the world seems to be in love with minimalism, many of us simply can't purge it all and start from nothing. In Decluttering at the Speed of Life, decluttering expert Dana White identifies the mindsets and emotional challenges that make it difficult to declutter, and then provides workable solutions to break throu

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Cake Confidence

Mandy Merriman

4.1

There's always something to celebrate in life, and there's no better way to celebrate than with some decadent, mouthwatering cake! No matter your confidence in baking, Mandy Merriman--the Blondie of the popular blog Baking with Blondie--is here to help you think outside the cakebox and create easy, delicious, beautiful cakes that you'll definitely want to show off. Dust off your apron and get read

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Around the Table: Tables and Traditions for Gathering

Shea McGee

4.1

The debut cookbook and guidebook for memorable gatherings from bestselling author and interior design expert Shea McGee. After three years of perfecting every detail and testing recipes on her family at home, Shea McGee presents Around the Table, her first cookbook—a beautiful fusion of design expertise and culinary passion.Filled with intimate anecdotes about hosting and entertaining, practical t

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The Forever Home: Classic, Clever Design to Help You Put Down Roots

Mikel Welch

4.1

A LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • This stunning, easy-to-follow design book shows homeowners and renters how to maximize their budget and create a space that is functional, timeless, and uniquely their own—from the co-host of Netflix’s Hack My Home and in-house design expert on The Drew Barrymore Show.We often hear the term "forever home" and think of an imaginary place we want to live in

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Perfect English Cottage

Ros Byam Shaw

4.1

Perfect English Cottage explores 18 inspirational homes that celebrate the best of cottage style in the English countryside.

Perfect English Cottage explores 18 inspirational homes that celebrate the best of cottage style in the English countryside.

The book explores the decorating and design solutions that make the cottages as attractive inside as out, as well as practical and comfortable to live i

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The Complete Photo Guide to Cake Decorating

Autumn Carpenter

4.1

Cake decorating has never been more fun—or easier! The Complete Photo Guide to Cake Decorating has all the instruction you need to create beautiful cakes for any occasion.

This clearly organized resource for all levels is like having a cake decorating workshop in a book. Discover useful tips for embellishing with buttercream, royal icing, fondant, gum paste, and more. The easy-to-follow instructio

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The Art of Home: A Designer Guide to Creating an Elevated Yet Approachable Home

Shea McGee

4.1

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe long-awaited design book from Shea McGee, beautifully showcasing all that is possible for every room of your home.Whether it's through her thriving design business, Studio McGee, her popular Netflix series, Dream Home Makeover, or her online community of over five million followers, Shea McGee has shown the world how the principles of high-end design can be app

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Home Sweet Home: A Journey Through Mary's Dream Home

Mary Engelbreit

4.1

Mary Engelbreit has delighted readers and decorators for years. Home Sweet Home offers a look at her charming home and helps readers achieve a decorating style uniquely their own.

Mary Englebreit has "visited" readers' homes for years. Home Sweet Home offers readers the chance to peek at the prolific artist's inspiration-her own home in St. Louis, MO.

Home Sweet Home is a beautifully photographed an

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Lovable Livable Home: How to Add Beauty, Get Organized, and Make Your House Work for You

Sherry Petersik, John Petersik

4.1

In the three years since Sherry and John Petersik wrote their bestselling book Young House Love, they have bought a new house and had a new baby, and they have seen their design perspective evolve right along with their family. In their latest book, they’ve set out to prove that just because you have kids or pets doesn’t mean you’re sentenced to floors overrun with toys or furniture covered in pla

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The Interior Design Reference & Specification Book updated & revised: Everything Interior Designers Need to Know Every Day

Chris Grimley and Mimi Love

4.1

The Interior Design Reference & Specification Book collects the information essential to planning and executing interior projects of all shapes and sizes, and distills it in a format that is as easy to use as it is to carry. In this new, revised edition, you'll also find interviews with top practitioners drawn across the field of interior design.

