This Monocle book tells us how to turn a house into a home. Both a
practical guide and a great source of inspiration, The Monocle Guide to
Cosy Homes presents the interiors, furniture, and locations you need to
know about along with portraits of the people who can make it happen.
The Monocle Guide to Cosy Homes celebrates the durable and the
meaningful through a collection of homes that tell a story. Most
architecture and interior books show houses polished to perfection,
manicured to the extent that it is hard to imagine anybody acually lives
there: they seem to miss the point that homes are meant to be
inhabited. They should be able to take the scuffs and knocks and to be
part of a community, whether in a Chicago skyscraper or on Australia's
sunshine coast. So where are the best places to make a home? What are
the villages, coastlines, mountains, towns, and cities that would make
you want to settle down? The Monocle Guide to Cosy Homes answers those
questions with a global photographic survey of a wide variety of homes.
Whether the focus is on a remote residence in the Swedish archipelago or
a lush abode in Rio de Janeiro, or on the difference between residing
in Tokyo and Toronto, this book is the perfect balance between the
inspirational and the practical. The book is a survey of everything you
need to know to build the residence of your dreams, providing insight
into the best neighborhoods, architects, and makers all over the world.
From design-store owners to green-roof gardeners, The Monocle Guide to
Cosy Homes introduces you to interesting people with ideas that are
built to last. Monocle's signature illustrations punctuate the book's
rich and detailed content. Through striking photography, The Monocle
Guide to Cosy Homes also gives you a glimpse into the lives that unfold
in these apartments, villas, and cottages, showing that these homes are
alive and that this is precisely what makes them special. This is a book
that should be referred to again and again--it is a book about the
quality of life.
