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

The new comprehensive bible of interior design, from a home styling guru who has coached an entire Scandinavian generation in the art of creating a harmonious home.

Frida Ramstedt believes in thinking about how we decorate, rather than focusing on what we decorate with. We know more today than ever before about design trends, furniture, and knickknacks, and now Frida familiarizes readers with the basic principles behind interior and styling—what looks good and, most of all, why it looks good.

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. Use The Interior Design Handbook to achieve a balanced, beautiful home no matter where you live or what your style is.“[A] useful and easy approach to interior design.”—Independent

“A first-rate way to ensure decorating success.”—Publishers WeeklyFrida Ramstedt is the founder of Trendenser, one of Sweden’s largest and most long-standing blogs on interior design.From the Introduction:

A Home to Feel Good In

I have spent a lot of time searching for the book you have in your hands. And I couldn’t find it. I’ve read hundreds of books on interior styling, searched libraries, bought old books from thrift shops, and ordered foreign titles online, but most of them have consistls