First published 2015
Gabrielle Stanley Blair transforms how families think about their living spaces. After becoming a parent, she discovered that well-planned homes serve as meaningful gifts to families. Blair walks readers through each room with practical guidance for maintaining sanity, organization, creativity, and style. She tackles common challenges like maximizing small spaces and creating simple systems that help children contribute to household tasks. The book includes clever storage ideas for managing endless kid belongings and rainy-day DIY activities. Blair argues that chosen objects and decorations become part of each family's unique narrative. Her approach combines aesthetic sensibility with real-world functionality for busy parents.
Genres: family, design
Vibes: cozy, intimate, practical
Tropes: real-world-functionality
288 pages · Hardcover · Artisan