Style: The Art of Creating a Beautiful Home

by Natalie Walton

The Art of Creating a Beautiful Home is a timeless interiors book that shows you how to transform your living spaces using what you own and love. While designing can be a big investment, styling allows you to elevate your spaces with what you've already got. This book is at once beautiful and practical, demystifying the creative process of styling so that you can create a beautiful home with confidence. Based on more than a decade of industry experience and teaching, this book will show you how to connect with your own personal style and enjoy inspiring, welcoming and authentic interiors. Styling is both an art and a science – and you can learn both. The inviting chapters explore identifying your style; design principles; transforming spaces; visual storytelling; and nurturing your craft. As well, author and renowned interior stylist Natalie Walton steps through significant rooms in the house to provide expert insider insights on how you can create magical styling moments in your home. The book is beautifully shot by photographer Chris Warnes, who has collaborated with Natalie on her previous books, This is The Art of Simple Living and The Slow Home.

Genres: Design, Interior Design

240 pages, Hardcover

Published July 5, 2022

Reviews

[Deborah Camuglia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I very much enjoyed this book and have learned a lot about styling my own home and how to arrange.

There is a thread of New Age ideas throughout.

[Elizabeth Williams · Rating 1 out of 5]

Unfortunately I found this book to be boring and uninspiring. It was a hard slog for me, as I found it almost impossible to focus my attention beyond more than one or two paragraphs. There is quite a lot of rambling, with only smatterings of substance. The book features some lovely photographs, but most are underwhelming. I think this book is best suited to readers with very little to no design knowledge, as I believe they are the group that would get the most out of it.

[Marta · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a stunning book! Usually I am biased on design books because of their image selection and decipher if it aligns with my style. This one is all about the writing! The author reminds you why interior design matters and exposes specific threads of thought that might inspire you. I like her voice; it feels friendly & gentle, never pushing a narrative. A calming influence prodding you to feel confident in your own aesthetic. It makes me want to read more of her books! This is more than just a pretty coffee table book.

[Laura Pellowski · Rating 2 out of 5]

Overwhelmingly pretentious and self-aggrandizing. This is a book for rich people who want to know the perfect cold stone vase to choose and where to place it to show that they are 'deep' and 'worldly' without really being those things at all. Or people who aspire to be those people. There is so little actual personality in this book that it makes me genuinely sad.

[Laurie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although the photography is lovely, the book’s strength is in the thoughtful ideas on how to express yourself in your home.

[Melanie Biehle · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read a lot of design books for the photos, but I may have enjoyed the writing of this one even more! Or at least just as much as the gorgeous images themselves.