Joy of Home

Expert Naomi Cleaver guides you through the whole process of how to become your own interior designer, addressing all the issues and challenges involved in making your home your own.

Whether home-owner or tenant, our homes are one of our biggest emotional assets. They define our quality of life and although crucially they protect and comfort us they can also inspire and motivate us. With this as the backdrop Naomi guides you through the whole process of interior design with a keen eye on what is good value, what is good taste and ultimately shows you how you can create somewhere that is uniquely your own. You will learn how to create a space that looks good and makes you feel good.The Joy of Home gets down to the nitty gritty. What is your style and how does it fit with the style of your home? How to do you do a scale drawing? Once you have a concept how do you know what it will look like and how do you budget and timetable work? Naomi then takes you through every room in the house taking a practical look at function and then discussing everything from efficiency to materials (and their provenance and care), colour and mood.Simple clean design, inspiring imagery and case studies from around the world make this book an instant classic. The Joy Of Home is authoritative, full of smart ideas and will be a beautiful reference book on your shelves for years.