Some of the topics this excellent reference will ex

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House + Love = Home: Creating Warm, Intentional Spaces for a Beautiful Life

Jenny Marrs, Dave Marrs

4.1

The hosts of HGTV’s Fixer to Fabulous welcome you into their home, sharing personal stories and gorgeous photos of their restored farmhouse, their delightful kids, and many of the beautiful, inviting spaces they’ve transformed over the years Beloved by millions of fans, Jenny and Dave Marrs have built and remodeled hundreds of homes over the last two decades, creating joyful, warm, and thoughtful

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Architectural Digest at 100: A Century of Style

Architectural Digest

4.1

A rich visual history of Architectural Digest, published for the magazine’s 100th anniversary

Architectural Digest at 100 celebrates the best from the pages of the international design authority. The editors have delved into the archives and culled years of rich material covering a range of subjects. Ranging freely between present and past, the book features the personal spaces of dozens of privat

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Good Things (The Best of Martha Stewart Living)

Martha Stewart Living Magazine

4.1

Culled from the best of the "Good Things" columns in Martha Stewart Living magazine, this book offers a varied selection of wonderful crafts projects, recipes, hints for home decorating, organizing, and gift-giving. 200 color photos.

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How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind: Dealing with Your House's Dirty Little Secrets

Dana K. White

4.1

Bring your home out of the mess it’s in and learn how to keep it under control.

“The dirty little secret about most organizing advice is that it’s written by organized people,” says blogger, speaker, and decluttering expert Dana K. White. “But that’s not how my brain works. I’m lost on page three.” Dana blogs at A Slob Comes Clean, chronicling her successes and failures with her self-described “des

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A Little Scribble SPOT: A Story About Colorful Emotions

Diane Alber

4.1

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Home in Bloom: Lessons for Creating Floral Beauty in Every Room

Ariella Chezar, Julie Michaels

4.1

A vivid, inspiring look at the role of flowers and plants in interior design through the stunning, wild work of Ariella Chezar.Home in Bloom celebrates the seamless integration of architecture, light, and natural landscapes into Ariella Chezar's floral designs. Her talent for layering colors and combining improbable wild elements results in arrangements that are as gorgeous as they are dynamic. Wi

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Apartment Therapy Presents Real Homes, Real People, Hundreds of Real Design Solutions

Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan, Jill Slater, Janel Laban

4.1

From the Web site that attracts more than 3 million unique visitors a month, this groundbreaking book features 40 homes decorated by real people. Over 400 photos show details of all sorts of abodesfrom a tiny rental in Brooklyn to a condo in San Diego to a ranch-style in Miami. Each home profile includes floor plans, detailed resource lists, and "how I did it" explanations from the renters and own

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Whiskey In a Teacup

Reese Witherspoon

4.1

Academy award-winning actress, producer, and entrepreneur Reese Witherspoon invites you into her world, where she infuses the southern style, parties, and traditions she loves with contemporary flair and charm.

Reese Witherspoon’s grandmother Dorothea always said that a combination of beauty and strength made southern women “whiskey in a teacup.” We may be delicate and ornamental on the outside, sh

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The Very Efficient Carpenter: Basic Framing for Residential Construction (For Pros, By Pros Series)

Larry Haun

4.1

A complete course in basic framing, including information on tools, plans, codes, permits, lumber and materials.

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The Inspired Room: Simple Ideas to Love the Home You Have

Melissa Michaels

4.1

The eagerly anticipated, lavishly illustrated "book" experience of Melissa Michaels' celebrated blog, The Inspired Room, is here. If you're a longtime fan of her personable style or a fellow lover of pretty, real-life decor, you'll delight in this full-color tour of Melissa's home and favorite family spaces alongside room-by-room ideas.

Step inside as Melissa shares lessons learned when turning her

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Making Home Your Happy Place: A Real-Life Guide to Decluttering Without the Overwhelm

Katy Wells

4.1

Read by the author. Are you overwhelmed by clutter, constant mess, and the mental load of daily responsibilities? It's time to break free from the chaos and create a home that works for you—using a fresh approach to decluttering that will simplify your space, reduce stress, and free up your time and energy.Katy Wells, mom and host of the top-rated The Maximized Minimalist podcast, transformed her

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Wild at Home: How to style and care for beautiful plants

Hilton Carter

4.1

Make your home a healthier and more beautiful place to be with Hilton Carter’s inspirational ideas.

"Hilton Carter's love for plants is infectious... His lush and exuberant displays are inspiring reminders that plants can be so much more than neat little containers on a window sill." Grace Bonney, Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Design*Sponge

Take a tour through Hilton’s own apartment and other lush s

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The Big Book of Cupcakes

Betty Crocker

4.1

Spectacular cupcake recipes made from scratch or with a mix Get ready for adorably decorated and deliciously flavored cupcakes made easy! "Betty Crocker The Big Book of Cupcakes" features 175 delightful cupcakes, all using new and fun decorating ideas anyone can master and simple ingredients available anywhere. And as a unique feature, almost every cupcake can be made from scratch or with a mix: Y

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The Functional Home: A Practical Guide to Planning Intentional Living Spaces

