House + Love = Home
Creating Warm, Intentional Spaces for a Beautiful Life
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
The hosts of HGTV’s Fixer to Fabulous welcome you into their home, sharing personal stories and gorgeous photos of their restored farmhouse, their delightful kids, and many of the beautiful, inviting spaces they’ve transformed over the years
Beloved by millions of fans, Jenny and Dave Marrs have built and remodeled hundreds of homes over the last two decades, creating joyful, warm, and thoughtful makeovers in each one. Now they share their journey of establishing their own home, an ever-growing family, and a busy, sustainable business. Woven throughout are wonderful essays by Jenny about their lives on the Marrs farm and how they seek to live intentionally with a deep abiding faith and purpose.
At its heart, the Marrs believe a home needs to express the intentions of its inhabitants. They also believe your home should be beautiful—not based on how the latest trends define beauty, but as a reflection of who you are. House + Love = Home is filled with:
• Stunning Photos Throughout: Jenny and Dave share never-before-seen photographs of interiors, exteriors, intimate family moments, and more.
• Intentions: House + Love = Home highlights the twelve areas within a home that Jenny and Dave often remodel and show how each unique space can have intentional design elements that express the personalities of those who live there.
• Transformational Tips: These tips take a specific part of a home—everything from doors and shutters to lighting and flooring—and shows the most effective ways to enhance that area.
As Jenny says, “Our company motto is the simplest of equations: House + Love = Home. Beautiful spaces are most often imperfect and full of character. Just like people. Perfection is never the goal. Living well is.”
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Marrs—who stars in the HGTV series Fixer to Fabulous—debuts with a pleasant blend of personal reflection and design advice. "We believe a home should reflect the personalities of the ones who live there," Marrs writes, discussing how she has approached decorating clients' houses. For instance, Marrs shows the 1,000-gallon aquarium she installed in the entryway of a couple who loved the beach and encourages readers to decorate their own entry areas in ways that "introduce the story of who you are," which might include "a gallery wall of family photos" or "a treasured object from a memorable trip." Marrs's style mixes mid-century modern and contemporary farmhouse aesthetics while utilizing unexpected applications of color, such as a kitchen anchored by a fuchsia and gold oven range. The stories about Marrs's family that introduce each chapter feel extraneous (a chapter focused on the living room begins with an account of her family's Christmas morning ritual and includes no design commentary), but her guidance on sprucing up each room of the house is sensible and specific. For instance, she suggests that placing a runner in front of the kitchen sink adds "warmth and functional comfort" and that mounting curtains "as high as possible" gives "the illusion of more height in the room." Marrs's fans will find much to love.
