Elements of Timeless Style
Creating a Forever Home
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- USD 19.99
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- USD 19.99
Publisher Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of Elements of Style, Erin Gates, a stunningly inspirational and personal book filled with crisp takeaway advice for anyone designing their “forever” home—or any space they want to feel like a forever home.
Erin Gates is beloved for her unique blend of American approachability and elegance. The author of the bestselling classic Elements of Style, Erin now broadens her lens by looking at nine homes to learn how each homeowner approached the space to make it livable, versatile, and beautiful. The first home in the book is hers—and, in true Erin fashion, she shares her process, fumbles and all.
Your home is your sanctuary—a safe space that nurtures your emotional, physical, and mental well-being. In Elements of Timeless Style, Erin shares her decades of expertise to guide you in making thoughtful choices, big and small, that enhance your living space. She empowers you to make confident investments, so you and your home evolve together.
Organized by the nine home projects, Erin anticipates and answers every remodeling and decorating question, from the mundane to the material. Each home showcases a unique approach, shunning cookie-cutter solutions in favor of personalized, imaginative designs that celebrate individuality and personal taste. With insights on budgeting, decision-making, and design phases, Elements of Timeless Style is for anyone who wants a thought partner in design, whether you’re overhauling your entire space or making intentional, gradual changes.
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Interior designer Gates (Elements of Style) presents an eye-catching survey of nine homes she's redesigned in the Northeastern U.S. She opens by explaining how Covid-19 changed home design: "People needed a separate place to work out, have quiet Zoom meetings, and find dedicated rooms to get some SPACE from the nonstop closeness." The first project Gates showcases is her own Second Empire–style home in Wellesley, Mass., which she and her husband bought in 2020. She walks readers through how she renovated the space to work for her family, adding play areas for the kids and transforming the basement into a gym. In the following projects, Gates explains how her design choices met her clients' unique needs; in a colonial-style estate in Essex, Conn., for example, she blended the wife's colorful and youthful aesthetic with the husband's desire for a traditional look, while in a prewar apartment in Manhattan, she maximized storage space to accommodate a family of five. Throughout, Gates is candid about her missteps and offers insightful tips, like the importance of living in a new home for a while to better understand how its spaces will be used before making big changes. Full-page color photos bring her breathtaking designs to life. This hits the mark for readers in search of fresh ideas for their homes.
