100 Best Interior Design Books of All Time (Updated for 2026)

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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

5.0

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

Marie Kondō

4.9

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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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Styled: Secrets for Arranging Rooms, from Tabletops to Bookshelves

Emily Henderson

4.9

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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Design*Sponge at Home

Grace Bonney

4.8

"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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Elements of Style: Designing a Home a Life

Erin Gates

4.8

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

Joanna Gaines

4.8

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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The Design of Everyday Things

Don Norman

4.7

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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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Where Good Ideas Come from: The Natural History of Innovation

Steven Johnson

4.7

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The printing press, the pencil, the flush toilet, the battery--these are all great ideas. But where do they come from? What kind of environment breeds them? What sparks the flash of brilliance? How do we generate the breakthrough technologies that push forward our lives, our society, our culture? Steven Johnson's answers are revelatory as he identifies the seven key patterns behind genuine innovat

Recommended by Bill Gates, Tony Hsieh, James Altucher, and 2 others.

Bill Gates

CEO/Microsoft

Quite good at giving examples of how you create environments that can encourage good ideas. [source]

Tony Hsieh

CEO/Zappos.com

Author Steven Johnson argues in his 2010 book that innovation comes from the collision of ideas. This can happen when an individual working in isolation builds off years of existing knowledge to fuel his insights, or it can happen much more quickly when several creative types bounce ideas off each other in a community like Silicon Valley. This theory is one of the reasons why Hsieh decided to invest $350 million of his own money in 2010 into the Downtown Project, which is building a community of entrepreneurs in Zappos' neighborhood. [source]

James Altucher

Founder/StockPickr

Also add to this: “How We Got to Now” by Steven Johnson. Basically: don’t believe the myth of the lonely genius. Ideas come from a confluence of history, “the adjacent possible” specific geographic locations, etc. The connections Johnson makes are brilliant. For instance, The Gutenberg Press (which, in itself, was invented because of improvements in sewing looms), made everyone realize they had bad vision. So the science of lenses was created. So microscopes were eventually created. So germs were eventually discovered. So modern medical science was discovered. And so on. Johnson is a thinker and a linker and tells a good story. [source]

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A History of Interior Design

John F. Pile

4.6

Much like the history of art, the history of interior design encompasses numerous styles, movements and the international political and social developments that have informed or challenged its evolution. This lavishly illustrated book will be of interest to anyone who appreciates interior design as well as antiques, furniture design, textiles, decorative objects and the general evolution of the sp

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Interior Design Illustrated

Francis D. K. Ching, Corky Binggeli

4.6

Francis D. K. Ching's illustrated introduction to interior design is now completely revised and even more clear and accessible than in the previous bestselling edition. His unique approach is more useful than ever, with a reformatted, larger trim size for easy reading and an all-new full color section! The book includes new and updated material on finishes, furnishings and textiles, lighting, sust

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The New Bohemians: Cool and Collected Homes

Justina Blakeney

4.6

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

Holly Becker, Joanna Copestick

4.5

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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Time-Saver Standards for Interior Design and Space Planning

Joseph DeChiara and Julius Panero and Martin Zelnik

4.5

The "Silver Bible" — thoroughly revised,updated and redesigned Interior designers,architects,and other design professionals can still turn to the field's beloved "Silver Bible" for a wealth of information related to the design and planning of residential and commercial interiors. But now,Time-Saver Standards for Interior Design and Space Planning,Second Edition goes even further to truly make the

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

Sherry Petersik, John Petersik

4.5

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

Myquillyn Smith

4.4

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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Human Dimension and Interior Space: A Source Book of Design Reference Standards

Julius Panero, Martin Zelnik

4.4

The study of human body measurements on a comparative basis is known as anthropometrics. Its applicability to the design process is seen in the physical fit, or interface, between the human body and the various components of interior space.

