TITLE - Resourceful Living
AUTHOR - Lisa Dawson
GENRE - Non Fiction - Home styling; Interior Design
PAGES - 192
PUBLISHER - Octopus Books
BUY LINK - Click here
DESCRIPTION
It's often thought that restyling your space comes with a hefty price tag and unavoidable
waste. But in Resourceful Living, award-winning interiors blogger Lisa Dawson shows how,
with a little creativity, you can revamp your home with existing pieces, vintage finds and
key purchases.
The clever ideas in this beautiful book cover:
- The most important ways we use our homes, from eating to sleeping, living and
working.
- The Basics of steering clear of interiors 'fast fashion', multi-purposing furniture and
making the most of what you have.
- Styling Your Home with simple solutions for re-imagining each room, from gallery walls
to home bars, repainted storage to retro accessories.
Including her top ten key vintage buys and tips for in-store and online thrifting, Lisa's
inspiring advice shares the fun of creative sourcing as a more sustainable way to keep
your home feeling fresh.
'Resourceful Living feels like reading a recipe book, not only because of the
delicious interiors images, but because of the simple ingredients and easy
methods that are shared to achieve beautiful living spaces for yourself.'
Melanie Sykes
'I've been a long-time fan and follower of Lisa's interiors tips. This book really
is super practical as well as beautiful - perfect for anyone looking to be more
interiors savvy.' Rachel Khoo
This is not the normal book that I would review to my blog, but I couldn't resist as I love books about home styling. In the current pandemic, everyone seems to be upcycling furniture, myself included, so I couldn't resist reading this one.
It's such an informative read with case studies where you can follow what other people have done within their home. In some of the sections there are "mood boards" and colour testers, which was my favourite part of the book.
The book talks about multi-purposing use of different types of furniture that you may not think about. All rooms of the house are talked about and you get some great ideas for your own home. Ok not every one of the repurposing ideas may be your taste. I hate clutter and some of the rooms are really cluttered, but you can still pick out ideas of what you could do around your own home, with colours and textures, and different pieces of furniture.
The quality of the book is very good, and the illustrations are very bright and clear. It is very well laid out with separate sections on walls, flooring, the outside. Different sections on each room of the house. There are checklists to follow to ensure you don't forget to consider everything.
In summary this book has everything you need to give you an informative guide to revamping your home. I loved it and have come away with so many tips on what I can do within my own home and have already started making some changes.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Lisa Dawson is a multi-award-winning interiors blogger, writer, workshop presenter and social media influencer. She writes a popular weekly blog, is a regular contributor to Frank magazine and creates
professional social media content for brands such as John Lewis and Loaf Home.
She is co-founder of the popular Instagram hashtag #myhomevibe which has over 1.5 million posts and was the first UK-based interiors community hashtag when it was launched in 2016.
She lives in York with her husband, three children and a badly behaved Lhasa Apso called Buddy.
Lisa shares her home inspiration on her Instagram @_lisa_dawson_. www.lisadawsonstyling.com
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