
This Monocle book tells us how to turn a house into a home. Both a practical guide & a great source of inspiration, The Monocle Guide to Cosy Homes presents the interiors, furniture, & locations you need to know about along with portraits of the people who can make it happen. The Monocle Guide to Cosy Homes celebrates the durable & the meaningful through a collection of homes that tell a story. Most architecture & interior books show houses polished to perfection, manicured to the extent that it is hard to imagine anybody acually lives there: they seem to miss the point that homes are meant to be inhabited. They should be able to take the scuffs & knocks & to be part of a community, whether in a Chicago skyscraper or on Australia`s sunshine coast. So where are the best places to make a home? What are the villages, coastlines, mountains, towns, & cities that would make you want to settle down? The Monocle Guide to Cosy Homes answers those questions with a global photographic survey of a wide variety of homes. Whether the focus is on a remote residence in the Swedish archipelago or a lush abode in Rio de Janeiro, or on the difference between residing in Tokyo & Toronto, this book is the perfect balance between the inspirational & the practical. The book is a survey of everything you need to know to build the residence of your dreams, providing insight into the best neighborhoods, architects, & makers all over the world. From design-store owners to green-roof gardeners, The Monocle Guide to Cosy Homes introduces you to interesting people with ideas that are built to last. Monocle`s signature illustrations punctuate the book`s rich & detailed content. Through striking photography, The Monocle Guide to Cosy Homes also gives you a glimpse into the lives that unfold in these apartments, villas, & cottages, showing that these homes are alive & that this is precisely what makes them special. This is a book that should be referred to again & again
- it is a book about the quality of life.