Human Dimension and Interior Space is the first major anthropometrically based reference book of design standards for use by all those involved with the physica

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The Kinfolk Home: Interiors for Slow Living

Nathan Williams

4.4

New York Times bestseller

When The Kinfolk Table was published in 2013, it transformed the way readers across the globe thought about small gatherings. In this much-anticipated follow-up, Kinfolk founder Nathan Williams showcases how embracing that same ethos—of slowing down, simplifying your life, and cultivating community—allows you to create a more considered, beautiful, and intimate living spa

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The Finer Things: Timeless Furniture, Textiles, and Details

Christiane Lemieux

4.4

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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Habitat: The Field Guide to Decorating

Lauren Liess

4.4

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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Cozy Minimalist Home: More Style, Less Stuff

Myquillyn Smith

4.3

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

Estelle Ellis

4.3

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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domino: Your Guide to a Stylish Home

Editors of domino

4.3

From the editors of domino magazine comes your essential guide to discovering your personal style and creating a space you love.

Since launching in 2005, domino has attracted a fiercely loyal following, which looks to the brand as the definitive source for decorating and style. The brand’s first book, domino: The Book of Decorating, was an immediate bestseller upon its release and has established i

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Residential Interior Design: A Guide to Planning Spaces

Maureen Mitton and Courtney Nystuen

4.3

A practical approach to planning residential spacesResidential Interior Design: A Guide To Planning Spaces is the industry-standard reference for all aspects of residential space planning, with a practical focus on accessible design, ergonomics, and how building systems affect each space. This new third edition has been updated with the most recent code information, including the 2015 Internationa

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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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Architecture: Form, Space, & Order

Francis D. K. Ching

4.3

THE CLASSIC ARCHITECTURAL REFERENCE, UPDATED WITH CONTEMPORARY EXAMPLES AND INTERACTIVE RESOURCES

For more than forty years, the beautifully illustrated Architecture: Form, Space, and Order has served as the classic introduction to the basic vocabulary of architectural design. The updated and revised Fourth Edition features the fundamental elements of space and form and is designed to encourage cri

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

Ellen S. Fisher

4.3

"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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Undecorate: The No-Rules Approach to Interior Design

Christiane Lemieux, Rumaan Alam, Deborah Needleman

4.3

Jettison the old rulebooks about home décor and “undecorate” your space. As the founder and creative director of DwellStudio—which is famous for its brightly colored, graphic textile designs for home furnishings—designer Christiane Lemieux challenges tradition in a quintessentially American way, championing a fresh, unconventional approach to creating a beautiful and comfortable home. Lemieux embo

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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

4.3

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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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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Remodelista: A Manual for the Considered Home

Julie Carlson

4.3

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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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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Living with Pattern: Color, Texture, and Print at Home

Rebecca Atwood

4.2

If you focus on pattern, from texture and color to furniture and textiles, everything else will fall into place.

Pattern is the strongest element in any room. In Living with Pattern, Rebecca Atwood demystifies how to use that element, a design concept that often confounds and confuses, demonstrating how to seamlessly mix and layer prints throughout a house. She covers pattern usage you probably a

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Apartment Therapy's Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces

Maxwell Ryan

4.2

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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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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The Fundamentals of Interior Design

Simon Dodsworth and Stephen Anderson

4.2

The second edition of The Fundamentals of Interior Design provides a thorough introduction to the key elements of interior design and the ideas that underpin them. The book describes the entirety of the creative process, from researching initial ideas to realizing them in three-dimensional form. Throughout the text, guidelines are given to provide structure to the interior design process and the r

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

Marie Kondō

4.2

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

Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin

4.2

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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Flea Market Style

Emily Chalmers, Ali Hanan, Debi Treloar

4.2

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

Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan, Jill Slater, Janel Laban

4.2

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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Color in Interior Design

John Pile

4.2

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Apartment Therapy: The Eight-Step Home Cure

Maxwell Ryan

4.2

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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Get It Together!: An Interior Designer's Guide to Creating Your Best Life

Orlando Soria

4.1

Recommended by Grace Bonney.

