Favorite books list

Made for Living: Collected Interiors for All Sorts of Styles

“Livability is my true north. The materials I use time and again all change with age and wear. Not only is that okay, it’s how you achieve more than a re-creation of what you’ve already seen, or what somebody else has done. You can do this, too—I promise.”—from the introduction

The Complete Gardener’s Guide: The One-Stop Guide to Plan, Sow, Plant, and Grow Your Garden

Dreaming of having the perfect garden? Does it have a vegetable patch? Classic borders or flowers to attract wildlife? A picturesque garden for all to marvel at is achievable with this gardening guide, which gives you vital tools to achieve whatever you desire for your dream garden. 

Edible Landscaping

Creasy’s expertise on edibles and how to incorporate them in beautifully designed outdoor environments was first showcased in the original edition of Edible Landscaping (Sierra Club Books, 1982), hailed by gardeners everywhere as a groundbreaking classic. Now this highly anticipated new edition presents the latest design and how-to information in a glorious full-color format, featuring more than 300 inspiring photographs.

Live Beautiful

Beautiful design isn’t just pleasant to look at; it improves the quality of our lives. In Live Beautiful, the highly anticipated design book by Athena Calderone, the EyeSwoon creator taps into her international network of interior decorators, fashion designers, and tastemakers to reveal how carefully crafted interiors come together. She also opens the doors to two of her own residences.

Modern Farmhouse Plans: 350 Illustrated Designs (Creative Homeowner) Catalog of Home Plans

Carefully chosen and curated, this book features hundreds of desirable, ready-to-purchase house plans you can build right away. Inside this collection of 350 of today’s newest and most popular modern farmhouse designs with open, functional floor plans and simple, striking exteriors, you’ll also find expert articles on modern farmhouse design and decorating, stylish and functional laundry and mud rooms, amazing trends for great outdoor living spaces, kitchen layouts, and more.

The Interior Design Handbook: Furnish, Decorate, and Style Your Space

The Interior Design Handbook teaches you general rules of thumb-like what the golden ratio and the golden spiral are, the proper size for a coffee table in relation to your sofa, the optimal height to hang lighting fixtures, and the best ways to use a mood board-complete with helpful illustrations.

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