This is Home: The Art of Simple Living

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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.

From the Publisher

A Love Story About the Home

This is Home is a beautiful coffee table book filled with transporting photography, that doubles as a practical manual on how to live well. This book is inspiring and constructive in equal measures.

Designer, Creative Director and Writer

Natalie Walton is an interior stylist and designer with more than 10 years of industry experience. Her work has featured in leading interior and lifestyle magazines across the world, and she has authored the bestselling books This is Home, Still, Style and Home By The Sea. She has taught hundreds of creatives across the globe how to style with confidence, using my expert guides, tips and techniques to transform their interiors and projects so they can live their dream life.

Interior Design and Styling Books to Inspire and Elevate Your Spaces

Natalie Walton’s books have received global acclaim for their accessible and transformative approach to interior design and styling. This Is Home defines what makes a place a home, Still invites readers to take on the SLOW movement: Living Sustainable, Local, Organic and Whole, and Style considers how to create a beautiful home using what you have and what you love.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hardie Grant; Illustrated edition (April 17, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1743793456
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1743793459
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.92 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.8 x 1.25 x 11.5 inches