Grace Bonney

This guy. Check out Orlando Soria’s new book + this week's Best of the Web right here: https://t.co/4cyPE5ILjL https://t.co/d3qSDsPgk9 [source]

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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

4.1

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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The Shabby Chic Home

Rachel Ashwell

4.1

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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Interior Design Materials and Specifications

Lisa Godsey

4.1

This complete guide to the selection of materials for interiors has been updated to reflect recent industry changes and contemporary awareness of topics. Written from the viewpoint of the working designer, Interior Design Materials and Specifications, 3rd Edition, describes each material's characteristics and teaches students how to evaluate, select, and specify materials, taking into account fact

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The Complete Book of Home Organization

Toni Hammersley

4.1

Have you ever wished you had the time and tools to organize your house in a clutter-free, design-conscious, Pinterest-worthy way? From storage solutions and cleaning tips to secret space-saving methods and expert strategies, The Complete Book of Home Organization is packed with the tips and shortcuts you need to effectively organize your home.

From small spaces and apartment solutions to how to tac

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Black and White (and a Bit in Between): Timeless Interiors, Dramatic Accents, and Stylish Collections

Celerie Kemble

4.1

Black and white décor is at once dramatic and understated, modern and classic, apparent in the work of iconic designers such as Dorothy Draper and Madeleine Castaing but just as present in design today. And the inspiration is all around us—from nature (a zebra’s stripes, tree trunks rising from drifts of snow) to old Hollywood movies and fashion to black-and-white photography and patterns we encou

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Interior Design

John F. Pile

4.1

By far the most attractive introduction to interior design as it is practiced today, this comprehensive survey focuses on exciting solutions to the real problems of modern environmental circumstances, both residential and commercial. Of the more than 750 photographs and diagrams, over 200-most in color-are new to this lavishly produced third edition and reflect the vision of the most creative prof

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An Affair with a House

Bunny Williams

4.1

Bunny Williams, one of the America's premier interior designers and John Rosselli, one of New York City's most respected antique dealers, reclaimed an 18th-century New England manor house. This book describes how they restored each room of this well-worn house and resurrected its abandoned gardens. It also includes simple decorating solutions.

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Beautiful: All-American Decorating and Timeless Style

Mark D. Sikes

4.1

This New York Times bestselling book from interior designer Mark D. Sikes is a celebration of American style today, showcasing chic and accessible ideas for every home. Modern and unfussy, Mark D. Sikes's interiors are classic takes on California indoor/outdoor living, with natural fibers and crisp coloration, informed and influenced by the fashion world where he began his career. In eight chapter

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The Nest Home Design Handbook

Carley Roney

4.1

Decorating for the first time can be completely overwhelming. How do you find your style? How do you keep expenses under control? What essential pieces does every home need for maximum functionality and flair? How will you merge tastes—and stuff—to create a space that feels like home to you both? Here to take the guesswork out of decorating is The Nest Home Design Handbook, a practical, gorgeous,

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Elements of Style Revised Edition: A Practical Encyclopedia of Interior Architectural Details from 1485 to the Pres

Stephen Calloway

4.1

Examines the details of architectural styles from 1485 to 1996, and provides a directory of suppliers and biographical data on select architects and designers.

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This is Home: The Art of Simple Living

Natalie Walton

4.1

This is Home is a back-to-basics guide on how to create authentic wholehearted interiors. It's about living simply – finding the essence of what makes you happy at home and creating spaces that reflect your needs and style. Filled with clever ideas and creative spaces it shows that you don't need a huge budget to create a beautiful home. This is Home provides examples and case studies of places wi

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Mad about the House: How to decorate your home with style

Kate Watson-Smyt

4.1

The book of the UK's No.1 interiors blog, madaboutthehouse.com.

