The Handmade Home: Inspiring Homes of Collectors and Creators

(Hardback)

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Mark and Sally Bailey of award-winning destination homeware store Baileys Home explore the inspirational homes of artists, craftspeople and designers.

Living with paintings, sculptures, ceramics and textiles almost anything crafted by hand will give your home a sense of personality that is welcome in this age of mass production. The Handmade Homeshows how living with handcrafted pieces is a joyful experience that awakens the senses and brings simple, tactile pleasure to every day.The book begins by looking at The Elements: Colour, Texture, Textiles, Made by Hand and Collecting. Next, The Homes features 12 inspirational case studies, from rural England to Japan, offering a glimpse into the private spaces of those who love to create or to live with handmade pieces. Each of the carefully chosenlocations demonstrates how living with art and craft can bring joy, variety and beauty to every corner of a room and will inspire the reader to create their own handmade home.

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Mark and Sally Bailey have been evolving their unique style for more than four decades. Their iconic Baileys Home Store is housed in a series of historic farm buildings in rural Herefordshire. Here you will find their distinctive blend of old and new handmade goods from around the globe. Their previous books areRecycled Home,Simple Home,Wabi-Sabi HomeandMade of Wood(all Ryland Peters & Small). Mark and Sally live in Herefordshire.