domino: Your Guide to a Stylish Home (DOMINO Books)

This is a beautiful book. The pictures and design ideas are gorgeous, but the overall layout still also feels approachable and easy to digest, so you ultimately feel like these are changes you can make without feeling overwhelmed. I also don't own my place, so I love that there are plenty of ideas that you can adopt even if you can't change your foundation. Also love the chapter at the end that focuses on entertaining - great little bonus!I am about to buy two more to give as holiday gifts!

Bought to add to my coffee table book collection. It’s more than a beautiful cover, it’s filled with great tips!

I love Domino! I enjoyed the first book more, maybe because it was so new and refresh ingredients to me. I've bought it for many of my friends when they've bought a new house. I love the eclectic taste it has. So much to look at, I've spent hours pouring over the pictures. This second book is just as good I'd say. You will not be disappointed!

This book has been so fun to look through and get ideas. I enjoy the writing style. It gives information but gives clear pictures to demonstrate. I don't see this book as a detailed interior design handbook. It is great for inspiration and for encouragement to look at your spaces differently. I like that it tries to help you bring your style to your home in a way that works with how you live.

I loved this book and have bought it as a gift for several people.

I loved the old Domino magazine, and was happy to discover this book. It has many easy to follow ideas for decorating--or in my case adjusting my stuff in a more pleasing way.

This book will most appeal to those who already like the clean-but-eclectic style that Domino is known for: white walls, bare wood, exposed storage, pops of colour and pattern in rugs and chairs. It’s dressed-down but elegant, with quirky, personal touches throughout.Personally, I find a lot of the rooms to be a little bland, but I like how the photo captions explain exactly what works about the decorator’s choices. Even when I don’t like a room, I can still see what they were going for and learn something from it. And anyway, it could be a fun drinking game to sip every time you see a sheepskin draped over a chair. (Hint: you will be pretty tipsy by the time you reach the last one on page 217.)This guide is mainly written for the average person working with what they’ve already got; the text is friendly and approachable. The looks are achievable without spending a fortune or hiring a decorator. The advice is largely applicable to renters as well as home-owners. It’s not really the kind of book where you go out and buy everything in the photos, but you could – there’s a shopping guide in the back and sources are meticulously documented.The page layout feels a little crowded. I would have preferred more full-page photos rather than so many pages with multiple small photos. Photos of full interiors should be large to give a sense of space; small photos are more appropriate for close-up details. The book would also have benefitted from a more minimalist approach to the typography, without so many inconsistencies in borders and backgrounds.The book’s quality is very nice – good paper, cleanly printed photos and even a pink ribbon bookmark. It would make a beautiful housewarming gift. Also, my cat apparently finds the open book pretty comfy, and I bet yours will too.

An essential, go-to resource for interior design. The pages are filled with inspiration and it looks just gorgeous on my bookshelf. Could not be more pleased with this purchase!