Expanding on her award-winning blog, Kate Watson-Smyth shares a wealth of experience in home design to help you make the most of your space, be it a house, apartment or single room.

Packed full of ideas and inspiration for every budget, work through your home room by room with Kate s expert and practical tips and tricks that ensure ever

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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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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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Architectural Graphics

Francis D. K. Ching

4.1

The completely updated, illustrated bestseller on architectural graphics with over 500,000 copies sold

Architectural Graphics presents a wide range of basic graphic tools and techniques designers use to communicate architectural ideas. Expanding upon the wealth of illustrations and information that have made this title a classic, this Fourth Edition provides expanded and updated coverage of drawin

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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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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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The Organized Home: Simple, Stylish Storage Ideas for All Over the House

Julie Carlson

4.1

Buy fewer (and better) things. Store like with like. Get rid of the plastic. Display—don’t stash—your belongings. Let go of your inner perfectionist and remember that rooms are for living. These are a few of the central principles behind Remodelista: The Organized Home, the new book from the team behind the inspirational design site Remodelista.com.

Whether you’re a minimalist or someone who takes

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Building Construction Illustrated

Francis D. K. Ching, Cassandra Adams

4.1

A professional architect presents an update to the classic manual on residential and light construction techniques and includes increased coverage of environmentally friendly materials--plus the latest data on concrete, steel and glazing technology, energy efficiency in buildings, moisture and thermal protection, natural lighting, and masonry. 100+ line drawings.

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Where Women Create: Inspiring Work Spaces of Extraordinary Women

Jo Packham

4.1

More than twenty superstars from the world of crafting--including Anna Corba, April Cornell, Sandi Genovese, and Andrea Grossman--offer their expert advice on how to design a work space where creativity can blossom. Like the bestselling Business of Bliss, it's practical, inspirational, and beautiful to behold.

Research by Craft Trends Magazine reveals that 89% of all crafters are women, and that th

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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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The Little Book of Living Small

Laura Fenton

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Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

Fumio Sasaki

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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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Sarah Style

Sarah Richardson

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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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History of Interior Design

Jeannie Ireland

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History of Interior Design, Second Edition, covers the history of architecture, interiors, and furniture globally, from ancient times through the late twentieth century. Each chapter gives you background information about the social and cultural context and technical innovations of the period and place, and illustrates their impact on interior design motifs. The book highlights cross-cultural infl

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Oasis: Modern Desert Homes Around the World

iO Tillett Wright

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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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Feng Shui Modern

Cliff Tan

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

Julie Jones

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* 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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Downtown Chic: Designing Your Dream Home: From Wreck to Ravishing

Robert Novogratz, Cortney Novogratz, Elizabeth Novogratz

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Robert and Cortney Novogratz, starts of the hit Bravo series 9 BY DESIGN, have been renovating and designing unique and hip homes for families for over ten years. Describing their signature style as a sophisticated but bohemian mix of high and low, new and old, they offer their realistic advice on how to create original, warm interiors with ease. One part practical guide, one part inspirational vo

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The Natural Home

Hans Blomquist

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The Natural Home The Natural Home is a place where natural materials and motifs are the key elements of a decorating style that is a joy to live with and a joy to behold. Influential art director and stylist Hans Blomquist starts off by exploring the essence of his style. Full description

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The Furniture Bible: Everything You Need to Know to Identify, Restore Care for Furniture

Christophe Pourny, Jen Renzi, Martha Stewart

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Christophe Pourny learned the art of furniture restoration in his father’s atelier in the South of France. In this, his first book, he teaches readers everything they need to know about the provenance and history of furniture, as well as how to restore, update, and care for their furniture—from antiques to midcentury pieces, family heirlooms or funky flea-market finds. The heart of the book is an

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

Damian Thompson

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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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Shabby Chic

Rachel Ashwell

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

Hilton Carter

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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 Selby is in Your Place

