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A book I recommend for anyone wanting to reconnect with their creativity. The Artist’s Way helps you overcome creative blocks, develop a creative routine and trust your own ideas. valuable skills for anyone working in design.
The Artist's Way: Spiritual Path to Creativity
A beautiful book about creativity, inspiration and trusting your own creative instincts. I love how The Creative Act encourages you to stay curious, observe the world around you and find creativity in everyday life
The Creative Act: A Way of Being - Bestseller
is a fun and inspiring book about creativity, collecting ideas and finding inspiration in the world around you. It’s a great reminder that creativity isn’t about creating something completely from scratch, but about learning from what inspires you an...
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things About Creativity
This is one of those books I keep coming back to for inspiration. I love the way it mixes old and new pieces and shows how you can create a home that feels collected, personal and timeless — rather than everything looking too perfect or “matchy”.
Create: At Home with Old & New
One of those books I’d recommend if you’re interested in interiors but don’t know where to start. I love that it’s practical without being overwhelming, with lots of ideas about colour, furniture, layout and making a space work for you. A great one t...
The Interior Design Handbook
absolutely love this one for inspiration. It’s all about creating a home that feels beautiful and elevated, but still warm, comfortable and actually lived in. I love that balance, a home doesn’t need to look perfect or expensive to feel special.
The Art of Home: Designer Guide to Creating
I really like this one because it goes beyond just making a home look pretty. It gets into how the way a home is planned, organised and designed can actually change how you live in it. Lots of useful ideas about space, layout and making a home work b...
The Handbook of Home Design: Architect’s Guide
I love this one if you’re at the stage of choosing furniture for your home and don’t know where to start. It’s really useful for understanding how different pieces work together, from size and proportion to style and placement.
The Furnishing Handbook
This is such a good one if you love homes that feel beautiful but still real and lived-in. I love the mix of different styles and how every space has its own personality. It’s the kind of book I’d pick up when I want inspiration without looking for a...
Made for Living: Collected Interiors
I love this one for getting a feel for interiors here in Ireland. It’s full of beautiful spaces and little details that feel very relevant to Irish homes
100 Irish Interior Design Photography Book
I really like this one for anyone who feels like they love a bit of everything and can’t quite figure out what their own style is! It helps you understand what you’re naturally drawn to and, more importantly, how to bring it together in your own home...
The Home Style Handbook: Understand & Implement
If you love cosy Scandinavian interiors, you’ll probably enjoy this one. It’s basically a big dose of inspiration
Hygge Nordic Home Interior Design Magazine
I love this one if you’re thinking about changing up a room with paint or wallpaper. Farrow & Ball always makes me want to rethink colour combinations, and this book is full of beautiful inspiration for creating a more considered look. Definitely...
Farrow and Ball How to Redecorate Book
I really like this one because it’s all about making a home feel like your home. It’s a lovely reminder that good interiors don’t have to follow every trend, they should reflect the people who live there, with pieces, colours and details that actuall...
Curate: Inspiration for an Individual Home
I love this one for the little details. It’s a beautiful reminder that sometimes it’s not about changing everything in a room
Call It Home: The Details That Matter
This is such a fun one if you’re obsessed with colour like I am! It explores the history and stories behind different colours, and it made me look at them in a completely different way. I love picking it up when I need inspiration
The Secret Lives of Colour: Kassia St Clair
I love this one for both the inspiration and the look of the book itself. Eat, Drink, Nap is full of beautiful interiors, food and travel inspiration, but honestly, it also looks gorgeous sitting on a coffee table. One of those books that you’ll want...
Eat, Drink, Nap: Bringing the House Home
I actually love the idea of using this kind of book alongside the creative process of designing a home. Creating a mood board or sample board is a bit like putting your vision into something tangible, colours, textures, materials and images that help you visualise how you want a space to feel. This book is a lovely reminder of the power of visualising what you want and turning an idea in your head into something you can actually see.
Manifest: Instant Sunday Times Bestselling 7-Step Guide
This is one of those books I could spend hours looking through! It’s basically a little journey through 100 years of interiors, architecture and design. I love it for seeing how styles have changed over time, but also how some ideas never really go o...
Architectural Digest at 100: A Century of Style