How does a home tell a story?
In Homebody: A Guide to Creating Spaces You Never Want to Leave, HGTV star and Magnolia co-founder Joanna Gaines helps readers create a home that reflects the personalities and stories of the people who live there.
Consider the author’s thoughts in the book’s Introduction:
When I was deciding what I wanted this book to be about, there was discussion about filling its pages with beautiful, aspirational images, and I knew right away that that wasn’t what I wanted. In fact, there’s nothing I want less than for you to look wistfully at other people’s “perfect” homes and feel defeated or wish they were yours. From the beginning, I wanted this book to be a practical and useful guide that would empower and motivate you to create a home that communicates the soul and substance of the people who live within its walls … My hope is that wherever you are, you find a way to love the home you’re in … I hope that when you put this book down you feel encouraged and emboldened to thoughtfully design a home that tells a story without regard for perfection. It’s a story worth telling because it’s yours.
Each chapter focuses on a design element or a specific room. Troubleshooting sections are included. (Have you inherited furniture that’s not working? Do you need ideas for concealing the television?) Grid pages for note taking can be found at the back of the book. The book is substantially sized. I found a copy at my local library.
Beautiful photography highlights homes the author has designed as well as her own family home.
It’s interesting to think of our home telling a story, isn’t it? I’d love to hear about your home’s story sometime.
Here with you,
Laura