Todd Selby, Lesley Arfin

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The Selby Is in Your Place was conceived when fashion and interiors photographer Todd Selby began taking portraits of dynamic and creative people—authors, musicians, artists, and designers—in their home environments and posting them on his web site. Nosy by nature, he wanted to see how personal style was reflected in private spaces. Lucky for us, he found his answer in the color-rich and eclectic

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House Beautiful Decorating with Books: Use Your Library to Enhance Your Decor

Marie Proeller Hueston

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From House Beautiful comes a worthy addition to any decorator's library--a stylish guide on making books a part of your home

Opening the pages of a book can instantly carry you off to another world. But did you realize that, open or closed, books can also make your real world--your home--more fabulous? As legendary designer Billy Baldwin pointed out, they're “the best decoration,” capable of bring

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Novel Interiors: Living in Enchanted Rooms Inspired by Literature

Lisa Borgnes Giramonti, Ivan Terestchenko

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For those who have ever lost themselves in the stylish worlds of novels like Sense and Sensibility, The Age of Innocence, Wuthering Heights, The Picture of Dorian Gray and countless others, this design book embraces the fantasy of time and place, showing you how to bring some of those elements into your own home.

Lisa Giramonti inspires a new approach to decorating: by teaching us through the lens

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Drawing for Interior Design

Drew Plunkett

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This volume covers all stages of visual presentation in interior design, from early concept sketches and more evolved technical drawings to complex computer renderings, models for client presentation, and production drawings for contractors.

Step-by-step sequences and special tips show students how to make the most of the available media, while practical advice on everything from communicating with

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The Interior Design Productivity Toolbox: Checklists and Best Practices to Manage Your Workflow

Phyllis Harbinger

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Get organized and streamline your workflow with this A-Z accountability system.

Design is only part of an interior designer's job--you're also responsible for scheduling client meetings, conducting design surveys, creating drawings and specs, and overseeing installation. Multiply by the number of projects on your plate, and you have a recipe for overwhelming disorganization. The Interior Design

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Cabin Porn: Inspiration for Your Quiet Place Somewhere

Zach Klein

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Rural escapes for those yearning for a simpler existence, by the creators of the wildly popular tumblr Cabin Porn.
Created by a group of friends who preserve 55 acres of hidden forest in Upstate New York-Cabin Porn began as a scrapbook to collect inspiration for their building projects. As the collection grew, the site attracted a following, which is now a huge and obsessive audience.

The site featu

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Small Space Style: Because you don't have to live large to live beautifully

Whitney Leigh Morris

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Interior design maven and Instagram star Whitney Leigh Morris makes living in a mere 362 square feet look elegant and effortless—even with a husband, baby, and two Beagles in the mix. In her debut book, Whitney shares her best ideas for making any tiny space efficient and stylish—whether it’s a rustic A-frame in the woods or a chic microapartment in the city.

Featuring 300 tips for making the most

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Beach Homes: An Adult Coloring Book with Beautiful Vacation Houses, Charming Interior Designs, and Relaxing Nature Scenes

Jade Summer

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de Gournay: Hand-Painted Interiors

Claud Gurney

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

Nicole England

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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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Home Rules: Transform the Place You Live into a Place You'll Love

Nate Berkus

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Nate Berkus, regular contributor on The Oprah Winfrey Show, contributing editor of O, The Oprah Magazine, and nationally renowned decorator, has created a book inspired by his belief that everyone should love the way they live. This step-by-step guide to achieving your own beautiful rooms is based on Nate's signature style and innovative approach to design. As a small boy, Nate could often be foun

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Kelly Hoppen Home: From Concept to Reality

Kelly Hoppen

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Kelly Hoppen is an avatar of hip, high-end interior design, celebrated in the pages of Architectural Digest, In Style, and the New York Times. Her cool, modernist aesthetic is at once timeless and at the cutting-edge of style today and KELLY HOPPEN HOME offers readers a chance to learn from the world-renowned British designer's chic design philosophy. Giving a clear picture of her approach at ever

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Furniture

Judith Miller, David Linley

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This comprehensive, full-color reference provides a global overview and spans the last 3,000 years of design. It includes more than 3,500 photographs of styles and forms, and profiles influential designers, craftsmen and key movements.

