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Elements of Style: Designing a Home and a Life

AUTHOR Gates, Erin
PUBLISHER Simon & Schuster (10/07/2014)
PRODUCT TYPE Hardcover (Hardcover)

Description
The New York Times bestselling decorating guide that launched Erin Gates's beloved Elements series. The Elements of Style is filled with stunning visuals, expert advice, and practical tips to help you transform your home into a true reflection of your personality and style.

Drawing on her fifteen years of experience in the interior design industry, Erin combines honest design advice and gorgeous professional photographs and illustrations with personal essays about the lessons she has learned while designing her own home and her own life--the first being: none of our homes or lives is perfect. Like a close friend, she reveals the disasters she confronted in her own kitchen renovation, her struggles with anorexia, her epic fight with her husband over a Lucite table, and her secrets for starting a successful blog.

Organized by rooms in the house, Elements of Style invites readers into Erin's own home as well as homes she has designed for clients. Fresh, modern, and colorful, it is brimming glamour and style as well as advice on practical matters from choosing kitchen counter materials to dressing a bed with pillows, picking a sofa, and decorating a nursery without cartoon characters. You'll also find a charming foreword by Erin's husband, Andrew, and an extensive Resource and Shopping Guide that provides an indispensable a roadmap for anyone embarking on their first serious home decorating adventure. With Erin's help, you can finally make your house your home.

Complete your collection with The Elements of Family Style, a guide to creating beautiful, functional spaces for the whole family, and The Elements of Timeless Style, a masterclass in designing elegant, enduring interiors.

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ISBN-13: 9781476744872
ISBN-10: 1476744874
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 336
Carton Quantity: 12
Product Dimensions: 7.60 x 1.10 x 9.20 inches
Weight: 2.32 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product, Table of Contents, Illustrated
Country of Origin: CN
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BISAC Categories
Architecture | Interior Design - General
Architecture | Decorating & Furnishings
Architecture | Remodeling & Renovation - General
Dewey Decimal: 747
Library of Congress Control Number: 2014012101
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The New York Times bestselling decorating guide that launched Erin Gates's beloved Elements series. The Elements of Style is filled with stunning visuals, expert advice, and practical tips to help you transform your home into a true reflection of your personality and style.

Drawing on her fifteen years of experience in the interior design industry, Erin combines honest design advice and gorgeous professional photographs and illustrations with personal essays about the lessons she has learned while designing her own home and her own life--the first being: none of our homes or lives is perfect. Like a close friend, she reveals the disasters she confronted in her own kitchen renovation, her struggles with anorexia, her epic fight with her husband over a Lucite table, and her secrets for starting a successful blog.

Organized by rooms in the house, Elements of Style invites readers into Erin's own home as well as homes she has designed for clients. Fresh, modern, and colorful, it is brimming glamour and style as well as advice on practical matters from choosing kitchen counter materials to dressing a bed with pillows, picking a sofa, and decorating a nursery without cartoon characters. You'll also find a charming foreword by Erin's husband, Andrew, and an extensive Resource and Shopping Guide that provides an indispensable a roadmap for anyone embarking on their first serious home decorating adventure. With Erin's help, you can finally make your house your home.

Complete your collection with The Elements of Family Style, a guide to creating beautiful, functional spaces for the whole family, and The Elements of Timeless Style, a masterclass in designing elegant, enduring interiors.

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Author: Gates, Erin
Erin T. Gates is a Boston-based interior designer, blogger, and curator of all things stylish. She began her blog, "Elements of Style", in 2007 and formed her own design company, Erin Gates Design, shortly thereafter. Her work and writing have been featured in publications, such as "O, The Oprah Magazine", "Ladies Home Journal", "House Beautiful", "Boston Magazine", "Inside Weddings", and "Better Homes and Gardens". She is married to Andrew Gates and is mom to her two furry kids, Baxter and Oliver. They live in Boston. Visit Erin at ElementsofStyleBlog.com.
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