At Home with Dogs and Their Designers: Sharing a Stylish Life

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This is a unique inspirational book that merges the worlds of dogs and interior design, featuring stylish images alongside practical elements a great combination that makes this a standout gift book of the season. At Home with Dogs and Their Designers will appeal to everyone who is taken by images of beguiling dogs and puppies in beautiful settings! Twenty-one top interior designers give advice and stylish tips for sharing a home with their canine companions, alongside delightful photography by Stacey Bewkes.

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"At Home With Dogs and Their Designers, by Susanna Salk and photographed by Stacey Bewkes, visits the houses ofKelly Wearstler,Jonathan Adler, and more in order to meet their (adorable) dogs. "
Vogue.com

"for mans best friend is the subject of Rizzolis At Home With Dogs and Their Designers: Sharing a Stylish Life (by Susanna Salk, $35, 176 pp.). In the introduction, the architect and interior designer Robert Couturier writes that, similar to ones home, Dogs are an extension of ourselves; they represent the best part of us. Indeed, the rooms of the 22 interior designers featured in this compact hardcover volume come to life in unexpectedly personal ways via the photogenic animals. Household names such as Jonathan Adler, Bunny Williams and Kelly Wearstler provide salient tips on everything from decorating with pet-proof fabrics to diet (A lady never said no to a nibble of roast chicken, Mr. Adler wrote about his russet-colored FoxyLady), followed by charming faux interviews with the dogs themselves not to mention a helpful list of resources and charities."
The New York Times

"Twenty-two designer dogs (severalAD100designers are included in the mix) are profiled inAt Home with Dogs and Their Designers(October 3, Rizzoli) by Susanna Salk. Each chapter invites the reader into a designers home to see how they live with their best friends. "
ArchitecturalDigest.com

If the industrys top designers can keep a stylish home and a pup (or six!), then nothings stopping you! Find out their advice for designing around furry friends while staying true to your taste in At Home With Dogs And Their Designers by Susanna Salk.
Elle Decor

"While everything may be gorgeous and pristine in their clients' rooms, behind closed doors many interior designers have a secret: They like to let their shedding, drooling dogs roam free among the carefully sourced furniture, and even their beds. Indeed, many actually consider their pets to be part of their curated settings, as is adorably illustrated inAt Home With Dogs and Their Designers, a new book by Susanna Salk out now."
W Magazine

"Things we love: dogs. Things we dont love: decorating for dogs. Chewing Shedding Muddy paws Welp, there go our grand decor plansor so we thought. In Susanna Salks new book, At Home with Dogs and Their Designers (Rizzoli), she shares the high-style meets pet-friendly secrets of 22 designer dog parents. Here are five faith-renewing tricks were copying immediately."
PureWOW.com

"No matter how sumptuous the furnishings or luxurious the fabrics, no space is too precious for these treasured pets."
Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles

"Go behind the scenes of designers and as they turn their focus on the pups that share the stylish homes and well-manicured gardens of the top interior designers in the country."
The Society Diaries

"The book features the homes of 22 A-List interior designers and includes interviews with their dogs,giving us insight into the luxury of their daily lives from their favorite places to sleep to their guilty pleasures! It also includes tips and tricks from the designer on ways to live stylishly with dogs."
TheGlamPad.com

"There are two things I have a weakness for,design books and dogs. And so when I received an advance copy ofAt Home with Dogs and their Designers, Sharing a Stylish Life, from Rizzoli, it was akin to getting an early Christmas gift.It's the time of year I start to take note of those gifts worth giving, and books are always at the top of my list of favorite items to give. . . . I knew immediately who must have copies of these stunning pages filled with fun photographs, with snapshots into the lives of these vivacious dogs and their designers, with tips for dogs on living stylishly, and tips for humans on living with their 4-legged friends. As whimsical as it is stunning, this is a must for those designing dog-lovers in your life. "
The Entertaining House

"With a wonderful narrative and immersive photos taken by the impossibly talented photographer and fellow blogger Stacey Bewkes of Quintessence, At Home with Dogs and their Designers: Sharing a Stylish Life will make a perfectly lovely gift for any dog lover and/or designer."
WhatIsJamesWearing.com

"It seems almost like an anomaly that designers would be so devoted to their dogs, who can be messy and occasionally destructive to interiors. But just read any of the odes they wrote to their beloved pets in the book and youll see not only how utterly devoted the designers are but also how they have all managed to lead a stylish and, more importantly well-loved, life together."
Quintessence Blog

"And its the special relationship between designer and dog or vice-versa as Salk tongue-and-cheekedly suggests in her title thats highlighted in her new book from Rizzoli New York"
CJDellatore.com

"Finally a book that combines two of my favorite things! Dogs and Design! Leave it to Susanna Salk to knock this one out of the design park by mixing lovable dogs and the gorgeous abodes in which they reside."
Relished Roost

"In At Home with Dogs and Their Designers, Susanna Salk introduces readers to the canine family members of A-list interior designers."
Flower Magazine

". . . this book is really special. reading all the stories I more than once got a tear in my eye."
MarkDSikes.com

"Salks delightful new book features thehigh-style-meets-pet-friendly secrets of 22 designer dog parents. Essential reading for anyone with an eye for design and a heart for mans best friend."
PureWow.com

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La Dolce Vita Blog

"And when those dog owners also happen to be interior designers, you can bet their four-legged family members live seriously stylish lives."
One Kings Lane

Author Bio

Susanna Salk is a designer and stylist as well the author of many best-selling books that celebrate design from the personal weekend spaces of style makers in Weekend Retreats to Room for Children which explores design for the junior set. French-born interior designer/architect Robert Couturier opened his New York firm in 1987. His work has been featured in such publications as Architectural Digest and Elle Decor, and he is included on the annual lists of the best designers. Stacey Bewkes' continuing love of design let to the creation of Quintessence, an award-winning on-line guide to the best in style and substance.