Julie Jones

4.1

* New York Times Bestseller ** USA TODAY Bestseller ** Independent Press Bestseller *Discover how to design a home that works beautifully for the way your family actually lives. Make your home work for you!The Functional Home delivers expert-level insight made approachable and easy to follow, without the high price tag of hiring a home design specialist. Professional designer and social media star

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Flea Market Fabulous: Designing Gorgeous Rooms with Vintage Treasures

Lara Spencer, ChiChi Ubina, Jonathan Adler

4.1

Focusing on nine different rooms (including her own recently purchased Manhattan apartment), Lara Spencer shows readers that all it takes is planning, shopping know-how, and a little imagination to create beautiful and comfortable homes that reflect their personal style. She takes readers through the step-by-step process of overcoming the challenges of the room, offering helpful tips and lessons a

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Habitat: The Field Guide to Decorating

Lauren Liess

4.1

Lauren Liess, an interior designer and founder of the popular blog Pure Style Home, fuses her love of design and the great outdoors into all her work. In Habitat: The Field Guide to Decorating, her first book, Lauren invites readers to bring nature inside by mixing the textures of natural elements such as wood and stone with eclectic groupings of modern and quirky vintage pieces. Readers will be i

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Apartment Therapy's Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces

Maxwell Ryan

4.1

Whether you inhabit a studio or a sprawling house with one challenging space, Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan, co-founder of the most popular interior design website, Apartment Therapy, will help you transform tiny into totally fabulous.

According to Maxwell, size constraints can actually unlock your design creativity and allow you to focus on what’s essential. In this vibrant book, he shares forty small,

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Christopher Lowell's Seven Layers of Design: Fearless, Fabulous Decorating

Christopher Lowell

4.0

“If you can put together an outfit, you’re already overqualified to decorate a room,” believes Emmy Award–winning Christopher Lowell. Now he’s back with his proven Seven Layers of Design system to bring readers a lively blend of design theory and hands-on advice for fearless, fabulous decorating.

Christopher Lowell’s Seven Layers of Design solves decorating dilemmas by encouraging readers to look

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Remodelista: A Manual for the Considered Home

Julie Carlson

4.0

Remodelista.com is the go-to, undisputed authority for home design enthusiasts, remodelers, architects, and designers with disposable income. The antithesis to sites that cater to all tastes, Remodelista has a singular and clearly defined aesthetic: classic pieces trump designs that are trendy and transient, and well-edited spaces take precedence over cluttered environments. High and low mix seaml

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The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up: A Magical Story

Marie Kondō

4.0

From the #1 New York Times best-selling author and lifestyle/cleaning guru Marie Kondo, this graphic novelization brings Kondo's life-changing tidying method to life with the fun, quirky story of a woman who transforms her home, work, and love life using Kondo's advice and inspiration.

Marie Kondo presents the fictional story of Chiaki, a young woman in Tokyo who struggles with a cluttered apartmen

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101 CALMNESS: Adult Coloring Book — Relaxing Book to Calm your Mind and Stress Relief — Beautiful Designs of Animals, Landscape, Beach, House, Birds, Flowers, and more

Coloring Book AMA, Glow Glyph, Yassine Amali

4.0

Unleash your imagination with the 101 Calmness Coloring Book!101 masterfully drawn illustrations, encapsulating the wonders of nature—from peaceful forests and placid beaches to lively animals, melodious birds, majestic trees, vibrant flowers, and so much more. Immerse yourself and relish in the soothing retreat of mindfulness and the restorative essence of art.Take a peek at preview samples on th

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Oasis: Modern Desert Homes Around the World

iO Tillett Wright

4.0

Welcome to the desert. Welcome home. This visually stunning tour of the world’s most amazing desert homes will inspire you to create an oasis with “desert vibes” wherever you are. Creatives are drawn in by the extreme landscapes and limited resources of the desert; in fact, they’re inspired by them, and the homes they’ve built here prove the power of an oasis. From renovated Airstreams to sprawlin

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The Handbuilt Home: 34 Simple Stylish and Budget-Friendly Woodworking Projects for Every Room

Ana White

4.0

Create a Beautiful, Modern Home with One-of-a-Kind DIY Furniture
Beds, organizers, Adirondack chairs, a play table, and more! It's easy to build inexpensive, quality furnishings with this indispensible collection of woodworking projects from Ana White, the popular blogger who has inspired millions of homemakers with her stylish furniture plans and DIY spirit. As a young mom on a tight budget, Ana l

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Inspired You: Breathing New Life into Your Heart and Home

