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The Kinfolk Home: Interiors for Slow Living

by Nathan Williams
Artisan. 2015. 368p. photos. ISBN 9781579656652. $35; ebk. ISBN 9781579656805. INTERIOR DESIGN
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Kinfolk magazine is devoted to slow living, defined as a way to create a simplified lifestyle to focus on the quality of our experiences. In photo essays, Kinfolk editor in chief Williams (The Kinfolk Table) visits 35 dwellings in North and South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia to show how the inhabitants' embrace of this movement is expressed in their homes. Many of these sections are followed by essays reflecting on the lifestyles or designs displayed on the previous pages, with several featuring interviews with the designers. Although slow living may conjure up visions of sparsely furnished interiors, many here illustrate crowded bookshelves, art-filled walls, and rooms populated with children and pets in close to 300 color photographs.
VERDICT This handsome volume filled with visuals and advice shows how to create an environment surrounded by meaningful objects and designed to facilitate the enjoyment of life.
Reviewed by Gayle A. Williamson , Apr 01, 2016
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