Book Review: Decorate with Flowers by Holly Becker and Leslie Shewring

FREE IMAGES The book Decorate With Flowers is just blooming* with gorgeous flower arrangements, color palettes, styling, and just good old eye candy.  If this book can't get you excited for spring, I don't know what will!

Decorate author Holly Becker teams up with stylist Leslie Shewring to offer practical know-how and colorful inspiration for decorating the home with florals.  Blending their love of botanicals with their progress on decorating ideas for a range of styles, such as vintage, eclectic, and modern.  With creative DIY flower and container projects peppered throughout, this book offers fresh ideas to inspire flower enthusiasts to style their homes and create beautiful bouquets like an expert. - Description from Chronicle Books

My dog Sammy's nose makes a cameo in a few of these shots.

The entire book is beautifully styled and provided me with inspiration for the flowers at our wedding, which I'll be posting about soon!

Decorate With Flowers is available on Amazon.com.

I received this book as a sample

Art for the Eclectic Home: Book Review

FREE IMAGES After receiving Art for the Eclectic Home by Jamin & Ashley Mills, I was excited to check it out. As a new homeowner, I realized that certain walls in my home where bare and could use some fun accessories to tie in my home decor.

This book takes you through the steps of picking the perfect piece and has a great collection of inspiration to help you figure out what exactly you want on your walls! There is so much variety that you are bound to find a few that you love.

Ashley and Jamin go on to tell you that you don't have to spend a fortune to fill your walls with beautiful artwork. Up and coming artists and prints are a great way to personalize your home on a budget.

If you are interested in seeing more from Ashley and Jamin they write a blog together at: thehandmadehome.net!



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Book Review: House Proud by Valorie Hart

FREE IMAGES House Proud: Unique Home Design, Louisiana is like a tour of some of the state's coolest, chicest homes.

A more articulate summary can be found at Amazon, where you can purchase the book:

"Experience the joy of decor and design, restoration and rebirth, color and comfort - all in the enchanting locale of Louisiana. A New Orleans-based interior designer, Valorie Hart expertly leads a private tour of the most fashionable homes in the state. Sara Essex Bradley's photographs document the personality of Louisiana's homes, from the formal Greek revival house to the warm Creole cottage, the pre-Civil war beauty to the kitschy 50s-style ranch, the grand Victorian to the modern urban loft. This is not simply a design inspiration book, but rather a thoughtful compilation of homeowners' personal stories of restoring and redesigning their dream houses - the stories of the "house-proud."

Here are some of my favorite photos, by Sara Essex Bradley.  I think her photography style was a perfect match for this project.

I LOVE this living room. The ceiling to floor hallway/art gallery, the fawn inspired rug, and the picture hung over the bookcase. I don't know why - I'm just a sucker for that.

The cypress ceilings are original to this home.  And check out the checkered floors.  Drool.

All in all, this book is a glamorous tribute to Louisiana homes, and even if you've never been, there's plenty of eye candy to be appreciated!