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Learning to See

Learning to See:
Bringing the World Around You Into Your Home
by Vicente Wolf

Hardcover – 199 pages
ISBN: 1579652174

In Learning to See, interior designer Vicente Wolf provides real-life advice and over 160 inspiring photographs to open the door on the creative process behind successful interiors, and to open your eyes to the designer within yourself to encourage you to create beautiful rooms that reflect your own taste and style.

This guy is quite famous and it’s interesting to note that he doesn’t have formal interior design training. Perhaps that’s why he’s more about helping your reflect your own style rather than his?

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The Home Zone

Written by Debra Gould -

The Home Zone:
Making the Most of Your Living Space
with an introduction by Caroline Clifton-Mogg

Hardcover – 256 pages
ISBN: 1841722677

This book is one of my favorites. In The Home Zone, top interiors writers and hundreds of inspirational photographs of real homes guide readers through five popular decorating styles and discuss working with color, lighting, flooring, window treatments and soft furnishings. You’ll also learn about space planning and issues specific to each area, from choosing the right bathroom faucet to picking a kitchen layout that works.

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Designing With Spirituality: The Creative Touch

Written by Debra Gould -

Designing With Spirituality:
The Creative Touch
by Carol Soucek King

Hardcover: 160 pages
ISBN: 0866366911

Designing With Spirituality: The Creative Touch explores the link between good design and its spiritual reflection. Beautiful photographs of 30 residences in the US, Italy, Mexico, Japan, Bali, and Brazil illustrate how color, form, texture, light and proportion are used to express the idea of home as a place which can truly feed one’s soul. I loved the wide spectrum of materials, techniques and styles shown in this book.

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House of Belief: Creating Your Personal Style

Written by Debra Gould -

House of Belief:
Creating Your Personal Style
by Kelee Katillac
Paperback: 160 pages
ISBN: 1586850741

In House of Belief: Creating Your Personal Style, author and interior designer Kelee Katillac urges us not to become slaves to design trends, but inspires us to find a decorating style that is a reflection of our personal style and creative spirit.

Through exercises and examples, Katillac helps unleash the creative and artistic powers that we all possess. She builds a strong case for shaping one’s home into a place of inspiration and affirmation.

After reading this book in 2000, I immediately took down all the pictures hanging in my home that I had inherited but didn’t like, or was tired of looking at. Within days I had moved all my furniture around and made my space more of a reflection of who I was, and not what I thought it “should” look like. My whole mood and energy changed after that.

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A Room of her Own

Written by Debra Gould -

A Room of her Own:
Women’s Personal Spaces
by Chris Casson Madden
Hardcover: 224 pages
ISBN: 0517599392

A Room of her Own: Women’s Personal Spaces introduces us to the sanctuaries various women have created in their own homes. Whether it’s a quiet sewing room, a tent in the garden, or even a corner of a busy kitchen, each woman has found a personal space, for nurturing her body, mind and spirit.

The famous (Oprah Winfrey, Maya Angelou and Ali MacGraw) are included with the not so famous; yet all the women lead very busy lives. Artists, entrepreneurs, mothers— each woman offers a glimpse into her life.

Each chapter contains design ideas and creative solutions that we can integrate into our own lives, as we try to cope with the loss of private time and space for ourselves that is a byproduct of our busy schedules.

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