A retrospective that treats the home as a living, evolving project. Kathryn M. Ireland writes with the warmth of someone who has spent three decades making spaces feel personal, and the result is a book that offers both visual inspiration and practical advice. It earns its place on the shelf of anyone who believes a room should reflect the life lived inside it.
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It is a retrospective of Kathryn M. Ireland's thirty-year career as an interior designer. The book is organised by location and covers her work in Los Angeles, London, and the south of France, alongside the story of how she built her career.
She is an interior designer who has worked with clients including Steve Martin and other Hollywood figures. She started her career in Los Angeles and has since designed homes around the world.
Ireland shares advice on creating comfort, adding colour, finding and hanging art, designing spaces for entertaining, and the design rules she follows in her own work. The advice is practical and informal, aimed at readers who want to apply it in their own homes.
It is written for anyone interested in interior design. Professional designers will find the retrospective valuable, and general readers will find the advice accessible and applicable to their own spaces.
It is organised by location. The book moves through the homes Ireland has designed in different parts of the world, using each location as a starting point for discussing her approach.
