Books: What’s To Come

New decorating and designing books that are on their way to print

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31 Cozy Home Ideas by Liz Marie Galvan

Are you looking for cozy decorating ideas or budget friendly DIY projects to create a beautiful and inviting home? Do-it-yourself interior designer and popular blogger Liz Marie Galvan invites you to try her collection of easy-to-recreate decorating ideas in 31 Cozy Home Ideas.

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Vineyard Folk by Tamara Weiss and Amanda Benchley

The true soul of Martha’s Vineyard, captured through the eyes of the talented artists and artisans who live there. Vineyard Folk leads us on an intimate journey into the lives and inspirational places of some of the many talented artists who have always made up the larger community of Martha’s Vineyard. The island, located just seven miles off the coast of Cape Cod, has a long history as geographic muse: Lillian Hellman and William Styron wrote overlooking the Vineyard Haven harbor, and Thomas Hart Benton—whose influence is still felt in island painters today—depicted the stone walls and winding roads of what is known as “up-island” more than a hundred years ago.

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Victorian Modern by Jo Leevers

The ultimate “design bible” for the Victorian home sets period features in context and explores how today’s designers are adapting 19th century homes to reflect a more contemporary style.

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Create by Ali Heath

The much-anticipated follow-up to the highly successful Curate provides decorating inspiration for homes that beautifully combine both the modern and the antique. Some of the most exciting interiors around are those that combine vintage and antique finds with select contemporary pieces. In Create, interior stylist and journalist Ali Heath encourages you to think imaginatively about how to use old and new at home—introducing individuality and interest, while incorporating the need to decorate more sustainably.

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Country Life by William and Zander Abranowicz

The majestic panoramas, lush vegetation, and bucolic vibe of the Catskill Mountains and Hudson River Valley in upstate New York have long proved irresistible for city dwellers seeking respite from urban life and inveterate country lovers alike. Their homes, whether hundreds of years old or brand new, all resonate with their natural surroundings, as each of the 20 houses that photographer William Abranowicz captured for this volume attests. They range from the historic houses of Thomas Cole and Frederic Church, quintessential landscape painters of the Hudson River School, to the rustic wood-andstone house of a dealer of mid-century furniture, art, and jewelry, in which the clean lines of Frank Lloyd Wright side tables and other mid-century furnishings are exuberantly contrasted by vibrant textiles and contemporary ceramics.

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The Art Playroom by Megan Schiller

With an inviting, open setup of art supplies, kids can easily access tools and materials to work through ideas, tinker, discover, solve problems, learn techniques, and create anything they can imagine. Your art space becomes a creative workshop that allows children the opportunity to explore open-ended materials with a sense of independence, confidence, and responsibility. In The Art Playroom, author Megan Schiller—a Reggio-inspired preschool teacher, art studio owner, and interior designer—guides you step by step through the process of creating an art space for your children and shares her simple approach to encourage creative exploration for years to come.

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Fashion House by Megan Hess

Now in a beautiful tenth-anniversary special edition, Fashion House is the first book from international illustration sensation and bestselling author Megan Hess, full of inspirational interiors from the world of fashion, past and present. Ever dreamed you could live in the suite of a Manhattan socialite? Or the grand estate of one of London’s men-about-town, or a Parisian vintage loft? Within the sumptuously illustrated pages of this collection, Hess has assembled some of the most decadent and indulgent interior designs from around the world, along with suggestions for how you can incorporate their fashionable style into your own spaces. With a gorgeous updated design and format, Fashion House will inspire and delight anyone with a love of fashion, a penchant for interior design or an appreciation for the signature illustrations of Megan Hess.

8 Good Fengshui by Eva Wong

This easy-to-use, fengshui 101 guide to the ancient practice will give you invaluable advice as you choose or build a home—and bring positive, healthy energy to your existing home, office, or garden. Enhance the energy of your home, workplace, or garden using the principles of the Taoist art of fengshui. This primer will teach you to bring harmonizing, beneficial energy into any space.

9Small Spaces, Big Appeal by Fifi O’Neill

Filled with space-saving storage and decorative details, these unique homes under 1,200 square feet prove that bigger is not always better. In recent years, many of us have turned our backs on the trend for oversized houses and embraced small-space living. Cosy, compact dwellings have so much to offer; they bring families closer together and make it easier than ever to express personal style. In Small Homes, Big Appeal, Fifi O’Neill captures the zeitgeist by showcasing homes across a spectrum of styles and locations, and sharing stories of contented homeowners who have created unique, imaginative spaces. Living in a small home doesn’t preclude having an elegant aesthetic.

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Design Dreams by Maison de Sable

This compilation book is curated by Londonbased designer Charlotte Taylor, whose Instagram account features many of her own designs and collaborations with render artists as well as those of her contemporaries. 3D architectural renderings were originally conceived as a communication tool between designers and clients to help them visualize a proposed buildable design. This genre continues to be extremely useful for this purpose but has now also become an art form in its own right that can convey dreamlike imaginary settings.

—Descriptions and images coutesy of the respective publisher or Amazon. Compiled by Christy Hinko.