Miss Mustard Seed

4.0

Some girls get giddy over a new pair of shoes. Marian Parsons gets giddy over room makeovers. With a lot of ingenuity, a little bit of effort, and a tight budget, she has transformed her home into a beautiful space and filled her heart with a lot more contentment. Thousands have found inspiration at Marian’s blog, missmustardseed.com , and now she shares dozens of new projects, ideas, and DIY adv

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Feng Shui Modern

Cliff Tan

4.0

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In the Company of Women: Inspiration and Advice from over 100 Makers, Artists, and Entrepreneurs

Grace Bonney

4.0

“I want to rip out every page of this glorious book and hang them on my wall so that I can be surrounded by these incredible women all day long.”
—Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of The Vacationers and Modern Lovers

Across the globe, women are embracing the entrepreneurial spirit and starting creative businesses. In the Company of Women profiles over 100 of these influential and cre

Recommended by Cat Williams-Treloar.

Cat Williams-Treloar

When I founded Humanisation, a mentor recommended that I pick up Grace Bonney's "In the Company of Women". It's one of the most beautiful, inspiring books you'll read. It's a big, delicious coffee table beauty with business tales from 100 powerful women. I bring it out whenever I look for inspiration. [source]

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Romantic Style

Selina Lake, Sara Norrman

4.0

In this work the authors show you real homes beautifully decorated with an eye for the elegant. You can explore different romantic inspirations before examining the key ingredients of a romantic and elegant look.

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The Little Book of Living Small

Laura Fenton

4.0

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Apartment Therapy: The Eight-Step Home Cure

Maxwell Ryan

4.0

From not enough space and too many things to not knowing what color to paint the living room walls, many of us struggle with our homes. Now Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan, frequent makeover expert on HGTV’s Mission: Organization and Small Spaces, Big Style, shares the do-it-yourself strategies that have enabled his clients and fans to transform their apartments into well-organized, beautiful places that

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The Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible: Creative Techniques, Resh Inspiration, Stylish Designs

Lindy Smith

4.0

The ultimate, must-have cake decorating
and sugarcrafting techniques book, from best-selling author and superstar sugarcrafter Lindy Smith.
Covers every must-know technique,
starting with basic tools and ingredients
and finishing with advanced modelling and decorating -- essential for both
beginner and experienced cake decorators.
Step-by-step illustrated instructions
cover every stage of sugarcra

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Simply Living Well: A Guide to Creating a Natural, Low-Waste Home

Julia Watkins

4.0

Recipes, DIY projects, and inspiration for a beautiful and low-waste life, from the creator of @simply.living.well on Instagram

In this timely and motivational guide, author Julia Watkins shares rituals, recipes, and projects for living simply and sustainably at home. For every area of your household—kitchen, cleaning, wellness, bath, and garden—Julia shows you how to eliminate wasteful packaging,

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Creating a Beautiful Home

Alexandra Stoddard

4.0

Alexandra Stoddard has brought beauty and grace to the lives of millions all over the world through her many books, including the phenomenal betseller, Living a Beautiful Life. In Creating a Beautiful Home, Alexandra Stoddard generously shares her professional secrets as an interior designer as well as her personal experiences in renovating and decorating her own 1775 home in Connecticut. Once a

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New York School of Interior Design: Home: The Foundations of Enduring Spaces

Ellen S. Fisher

4.0

"An essential text for all students of design . . . [and] inspiration and intel for those simply interested in the art and practice." --Alexa Hampton, from the foreword

From the nation's top college for interior design comes a definitive design school in a book and a fabulous reference for decorating the home. In the past decade, New York School of Interior Design, which was founded in 1916, has d

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Hello, Cupcake

Karen Tack and Alan Richardson

4.0

Witty, one-of-a-kind, imaginative cupcake designs using candies from the local convenience store, no baking skills or fancy pastry equipment required. Spotting the familiar items in the hundreds of brilliant photos is at least half the fun. America's favorite food photography team shows how to create funny, scary, and sophisticated masterpieces using a ziplock bag and common candies and snack item

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Little Book of Hermès: The story of the iconic fashion house (Little Books of Fashion)

Karen Homer

4.0

The iconic bags, the instantly recognizable packaging, the celebrity fans – Hèrmes is the last word in luxurious accessories. Through the generations, Hermès have created innovative and exquisite accessories for the most glamorous customers. From their nineteenth-century saddlery workshop to 1960s Paris and beyond, Hermès has graced the arms and wardrobes of style icons from Grace Kelly and Jane B

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The Finer Things: Timeless Furniture, Textiles, and Details

Christiane Lemieux

4.0

With a foreword by Miles Redd, this luxurious decorating resource trains the eye to recognize enduring, quality home goods and to use them to dazzling design effect.

