Design*Sponge at Home

by Bonney, Grace

• ISBN13: 9781579654313
• ISBN10: 1579654312
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-09-06
• Publisher: Artisan

Summary

A new home décor bible by one of the Web's most popular and beloved design bloggersGrace Bonney created her daily Web site Design*Sponge as an antidote to the fussy (and expensive) shelter magazines of her mother's generation. The New York Times has dubbed the site, with its 60,000 daily readers, 'œMartha Stewart Living for millennials.' DESIGN*SPONGE at Home is Bonney's definitive guide to home décor for her fellow design sponges'”those house-proud young homeowners and renters who adore soaking up design ideas and using them as inspiration to decorate and personalize their own homes. This design compendium contains peeks of 75 real-life interiors, where the décor was culled from flea markets and the owners' imaginations, as well as more than 100 projects (with detailed instructions) from a table made out of abandoned chair legs to a butterfly dome. Packed with hundreds color photographs and illustrations, this beautiful book includes a decorating basics section with tutorials on everything from stripping and painting furniture to hanging wallpaper and doing your own upholstery. Along the way, Bonney'”whose enthusiasm and joy in her subject is infectious'”teaches the reader the principles of decorating and collecting, empowering them to create beautiful homes of their own.

Author Biography

Grace Bonney is the author of the bestselling books In the Company of Women and Design*Sponge at Home. Bonney is passionate about equity, inclusivity, and supporting all members of the creative community: she founded Design*Sponge, a daily website dedicated to the creative community, which reached nearly 2 million readers per day for 15 years (and is now officially archived in the Library of Congress); Good Company, a print magazine and podcast about creative entrepreneurs; and After the Jump, a podcast about creatives that has reached over 500,000 listeners per episode. Bonney lives in New York’s Hudson Valley with her wife and their three pets. Find her on Instagram and Twitter at @designsponge.