Thanks Annie! I will check that book out.

I'm looking for inspiration here :)

Michael S. Smith "Elements of Style".

I love The Welcoming House by Jane Schwab & Cindy Smirh. Absolutely gorgeous, totally my style. They are local to my area, so I have a lot of context to the beautiful homes featured.

Nina Campbell is my favorite interior designer. She has many books. This was the first of her books that I read. I love her use of color and classic style that has a modern vibe to it.

Oops, I thought I had attached a screen shot of the book- sorry. It's Nina Campbell Elements of Design: Elegant wisdom that works for every room in your home.

I don't know about my favorite (it's hard to pick just one), but I LOVE buying home decorating books on ebay. I usually pay $3-$4 a book. But new books are higher priced so many of my books have been out for a while. My favorites are from Country Living, Potter Barn, House Beautiful, and some rustic ones.

I guess if I had to choose it would be an older book by Country Living - The Perfect Kitchen.

"Use What You Have Decorating" by Lauri Ward.

I have a ton, but we are packing up to get house staged and sold. Not all are packed yet so will go find what I still have out.

Found this one at the top of a box.

I love the pics but also love that it has instructions on how to make many of the treatments.

Any book by Charles Faudree. I have them all! ;)

I have quite a few books on Interior Design. To the point I'm running out of space:)

Some I borrow in the library of course, and some I return after buying and reading, if I feel the book won't be re-read many times. I also gift some to friends who like the subject. There are still many, so..not an easy question...

But.

Both books by Celerie Kemble, "To Your Taste" and "Black and White: And a Bit in Between"-for her amazing ability to explain things, very poetic yet down-to-earth writing style, and professional honesty and integrity that peek through every sentence. I enjoyed these book as I would be enjoying good literature.

"To each his home" by Bilyana Dimitrova-unique, quirky, unexpected and even a bit weird interiors of several homeowners, and extensive interviews with all of them about how and why their style came to life. To me, it's one of the best parts in the design-people who come up with it, and carry it out. I see a home as a blend of its own needs wants and character-and the owners' ones. It's a bit like every other relationship, and I find it very interesting to explore.

"Home Love" by Megan Morton-for humor, happiness it exudes, and tons of good advice on different rooms, and different styles. Tons of great sources too-but she's Australian:)

"Making a House your Home" by Clare Nolan-great book that inspires you to jump off your chair, explore your home, tweak it, love it, enjoy it every minute, and even fold laundry)) I don't know how she does it, but even the most mundane tasks are suddenly seen in a new light, and I loved this book for that.

"Vintage Remix" by Kishani Perera-because I love her style so much, and find much joy in looking at her work.

"Habitat" by Lauren Liess-for her amazing talent, attention to details, and a very honest voice, endearing in its seriousness. Much to learn from her.

"New Bohemians" by Justina Blakeney-for wonderful homes featured there, and the amazing vibe you'd appreciate a lot, whether you're into this style or not

Books by Abigail Ahern, especially the second one, "Decorating with style"-for her breathtaking interiors that are moody, quirky, glamorous but never pretentious, extremely cozy, and have a big changing power on you. It's like meeting a seriously interesting person.

"Red Tile Style" by Arrol Gellner-highly recommended for everybody who loves Spanish Revival, and wants to know more.

"The Perfectly Imperfect Home" by Deborah Needleman-for warmth, humor, and great advice.

to be continued..)))

"Designing your perfect house: Lessons from an architect", by William J. Hirsch-extremely interesting and useful book for everybody who's about to build a house-or just wants to learn many new fascinating things -or understand things he kinda knew before, but couldn't explain to himself:)

"All about Color" by Janice Lindsay-again, fascinating book about colors, how they influence us, and how our perception of them changed through the history, signified different things, found its expression in art, and much much more.

And books by Susanna Salk, for the gorgeous interiors pictured there.

I'm sure I forgot several good ones, but you probably already hate me by now))

Wow, aprilneverends, that is an amazing list- you curated and reviewed your favorites for us. Thank you. I am going to order the one by Dimitrova right away.

Most of my decorating books are focused on beautiful farmhouses, but I'm also really enjoying "The Great American House: Tradition for the Way We Live Now.