Quality matters. Just as a home’s foundation should be built to stand the test of time, so, too, should the furniture, objects, and elements of our rooms speak to an enduring sense of beauty and comfort. They should outlast trends and

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Country Living Cottage Style

M. P. Hueston, Country Living

4.0

Now more than ever, you can give any home, anywhere that cozy cottage feel. This charming guide--updated, expanded, and redesigned, with additional text and photographs, and four brand-new house tours--features traditional takes and fresh twists on country style, ranging from a California bungalow furnished in flea market finds to a New York apartment straight out of the English countryside. The l

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Joie: A Parisian's Guide to Celebrating the Good Life

Ajiri Aki

4.0

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At Home With Carolyne Roehm

Carolyne Roehm

4.0

Former fashion designer Carolyne Roehm is renowned for combining a keen appreciation of beauty with practical know-how. Now, with this gorgeously illustrated guide, readers can go behind the scenes of her memorable parties, learn her entertaining secrets, and visit the glamorous homes where she has dazzled her prominent guests.

Imparting fresh ideas and inspiration for knockout events on any budge

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de Gournay: Hand-Painted Interiors

Claud Gurney

4.0

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Decorating with Plants: What to Choose, Ways to Style, and How to Make Them Thrive

Baylor Chapman

4.0

“This book will help you keep your plants healthy.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune, 7 Books to Shake Up Your Home Decor

Houseplants are more popular than ever before—especially with millennials, who are setting up their homes for the first time and discovering that nothing can add energy, style, and that essential “lived-in-ness” to their spaces better than a little bit of green. Whether it’s a statemen

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Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook: The Essential Guide to Caring for Everything in Your Home

Martha Stewart

4.0

Whether your home is small or large, an apartment in the city or a country cottage, it is a space that should be at once beautiful and livable. The key to that is managing the upkeep without feeling flustered. Until now, there has never been a comprehensive resource that not only tells how to care for your home and everything in it, but that also simplifies the process by explaining just when. Wit

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First Time Cake Decorating: The Absolute Beginner's Guide - Learn by Doing * Step-by-Step Basics + Projects

Autumn Carpenter

4.0

Learning to make and decorate cakes that are as beautiful as they are delicious can be a challenge, but with the expert guidance of renowned confectionery artist Autumn Carpenter in First Time Cake Decorating, your goal is within reach.

Like having your very own cake decorating instructor at your side, First Time Cake Decorating guides you expertly through the process, from baking and prepping you

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Organizing for the Rest of Us: 100 Realistic Strategies to Keep Any House Under Control

Dana K. White and Thomas Nelson

4.0

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Country Living The Little Book of Big Decorating Ideas: 287 Clever Tips, Tricks, and Solutions

Katy McColl, Country Living

4.0

Get inspiration on every page! Based on the signature “Bright Idea” feature in Country Living magazine, this stunning guidebook shows you how to decorate your home in fresh and imaginative ways. These are smart concepts you'll grasp in a single glance and brief caption: shortcuts and quick pick-me-ups, artful displays, visual tricks that create a sense of space, “sneaky” storage to clear the clutt

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Books Make a Home: Elegant Ideas for Storing and Displaying Books

Damian Thompson

4.0

Books fulfill myriad functions in our lives. They provide information. foster our enthusiasms and spark our memories. But these personal treasures also add colour and a true sense of personality to our homes. Books Make a Home explores the important role they play as Decoration. as well as functional items.

Author and bibliophile Damian Thompson tours the rooms of the home in turn - Living Rooms.

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Resident Dog (Volume Two): Incredible Homes and the Dogs Who Live There

Nicole England

4.0

As an architecture photographer, Nicole England found that the shoots she enjoyed the most were the ones where dogs were present – nothing lightens the mood like a nonchalant pup. However imposing the architecture, some doggy hijinks can immediately bring an element of sociability and fun. With this in mind, Nicole set about setting up her instagram, Resident Dog, and now this book, Resident Dog A

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Romantic Country Style: Creating the English Country Look in Your Home

Victoria Magazine

4.0

The idea of English country style may conjure many images -- from cottages snug in flower-strewn gardens to rustic homes furnished with all the signs of peaceful country life to grander houses presiding over rolling vistas of fields and meadows. What all these visions share is the image of the country retreat as a romantic rural idyll.

This is why we find English country decorating style to be so