Styled: Secrets for Arranging Rooms, from Tabletops to Bookshelves Hardcover – October 13, 2015

I had preordered this book and was so excited when it finally arrived. The photos are absolutely gorgeous!! There are so many great ideas, no matter what your decorating style. One of the things I enjoyed doing from this book was the decorating style quiz. I felt it was a great tool for a starting point. Not to mention the cover is so pretty it makes a nice decor piece all in itself. This is probably my new FAVORITE decorating books, I highly recommend...

I like interior design books and I have many. This is more than coffee table book. It provides excellent tips on decorating and the photos are great. There are no negatives

As an avid reader of Emily's blog for many years, I had high expectations for her book and hoped that it would live up to the high standard of content that she has set for herself. I was SO relieved to see that the book embodied her voice, was full of new and useful content (too many books written by bloggers recycle), and had so many beautiful pictures. I was also pleasantly surprised to see many new styles displayed in the book that are not Emily's typical style, but are equally beautiful and still contain her styling signature. I spent over an hour going through the book and didn't come anywhere close to reading everything. What a great book that is both accessible and beautiful!

The photos alone are worth the purchase price of this kindle edition. I deeply appreciate the living room section where the author shows one sofa in several different design styles. If she'd done more of this (perhaps for each room), I would have happy given 5 stars and more enthusiasm. I really like the fact that the interiors are not stuffy, snobby or over-styled. The rooms make me think that fun was had while decorating and the spaces are approachable - as in, these spaces look like someone actually LIVES in them just the way they are in the photos. Super refreshing! The looks are a mix of styles, there are no home store floor sets here - thank gawd! If you are looking for fussy traditional this book is not for you. If you're looking for youthful, fun functionality that's inviting - get this book. She will shown you how to confidently decorate a space you really enjoy living in (and she shares a list of stores and her go-to paint colors).

I've been a fan of Emily Henderson since she won Design Star on HGTV years ago so I was happily anticipating her book and wasn't disappointed since her and I have a very similar style. I find inspiration and ideas all through this book but I can see how those with a minimal aesthetic or more traditional style would be disappointed. Emily's style definitely leans to mid-century and boho, as many reviewers have pointed out, and many of the rooms she designs and showcases fall into one or both of those categories. The inside look at this book on Amazon features many pictures that are true to those styles so If you aren't a fan of what you see there, don't buy it...there's a lot more of the same on the inside pages. One of the things I like best about Emily is that she sometimes thinks "outside of the box" in some of her design choices and I enjoy the unexpected quirkiness she can bring to a room. I like a bit of "organized clutter" on a bookshelf and think a coffee tablescape is a great way to make a living room more inviting. If you are into that, Emily offers some great tips. The only thing about this book that I didn't care for was the style test. If styling or designing a home is your vocation, it might be a good tool for evaluating a potential clients' style but it didn't help me and was a wasted chapter in an otherwise very informative book.

I am surprised by the negative reviews of this book from those her read her blog - the photos, styles, and rooms and very much in the same tone as the blog. I found this book to be fabulously helpful.I agree that the style quiz at the beginning is pointless and worth skipping, but past that I devoured every page. For every photo of a room, she highlights a few points to explain why items or choices work for that room. You don’t have to like the style of that particular room to learn from these tidbits. The tips in this book gave me a foundation to make thoughtful choices about my space to fit my personal style and living style. And the shopping recommendations list at the end is fantastic. I’ll reach for this one again and again.