Description
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 with a global and timeless feel that haven't always been renovated in the traditional sense but are true homes. Featuring 16 case studies from Australia, the US and Europe, and nearly 200 color photographs, This is Home will inspire you with beautiful, authentic places you want to be - today. Content includes:
- How to determine your decorating personality, and what's authentic for you.
- Learning to let go of the past and create a home for the person you are today, with a focus on decision-making and the art of editing.
- How to work out a budget for your time and money using your values as a guide. Where you can spend and save when it comes to creating lasting interiors.
- How to think creatively, not expensively, when it comes to making changes at home. Going beyond the usual suspects can help you to create a home that's distinctively yours.
- How to create balance within a room while reflecting your decorating style - successful spaces are all about addition and subtraction, positive and negative.
- How to introduce decorative elements that make for authentic interiors that make you feel, and have an emotional connection.
- Key ideas to consider when creating your place in relation to its environment - from the surrounding landscape to local community.
- Ways to evolve what's important for you and keep focused on your aesthetic and lifestyle.
- How to keep your home fresh without exhausting or expensive overhauls.
- How our homes can function as a place to rest our bodies, rejoice in our relationships and restore our values.
Author: Natalie Walton
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
Published: 04/17/2018
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.90lbs
Size: 11.20h x 8.70w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9781743793459
ISBN10: 1743793456
BISAC Categories:
- Architecture | Interior Design | General
- House & Home | Decorating & Furnishings
- How to determine your decorating personality, and what's authentic for you.
- Learning to let go of the past and create a home for the person you are today, with a focus on decision-making and the art of editing.
- How to work out a budget for your time and money using your values as a guide. Where you can spend and save when it comes to creating lasting interiors.
- How to think creatively, not expensively, when it comes to making changes at home. Going beyond the usual suspects can help you to create a home that's distinctively yours.
- How to create balance within a room while reflecting your decorating style - successful spaces are all about addition and subtraction, positive and negative.
- How to introduce decorative elements that make for authentic interiors that make you feel, and have an emotional connection.
- Key ideas to consider when creating your place in relation to its environment - from the surrounding landscape to local community.
- Ways to evolve what's important for you and keep focused on your aesthetic and lifestyle.
- How to keep your home fresh without exhausting or expensive overhauls.
- How our homes can function as a place to rest our bodies, rejoice in our relationships and restore our values.
Author: Natalie Walton
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
Published: 04/17/2018
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.90lbs
Size: 11.20h x 8.70w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9781743793459
ISBN10: 1743793456
BISAC Categories:
- Architecture | Interior Design | General
- House & Home | Decorating & Furnishings
About the Author
Natalie Walton is an interiors sylist and writer based on the New South Wales central coast. She is the author of the popular design blog Daily Imprint and her work has been featured in leading Australian and international lifestyle magazines, including Elle Decoration UK, Living Etc, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, House & Garden, Inside Out and Country Style. She worked at Real Living magazine for five years, and during that time was appointed deputy editor.