The Art of Decorating: Creating Stories Through Spaces

A beautiful home is not created by following trends. It is created by understanding how you live.In The Art of Decorating: Creating Stories Through Spaces, Rowena Gungon Niduaza draws on more than three decades of experience in design, visual merchandising, styling, and creating spaces to show that good decorating begins long before choosing colours, furniture, or accessories.It begins with the people who live there.Through practical principles and room-by-room guidance, this book explores how to work with proportion, scale, balance, colour, lighting, texture, layout, storage, and flow - while developing the confidence to make choices that reflect your own life and personal style.From living rooms, bedrooms, kitchens, and dining rooms to home offices, children's rooms, guest rooms, balconies, and gardens, you'll learn how to create spaces that are not only beautiful, but comfortable, functional, welcoming, and deeply personal.You'll also discover how to decorate thoughtfully on a budget, mix old and new, make more sustainable choices, work with small spaces, refresh a home over time, and know when to edit rather than add.The Art of Decorating is not about creating a perfect home for a photograph. It is about creating a home that works for real life, and tells your story with clarity, warmth, and intention.Because the most beautiful home is not the one that follows every rule. It is the one that feels unmistakably yours.