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Elements of Style: Designing a Home & a Life Hardcover – Illustrated, October 7, 2014

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From the rising-star designer and author of the hit blog, Elements of Style, a full-color, fully illustrated book packed with honest advice, inspiration, ideas, and lessons learned about designing a home that reflects your personality and style.

Elements of Style is a uniquely personal and practical decorating guide that shows how designing a home can be an outlet of personal expression and an exercise in self-discovery. Drawing on her ten years of experience in the interior design industry, Erin combines honest design advice and gorgeous professional photographs and illustrations with personal essays about the lessons she has learned while designing her own home and her own life—the first being: none of our homes or lives is perfect. Like a funny best friend, she reveals the disasters she confronted in her own kitchen renovation, her struggles with anorexia, her epic fight with her husband over a Lucite table, and her secrets for starting a successful blog.

Organized by rooms in the house, Elements of Style invites readers into Erin’s own home as well as homes she has designed for clients. Fresh, modern, and colorful, it is brimming glamour and style as well as advice on practical matters from choosing kitchen counter materials to dressing a bed with pillows, picking a sofa, and decorating a nursery without cartoon characters. You’ll also find a charming foreword by Erin’s husband, Andrew, and an extensive Resource and Shopping Guide that provides an indispensable a roadmap for anyone embarking on their first serious home decorating adventure. With Erin’s help, you can finally make your house your home.

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336 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Simon & Schuster
Publication date

October 7, 2014
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7.38 x 1 x 9.13 inches
ISBN-10

9781476744872
ISBN-13

978-1476744872
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"All the elements are here: glamour, wit, and inspiration. Tuck in for a stylish life." -- Jonathan Adler

"Erin Gates's incredible eye for beauty is matched only by her funny, raw, and honest voice. I am such a fan of this gifted woman and this gorgeous book." -- J. Courtney Sullivan, author of The Engagements and Maine

"Erin's book is a breath of fresh air, just like her witty, engaging, and informative blog. And unlike most decorating books, I actually read this one!" -- Holly Becker, author of Decor8

"The thing I've always loved about Erin's blog is how well she balances the personal and professional while making it fun and informational. She has translated that seamlessly into this book, where you get a sense of not only who she is but also expert design advice. And her cheetah print stairs had me at hello... followed by a quick "damn gurl!" -- Emily Henderson, HGTV host

“Of course I loved seeing the hints of David Hicks in her beautiful design work, but what struck me the most was the undecoratorly way this book is written. Hugely refreshing. Erin is a joy both in print and in person.” -- India Hicks

"Filled with her trademark no-holds-barred prose, charming anecdotes, and practical advice." ― Houston Chronicle

"Style is subjective, but the elements of style are pretty universal. Few people know this better than blogger-turned-interior designer and author Erin Gates. She wrote the book on it--literally." ― Huffington Post Home

"[Gates] has a knack for combining practical advice [...] with humorous reflection on mistakes and lessons learned over the course of her 10-year career as an interior designer." ― BookPage

"Her advice is glamorous yet practical and often served up with humor." ― Washington Post

"Its pages are full of gorgeous photographs and funny personal essays about renovation disasters and marital spats over what table to choose. Warning: You may be roped into rearranging the furniture." ― RealSimple.com

"Jam-packed with loads of fab photos as well as practical advice, lessons learned, and insight from Gates's own home renovation, as well as her work with her other design clients. ― HGTV blog

"Flip through the pages of interior designer Erin Gates's fun and informative new book..., and you'll feel like you're stepping into her new house." ― Metro US

About the Author

Erin T. Gates is an interior designer, blogger, and author of the New York Times bestseller Elements of Style: Designing a Home and a Life. She has been featured in publications such as O, The Oprah Magazine, Redbook, Better Homes & Gardens, Elle Décor, Canadian House & Home, the Boston Globe, and The Wall Street Journal. She lives outside Boston with her husband and son.

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1476744874
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon & Schuster; Illustrated edition (October 7, 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781476744872
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1476744872
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.26 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.38 x 1 x 9.13 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,499 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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- #3 in Interior & Home Design

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Amanda T.

