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Curate

Inspiration for an Individual Home
By Ali Heath and Lynda Gardener
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Curate by Ali Heath and Lynda Gardener is a stylish exploration of creating beautiful and meaningful living spaces. Focusing on blending old and new elements, it guides readers through the art of home styling to reflect personal taste and character. Filled with practical advice, it inspires creativity in transforming any home into a warm and inviting haven.
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You might like this book if you're passionate about interior design and enjoy learning how to create stylish, personalized spaces. It offers inspiration and practical advice on cultivating an authentic home that reflects your personality through curated decor and thoughtful styling.

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An inspirational guide to decorating a home with the perennially popular elements of a neutral palette, natural ingredients and a carefully curated mix of vintage and modern pieces - from influential stylist and decorator, Lynda Gardener and interiors writer and stylist Ali Heath.

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Check out Ali Heath's new book Cocoon: Creating Homes with Heart.

"This gorgeous book marries inspirational ideas with real interiors, to help you curate a home that reflects your personal story and style." โ€” Kate Watson-Smyth of Mad About The House

"Helpfully divided into eight key elements that bring a space to life, this beautifully photographed book by Australian interior designer Gardener and journalist Heath, makes the perfect accompaniment to a house refresh." โ€” Elle Decoration

"A paradise for the curious, Lynda and Ali present an interior perspective so cosy that you already feel you live there. Textural spaces cleansed in monochromatic hues - with ideas that invite your imagination to consider home and collections in a new light." โ€” Martyn Thompson, Designer, Photographer, Creative Director

The images are stylish, elegant and inspiringโ€”and you don't need big spaces or big bank balances to achieve their irresistible modern rustic ambience." โ€” Sunday Express

Doyenne of the unique and decorative, Australian interior stylist and boutique hotelier, Lynda Gardener, is always on the hunt for finds to enhance her homes and decorating projects. Her ability to curate and display these personal treasures has created a trademark style that is loved internationally.

Curate, the highly anticipated book by creative duo Lynda Gardener and journalist and stylist Ali Heath, reveals how to create a home that is truly individual. With their shared love of a monochrome aesthetic and natural imperfections, they explore the eight Elements that bring a space to life: palette, nature, textiles, lighting, a combination of old and new, storage, collections, and art. Ten aspirational homes show the style in practice, including a converted warehouse, one-bedroom studio, bijoux apartment, historic cottage, country estate, new-build barn, remote shack, period townhouse, and rural retreat.

With gloriously evocative photography and plenty of down-to-earth ideas, Curate will encourage the reader to embrace their individual style, dream big, and create a timeless interior of their own.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781784727390

Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 10 June 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Mitchell Beazley

Illustration: c.250 photographs

Contributors:

  • Photographs by Marnie Hawson

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 198.0mm

Height: 272.0mm

Weight: 680g

Pages: 224

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About the Author

Lynda Gardener (Author)

Lynda Gardener is an Australian based interior stylist. She has been credited internationally as the founder of one of the first global lifestyle stores, Empire, which she started in her 20s in Melbourne, and ran successfully for over two decades. Simultaneously, for the past 30 years she has slowly built a portfolio of individual boutique hotel rental properties, that have become synonymous with her eclectic style, collector's eye and desire for the unique. Lynda also consults on design and interior styling projects, for both commercial and residential clients, in Australia and abroad. Her work is regularly featured in high-profile international press, including Country Style, Elle Decoration, Homes & Gardens, Livingetc, Modern Rustic, Vogue Living and VT Wonen. Instagram @lynda.gardener www.lyndagardener.com

Ali Heath (Author)

Ali Heath is a UK based interiors writer, stylist and content creator and has over 15 years' freelance experience, working with prestigious interior and lifestyle magazines. Her work is featured regularly in many notable titles including Country Living, Elle Decoration, Elle Decoration Country, Homes and Gardens, House & Garden, Livingetc, Modern Rustic, Red, the Telegraph and YOU Magazine. She collaborates with various leading photographers and her work is also syndicated internationally. Prior to going freelance, Ali set up a successful antiques business, after working as New Business director for a top below-the-line marketing agency. Instagram @aliheath_uk www.aliheath.co.uk

Marnie Hawson (Photographer)

Marnie Hawson is an Australian-based interior, travel and lifestyle photographer. Her work is published in many of the world's top interiors magazines, including Australian House & Garden, Conde Nast Traveller, Country Style, Elle Decoration, Gourmet Traveller, Green, Habitus, Harper's Bazaar, Home Beautiful, Homes & Garden, Livingetc and Real Living. As a former environmental scientist, her work is focused on purpose-driven photography for people doing good things. As a team Marnie, Lynda and Ali regularly collaborate for publications in the UK, and Marnie is represented internationally by Living Inside agency, in Milan. Instagram @marniehawson www.marniehawson.com.au

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