Mad about the House: How to decorate your home with style

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The book of the UK's No.1 interiors blog, madaboutthehouse.com. Expanding on her award-winning blog, Kate Watson-Smyth shares a wealth of experience in home design to help you make the most of your space, be it a house, apartment or single room. Packed full of ideas and inspiration for every budget, work through your home room by room with Kate's expert and practical tips that ensure every corner reaches its maximum potential. As well as her top 10 design hacks, Kate reveals the rules of rug layout, explains how to buy a sofa, and shows you how to get the lighting right in every room. Learn how to decorate your home with style and confidence, select colours that work, make the most of small spaces and create the perfect zones for relaxation, entertaining and work.

Kate Watson-Smyth is a journalist with over 15 years of experience writing about interiors for publications such as the Financial Times, the Independent and the Daily Mail. Her blog, madaboutthehouse.com, is the UK's number-one interiors blog, winning Vuelio number 1 UK Interiors Blog in 2015/16 and 2016/17, Amara Interior Blog Awards Best Design Inspiration in 2015, and Domino top 16 interiors blogs US/UK 2016. Kate's first book Shades of Grey was published in 2016 and translated into Dutch, French and Italian. Kate lives and works in London and regularly hosts talks forecasting future trends for clients including ELLE Decoration and Anthropologie.

'Written in a likeable and approachable way, it's an easy read, as well as a useful resource' * The Resident * 'The interiors book that we've been dying to get our hands on.' * Rockett St George Blog * 'Full of design hacks for every budget' * Metro * 'A must-read for anyone trying to figure out their house style.' * Independent.co.uk * 'There's something for every interiors enthusiast in Kate Watson-Smyth's new book.' * House Beautiful * 'This book should be on every homeowner's bedside table.' * Your Home * 'Far from your typical coffee table book, Kate has created a book that you actually want to read cover to cover, absorbing all of the expert advice that she offers inside.' * Rose & Grey Blog * 'The ideal guide to getting it right in the troublesome world of interior decorating.' * The Simple Things * 'A must-have book for anyone who wants make their house a home.' * Creative Colour Blog *