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Heidi Caillier: Memories of Home: Interiors
In her debut book, designer Heidi Caillier shows how to mix moody color with layers of pattern, natural materials, and textures to create spaces that are both beautifully curated and comfortably livable.
Heidi Caillier believes that our homes should create a sense of place, and serve as the setting for lifelong memories. In her first book, she shares twelve houses from across the country, from the islands of Puget Sound to the Berkshires. The rooms of these houses are simultaneously nostalgic and of the moment. Caillier is a master of mixing patterns, combining florals with graphic lines and shapes, as well as using deeper, muddy colors to create coziness and warmth. There is a tension between masculine and feminine, modern and traditional as vintage pieces mingle with contemporary to create spaces that feel intrinsically inviting and effortlessly designed.
A creative mind who took the path less traveled, Caillier informs her interiors and this book with the same vibrant and enthusiastically patterned joie de vivre that colors her own life; creating homes that are nostalgic, romantic, creative, inviting, and made for both the big and small moments of life. Her warm and layered interiors create a backdrop for living—at the ready to create memories of home.
Heidi Caillier believes that our homes should create a sense of place, and serve as the setting for lifelong memories. In her first book, she shares twelve houses from across the country, from the islands of Puget Sound to the Berkshires. The rooms of these houses are simultaneously nostalgic and of the moment. Caillier is a master of mixing patterns, combining florals with graphic lines and shapes, as well as using deeper, muddy colors to create coziness and warmth. There is a tension between masculine and feminine, modern and traditional as vintage pieces mingle with contemporary to create spaces that feel intrinsically inviting and effortlessly designed.
A creative mind who took the path less traveled, Caillier informs her interiors and this book with the same vibrant and enthusiastically patterned joie de vivre that colors her own life; creating homes that are nostalgic, romantic, creative, inviting, and made for both the big and small moments of life. Her warm and layered interiors create a backdrop for living—at the ready to create memories of home.
256 pages, Hardcover
Published September 5, 2023
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February 5, 2024
I don’t usually include coffee table books here but damn, this was a beautiful one
December 15, 2023
As anyone can see from my list of books read, I enjoy my adult equivalent to picture books - architectural and interior design books. This one is no exception, as the book is filled with large color plates of gorgeous interiors and little text. It brings my count up of books/pages read for the year, which may be a little unfair compared to strictly literature, biography, and more prose oriented nonfiction. Yet I do spend a lot of time pouring over details in the photos, so these are not just coffee table books for me. I’m not sure when I first came across Heidi Callier, but I have been following her on Instagram for a while, and her style is so distinctive that I can recognize one of her interiors whenever I come across them, which is more and more often as her popularity has grown. Having such a distinctive style is more of a rarity these days as the effects of social media seem to create more and more look-alikes in the decorating world. There have always been trends in the fashion conscious world of interior decorating which seem to become all pervasive until the next big wave rolls through. Modern farmhouse, anyone? What distinguishes Heidi Calliers’ work is a timeless feel that’s hard to nail down. She has a love of color and pattern that embraces an English aesthetic, but doesn’t look strictly English. She’s located in the Pacific Northwest in the Seattle area, and her style tends to lean towards more of a moody traditional look than a typical bright neutral contemporary style popular on the west coast. Some of the houses here are older ones, and she leans into the history. However, none of her rooms ever look like period pieces or even traditional decoration. She uses a vigorous mix of old, new, and retro. Her mix of color and pattern is unexpected and never matchy, but it somehow works. There are plaids and prints and color combos that I would never think of putting together nor venture there, but it is refreshing to see her sometimes odd juxtapositions. She obviously loves William Morris, as do I, and I love seeing how she incorporates these designs. She is one designer who comes across as having a unique eye. What little text there is briefly describes the goal of the design, some of the complexities encountered, and accents a few of the integral features. This is not a how-to interior design manual, but a beautiful portfolio of one talented designer’s work. Five stars for the photographic content, four for the text, rounded up.
March 10, 2024
Heidi Caillier's work is lushly photographed in Memories of Home. The production quality of the book itself is top notch with copious full bleed photos and a great use of white space.
Caillier's style is to look distinctly "not decorated." While her tastes aren't English Country, it leans into that same layered/found/organic mixture, as if a room has always looked this way. Her rooms are quiet, understated, and never overwrought. Caillier particularly excels at drawing out period charm and not forcing spaces into alternative styles. While she has a clear love of linen, Jenny Lind furniture, rounded slipper chairs, and William Morris--and a gift for seamlessly integrated built-ins--each space allows the existing architecture to shine.
Caillier's style is to look distinctly "not decorated." While her tastes aren't English Country, it leans into that same layered/found/organic mixture, as if a room has always looked this way. Her rooms are quiet, understated, and never overwrought. Caillier particularly excels at drawing out period charm and not forcing spaces into alternative styles. While she has a clear love of linen, Jenny Lind furniture, rounded slipper chairs, and William Morris--and a gift for seamlessly integrated built-ins--each space allows the existing architecture to shine.
October 17, 2024
Gorgeous photos of interior design. I can't say I loved every room or project, but it was an enjoyable book to page through.
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August 4, 2025Beautiful, layered, collected interiors
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