Pretty Spine for Styling

Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2019

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Never opened the book, probably never will. Purchased for styling purposes only. 5 stars from an aesthetic perspective! Posting picture so others in my shoes can see what the spine looks like :)

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Ty Alexander

Lacking Style

Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2017

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Um, no. This decidedly unprofessional collection of overly repeated common-sense decorating "ideas" and suggestions, offered up with uninteresting chatter from the author's personal life and stuffed with filler pictures, is headed straight to a Goodwill shelf. I suggest your money is better spent on the Nate Berkus book, "The Things That Matter."

139 people found this helpful

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ebraeden777

Pretty coffee table book

Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2018

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I will be honest here... I bought this book for display purposes only and it was solely because of the black and white striped binding. It is a very pretty book stacked on top of my Chanel and Tiffany books. I have never opened the book and probably will never open the book. It's pretty and that is all I care about.

47 people found this helpful

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Nice photos - not great writing

Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2017

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I like this book as a coffee table book. It was nice photos and did give me some styling inspiration. But once I started reading some of the content I had to stop! I found the writing and anecdotes very immature and uninformative. I guess expected more general interior decorating and styling tips/methods, and not so much about the authors own decoration of her own home. I still think this a nice book to flip through - I just won't be reading it cover to cover!

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NOT HELPFUL

Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2020

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I had high hopes for this book to be a guide of what do to do and not to do, pictures of before and afters, what was done wrong and how was corrected. Instead , this book is very short on advise, and is full of pictures of the work she has done for clients, or photos of her own place, neither of which did I find at all helpful for any ideas or inspiration. The rest of the book is A LOT of her own personal information told in stories about how hectic it was to prepare for her wedding. how stressful it is to be a interior designer, the nightmare of her kitchen renovation.. NONE of which I care about. I saw the book primarily used to talk about herself, with very little guidance on how to design. Took me one day to get through it and found it to be a waste of money.

24 people found this helpful

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Sandriatica

Cute book

Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2018

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Use in a stack, bottom book

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Erica Barbie Lee

Perfect for my Bench!

Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2018

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Love it! It’s perfect for decor and interesting to read!

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k r

Mediocre design guidance

Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2016

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Too many personal and uninteresting anecdotes and not enough concrete information. The example images aren't particularly inspiring. Was a struggle to finish this book.

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Wam

Lovely book with good designs

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 11, 2020

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Added this book in my stack of books. It’s got some lovely clear pictures and some good decoration designs you can implement cheaply

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Ucat Books

Inspiring Book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 12, 2020

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I'm an Architect and loved this book. It gives you inspiration to do interior design in and urges you to (at least partly) to use items you already have. Bring out everything that is beautiful and hide the rest (or give to second-hand shops). Some good tips that I hadn't thought of before. Realised also that the life of an Interior Designer is not any less stressful than an Architect's, so won't be changing careers just yet ;) The book advises that you shouldn't expect your home to look like an interiors magazine photoshoot but design it livable and practical, while not compromising on appearance. Good advise.

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Mia

Beautiful book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 31, 2020

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If you are decorating/renovating, into interior design then this is a must have! Beautiful visuals and lots of useful information ☺️

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Nic

The essence of the interior design- passion, soul,talent and knowledge.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 25, 2018

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Fabulous book! A classic of its kind. The passion for design transpire and it is materialised in client-oriented outcome/ design. I do like Eric's philosophy of working with the client's items that make a house a home.
It reads like a chat with a friend. I do highly recommend this book and I am waiting impatiently for the second one.
For those into pure technical, soulless kind of text-book advice, maybe this is not for you, though this book gives a good insight into the practicalities.
Thank you, Erin👏

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colpar1

This is the best book for a person who is into interior design ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 7, 2018

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This is a great book for a person who is into interior design whether a budding professional, or just a hobby - it’s straight forward, intelligently written, beautiful pictures inspirational suggestions, well worth buying, such a truly brilliant book! I’m very pleased I bought it as it will be a source of inspiration for me.

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