# Mad about the House: 101 Interior Design Answers - Hardcover

by **Kate Watson-Smyth** (Author)

**A practical how-to guide from the author of Mad About the House, the bestselling book and UK's number 1 interiors blog. This dictionary of interior design answers all those questions you were afraid to ask.**

The book begins with the most important questions of all: Who? What? When? Where? Why? and How? The aim is to answer these before you start any decorating scheme and you will avoid the most common mistakes, save money and, most importantly, create a home that works for you and the people who live there. This is a super-practical guide that allows you to dip in and out so you can solve all your decorating dilemmas.

In addition to the no-nonsense practical answers, there are checklists and step-by-step guides to key decorating challenges - everything from How to Hang Wallpaper, to Arranging a Gallery Wall, How to Choose a Mattress and What Makes the Best Work Surface.

### Author Biography

Kate Watson-Smyth is an award-winning journalist who has written extensively on interiors and design for publications including the _Financial Times_, _The Independent,_ and the _Sunday Telegraph_ and she has a monthly interiors column in _Red_. Her home has been featured in the _The Wall Street Journal,_ _la Repubblica_, _Elle Decoration,_ _Livingetc_ and Remodelista_._ Kate's acclaimed website, madaboutthehouse.com, founded in 2012, is officially the UK's No. 1 interiors blog. The Great Indoors - which she co-hosts with Sophie Robinson - is the nation's most popular interiors podcast. Kate has written two other bestselling books, _Mad About the House: How to Decorate Your Home with Style_ (2018) and _Mad About the House: 101 Interior Design Answers_ (2020). @mad\_about\_the\_house has 242k IG followers.

**Number of Pages:** 208

**Dimensions:** 0.9 x 9.4 x 7.7 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** March 03, 2020

## Details

- **Price:** 29.95 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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