May 2023 MBR The Interior Design Shelf

The Interior Design Shelf

The Handbook of Home Design
Laura Jane Clark
Kyle Books
c/o Octopus Publishing
236 Park Avenue, New York NY 10017
http://www.kylebooks.com
9781914239267, $26.99, HC, 192pp

https://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Home-Design-step-step/dp/1914239261

Synopsis: Architectural solutions & designs to optimize the spaces in your home without spending a fortune.

Architect Laura Jane Clark, from the BBC and Netflix smash-hit series Your Home Made Perfect, has spent over 15 years designing, remodeling, and building homes with budgets that range from modest to enormous. "The Handbook of Home Design: An Architect's Blueprint for Shaping your Home" distills Laura's wealth of experience and enthusiasm giving you an accessible yet detailed guide to design, empowering you with the tools and knowledge to shape your home how you want.

Throughout your home design journey, whether large or small, Laura takes you each step of the way from understanding your home, reading a plan and writing a brief, right through to sketching your own design and having the confidence to get what you want on the building site. Packed full of tips and tricks, inspiration and technical know-how, "The Handbook of Home Design" is like having Laura by your side, showing you how to design practical yet beautiful spaces, get more storage into your life and create the home of your dreams.

With the publication of "The Handbook of Home Design, Laura wants to democratize the whole concept of residential architectural design and empower you to redesign your spaces by giving you the language and ability to confidently communicate your vision, get the most out of your design and ultimately love your finished home. Whether you are a long-term homeowner, first-time buyer or simply visualizing your dream space, no matter what your budget is, "The Handbook of Home Design" offers unique and practical insights into Laura's process allows you to achieve both the design you want and the home you need.

Editorial Note: Profusely and informatively illustrated throughout, "The Handbook of Home Design: An Architect's Blueprint for Shaping your Home" is a complete course of instruction and one that is impressively well written, organized and presented so as to be of maximum value for the non-specialist general reader with an interest in the subject. While a highly recommended addition to personal, community, and academic library Interior Design collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists, it should be noted that "The Handbook of Home Design" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $11.99).

Editorial Note: Laura Jane Clark (www.lamparchitects.co.uk) is an architect and designer specializing in innovative home design, renovation and new-build houses. Cutting her teeth as a laborer on construction sites when she was an architect student, Laura's passion and understanding for building and making shines through in her work. As one of the architect presenters on BBC's Your Home Made Perfect, Laura started her television career when she was featured on the first ever episode of Channel 4's George Clarke's Amazing Spaces with her Crystal Palace underground-toilet conversion and then regularly featured on the series, as well as on Shed of the Year and Ugly House to Lovely House. In 2020, Laura founded Siren Sister (@sirensister), uniting a diverse network of female architects, interior designers, artists and stylists to bring more representation to our screens and media. She can be followed on Instagram: @laurajaneclark_

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