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The Well-Crafted Home

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From the photographer and interiors writer team of Brent Darby and Vivienne Ayers, The Well-Crafted Home provides more than 15 inspiring interiors that each feature bespoke furniture, furnishings, decorative objects or materials, from artisan tilework to designer furniture, reclaimed antiques to individually created ceramics and glass.... Read More
Format: Hardback
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A truly inspirational guide to living with the handcrafted and the handmade in your own home, from furniture and furnishings to decorative art and lighting.

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From the photographer and interiors writer team of Brent Darby and Vivienne Ayers, The Well-Crafted Home provides more than 15 inspiring interiors that each feature bespoke furniture, furnishings, decorative objects or materials, from artisan tilework to designer furniture, reclaimed antiques to individually created ceramics and glass.

For anyone who wants to create a home that celebrates a unique style inspired by the creative process in architecture, design or decoration or simply by the local landscape and materials used for home design.

Including locations in New Zealand, the UK, France, Spain and Sweden.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781804194164

Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 22 October 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Octopus Publishing Group

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 203.0mm

Height: 286.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 224

About the Author

Vivienne Ayers (Author)

Writer Vivienne Ayers is an experienced interiors writer and stylist with a black book stuffed with great locations and interiors contacts. She worked as houses editor on Country Homes & Interiors for 15 years before returning to Homes & Gardens as a contributing editor on a freelance basis.

@vivienneayersjourno.

Brent Darby (Author)

Photographer Brent Darby has contributed to Create, Curate and Cocoon. He is a highly respected London-based New Zealander who specialises in lifestyle and interiors. He travels all over the world to shoot interiors for books and magazines including Country Living, The English Home, Country Homes & Interiors and Period Living. He was co-author, with Vivienne Ayers, of Living in New Rustic Style, published in 2024 by Lannoo in Belgium.

@brentdarbyphotgraphy

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