Remodelista

Remodelista is a darn good book. My wife and I are 12 years into a 30-year home remodel. We're both design hogs, and we butt heads all the time over the house, but we both love this book. Julie Carlson's plants her aesthetic flag squarely in the neighborhood of Ernest Hemingway, Scott Alexander, Rem Koolhaas, and kin: use simple, well-made things, present them openly, not too many. Her values are stated clear-as-day on pages one and two. Read those on-line. If you don't share them, skip the book. If you do share those values, the book offers a rich trove of ideas, diving deep into twelve beautiful, not fancy, homes of like-minded people with surprisingly different, thought-provoking perspectives on well-made space. Each page pops a single design idea from a cool home with links to practical resources to execute it. Some are expensive, some are not. It's just plain fun to thumb through. Physically the book is simple, weighty, and elegant, reinforcing Ms. Carlson's point. When we have company we put it on the coffee table. Otherwise it migrates from desk to nightstand to ahem, bathroom. If you're working on a remodel and value clean design, Remodelista is a must-read.

Design cognoscenti know Remodelista.com as the go-to inspirational site for clean, elegant, livable modern design. This book indulges the reader with the same aesthetic in gorgeous big color photos. Even if you have a shelf full of architecture and interior design books, the Remodelista look is different, so this will be a favorite addition. What sets this book apart even more, though, is the thoughtful, interesting, and detailed guidance it gives about how to go from inspiration to action, and achieve the Remodelista look in your own home. It's full of wonderful ideas on how to approach each room in your house, and how to mix high and low to create a beautiful and unique space.

It seems that when you come across books such as this the natural thought is something to look at on the coffee table. But this book goes well beyond just something to occasionally look at for a couple minutes while sitting on the couch. The ideas that stream forth from this book never cease to impress me. Page after page, it's one awesome idea or design after another. My fiancee and I cannot help but wonder how some people are endowed with such an amazing sense of space and creativity.

I own many, many design books. Some I flip through once or twice and infrequently go back to them. Others I come back to time and again. This book falls firmly in the latter category. For now, it lives on my bedside table. I've read through it and am still absorbing all the great photos, tips, and practical advice. I love the mix of high and low and the value placed on sturdy, functional objects that are often things of beauty. Purposeful simplicity reigns. This has become my go-to resource as I finalize a remodel of the main level of my home.

After reading the Remodelista website for a few months, I decided to order the book. Some of the content in the book has already been featured on the blog, but the book also includes new and additional content. In addition to photos of some beautiful homes, the book includes a curated list of objects for the home as well as practical tips for renovations.

It is, hands down, the best design book I've purchased in a long, long time. It is on the same level as the Design*Sponge book. If you care at all about interior design, have a home renovation project and most certainly if you are a fan of the website by the same name, you need to own this book. This is quite a book, at nearly 400 pages. Do yourself a favor and read the review by Eco-Friendly Feng Shui Designer on October 28, 2013 titled 'Practical and Inspiring'. I couldn't have said it any better myself, and I couldn't agree more with that reviewer.

This book inspires both calm and chaos. The calm in knowing you can create order and beauty and utility out of any space, and the chaos in wanting to jump in and re-engineer your surroundings immediately. The breathtaking results are so impressive as to be intimidating yet the book remains accessible throughout. There's no precious AD museum home nonsense. Even the "10 Rules" at the very top give the confidence to get started and a place to begin. This is a great gift.

I think I thought this would provide more design concepts than it had. Find it a nice idea book, but not much else. It is well published, with solid binding, thick paper and clear images.

Great book. Especially the advice section on planning renos. Practical AND nice on my coffee table? Win!

I bought this book for a friend for Christmas and couldn't resist having a pre-wrapping peek. My daughter then said that I should put it on my birthday wish list, but I couldn't wait that long and ordered my own copy. As well as the beautiful photographs, there are inspirational idea and a section that shows you how to source products and put those creative ideas into practice. The content is well structured and the book is a pleasure to handle.

Ottimo libro, lingua inglese, copertina rigida che fa bella mostra di sé su qualsiasi tavolino od in qualsiasi shelf. Naturalmente, cosa BEN PIU' importante, questo libro offre una gradevole esperienza di lettura con immagini di qualità per gli amanti dell'arredamento e del design da interni. Il concetto è sviluppato in modo davvero gradevole grazie allo stile grafico soffice e ben fruibile che fa di questa pubblicazione un piacevole passatempo ed anche una notevole fonte di ispirazione per chi vuole arredare con stile e funzionalità. Non tratta solo case ed ambientazioni "inarrivabili" come spesso propone questo tipo di pubblicazioni: al contrario passa agevolmente da arredi di alta gamma a soluzioni popolari come i mobili ikea, passando per il riuso e la broquante. Soddisfatta!

I had heard about this book some time ago and finally got my hands on it long enough in a library to be blown away and order my own copy. Such useful references and simplicity of ideas. The smallerbook, Remodelista An organised home is another one I would recommend. Both books excellent.

Full of inspiring ideas, this book sits on my night table and has been read and reread many times (text and all). One book I won't be selling on any time soon.