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Charles Faudree's Country French Living

Charles Faudree, M.J. Van Deventer, Jenifer Jordan

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One of America's top 100 designers, Charles Faudree has worldwide appeal with his interpretation of Country French. Charles Faudree's Country French Living features his newest room designs. From the entryway to the dressing room to walls, dining rooms, and outdoor spaces, Charles teaches principles of design that make a house a Country French home:

The importance of the bedroom and how to make it a

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The Color Scheme Bible: Inspirational Palettes for Designing Home Interiors

Anna Starmer

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A practical guide to using color successfully.

The power of color is its ability to influence mood, create atmosphere, and enhance perception. As a result, one of the most effective ways to transform any room is by changing its color. Which colors to use is the challenge.

The Color Scheme Bible is a practical, yet inspiring reference for those who want to take advantage of different colors without c

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Vogue Living: Houses, Gardens, People

Hamish Bowles, Calvin Klein

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This unique book of thirty-six spectacular houses and gardens—whose owners come from the worlds of fashion, music, art, and society—draws not only on stories that have appeared in the pages of Vogue and VogueLiving over the past two decades but also on images that have never before been published. Vogue Living: Houses, Gardens, People takes you to these style-makers’ private realms around the worl

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Old Brand New: Colorful Homes for Maximal Living [An Interior Design Book]

Dabito

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A deeply personal and compassionate look at home ownership and rentership through more than 50 rooms designed by interior designer, photographer, and Instagram star Dabito. “Dabito’s work is sculptural and beautiful—everything feels like an art piece! It is elevated yet functional—my fave combo.”—Jessica AlbaDesigner, photographer, artist, blogger, and passionate vintage hunt

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My Passion for Design

Barbra Streisand

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For nearly five decades Barbra Streisand has been one of the singular figures in American entertainment. From the cabaret to the Broadway stage, from television and film stardom to her acclaimed work as a director, from the recording studio to the concert hall, she has demonstrated that the extraordinary voice that launched her career was only one of her remarkable gifts. Now, in her first book, B

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Home Again: A Return to Gracious Interiors

James T. Farmer

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James Farmer shows that you can go home again—to welcoming Southern style regardless of your location or time of life.A house is a dwelling and structure, while home evokes the emotions and memories of a life well lived. A home is where the seasons meld into one another and the next thing we know, a decade has flown by. Home welcomes us after long days, work trips, and the ever-changing rhythm of

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Eat, Drink, Nap: Bringing the House Home

Soho House

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Decorating Is Fun!: How to Be Your Own Decorator

Dorothy Draper

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This is a book about how to have a good time decorating. - Dorothy Draper After being out of print for more than sixty years, Decorating Is Fun! is finally being reissued with its original illustrations. Amazingly, the book which was originally published in 1939 on the eve of World War II, is still practical, amusing, and inspirational. Draper's earnest enthusiasm feels fresh and contemporary. She

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Books Do Furnish a Room

Leslie Geddes-Brown

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This guide offers inspirational solutions and practical tips on how to make the most of books in every room and forgotten nook of the house. A collection of photographs shows how books can transform any room into an alluring and magical place.

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Live Beautiful

Athena Calderone

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From celebrated design expert and interior designer Athena Calderone, a look into how creatives decorate their spaces

Beautiful design isn’t just pleasant to look at; it improves the quality of our lives. In Live Beautiful, the highly anticipated design book by Athena Calderone, the EyeSwoon creator taps into her international network of interior decorators, fashion designers, and tastemakers to r