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How To Be Mad About Your House
Summary
with KATE WATSON-SMYTH — Design expert, journalist, best-selling author. Creator of UK's #1 interiors blog and podcast.
Lesson 29 of 29
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As Kate closes, she encourages you to use the tools she's provided throughout this course to create a home that you love and serves you well.
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Suggested Reading and Listening
Suggested Reading
Mad About The House: How to decorate your home with style by Kate Watson Smyth
Mad About The House: 101 Interior Design Answers by Kate Watson Smyth
Mad About The House: Planner by Kate Watson Smyth
Shades of Grey: Decorating with the most elegant of neutrals by Kate Watson Smyth
Design Secrets: Adding Character and Style to an Interior to Make it Your Own by Kit Kemp
By Design: The World's Best Contemporary Interior Designers by Phaidon Editors
Podcasts
The Great Indoors
153: How we develop our unique design styles
Websites
Mad about the house
Welcome to Mad About the House — home of the Design Store
madaboutthehouse.com
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Your Instructor
Kate Watson-Smyth
Design expert, journalist, best-selling author. Creator of UK's #1 interiors blog and podcast.
Kate Watson-Smyth is an award-winning design journalist and author of the best-selling Mad About The House book series. She has spent the last 20 years writing extensively on interiors and design for publications including the Financial Times, The Independent and The Sunday Telegraph. Her home has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Elle Decoration and Livingetc, and her acclaimed website, MadAboutTheHouse.com, is officially voted the UK’s No1 interiors blog.
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