Made for Living: Collected Interiors for All Sorts of Styles

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We honour Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' continuous connection to Country, waters, skies and communities. The combination of textures and colors while still leaning into a canvas of white to build on was refreshing. This classic book is written by French naturalist Jean-Henri Fabre, and tells a story of a couple of children learning important principles in science from their uncle. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. Admittedly the rooms and photos were more more interesting towards the ending but I almost didn’t pick it back up to read that ending.

Made for Living: Collected Interiors for All Sorts of Styles

Her chapters are: The Power of Color (white); It's All in the Details; Space and Flow; The Art of Styling. Our house had unobstructed views of the Pacific; from the balcony, you could see the whole coast, from sand to horizon, and the occasional whale surfacing in the distance. I gravitate toward things that look better with time, pieces that feel like they have stories of their own.Full of tips and tricks and know-how, the book breaks down the building blocks of my signature style and delves into my design thought process and the "rules" I’ve developed along the way (which is often by breaking tired, old-school conventions). We’d just bought our first house, in LA, and I decided to start a blog documenting our home renovation and DIY projects. But for me, the beach was less about the sand and the shells than it was about the view—I needed an open end. So the moment I got my driver’s license, at age sixteen, I did what you do when you grow up in LA: I hit the Pacific Coast Highway (a. I understand that it is normative to erase people out of their homes in design books, because you want to see the furniture and pillows, dammit!

Made for Living by Amber Lewis | Goodreads Made for Living by Amber Lewis | Goodreads

So if you are just looking for some inspiration and some pretty photos to drool over then this is the book for you and I heartily recommend it for that.It mostly consists of white and off-white walls (except for one charcoal gray room), subtle colors with lots of texture, matte and honed finishes, rustic unpolished wood, pale to medium tone floors, and mostly contemporary furnishings with vintage accent pieces and vintage rugs. Along with Amber's super-relatable writing style, this book is worth more than just a quick flip through. Made for LIVING is a little deceptive of a “title” but still a great overall inspirational design book and filled with great tips. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. This is in contradiction to the popular view that children need their school lessons diluted down from the original language of the classic books.