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Design the Home You Love: Practical Styling Advice to Make the Most of Your Space [An Interior Design Book]
Written by Lee Mayer and Emily Motayed, the co-founders of interior design platform Havenly, this book sets out to make home styling feel less like a professional undertaking and more like a genuinely enjoyable personal project. Bobby Berk, design expert and Queer Eye host, puts it well: the pair present their advice in a way that works for real life, not just glossy magazine shoots. The book tackles something most of us quietly struggle with. Interior design can feel intimidating, so many people simply leave their homes looking... fine. Adequate. Not quite right. Mayer and Motayed work through that hesitation by helping readers first identify their own aesthetic instincts, from Parisian Modern to California Casual, before moving on to the more practical business of choosing furniture that suits both the style and the budget. From there, the book progresses through the home room by room, which gives it a satisfying structure. It's the kind of thing you can read cover to cover or dip into when a specific space needs attention. Whether you're renting a flat and working within constraints, or giving a long-neglected living room a proper rethink, the guidance stays grounded and specific rather than aspirational in an unhelpful way. Photography throughout draws on real client homes rather than impossibly staged interiors, which makes the inspiration feel genuinely usable. A warm, accessible read that treats its audience as capable adults with taste, just perhaps a little short on confidence.
- Author: Lee Mayer
- Publisher: Ten Speed Press
- Genre: Architecture
- ISBN: 978-1984856616
- Pages: 272 pages