The Perfectly Imperfect Home by Deborah Needleman

Magazine and also created and oversee a Saturday lifestyle section for the Wall Street Journal called OFFDUTY.

Holly: What are you up to these days, Deborah?ĭeborah: I'm the Editor in chief of WSJ. Care to listen in? Great! Then pull up a chair please and lets chat with domino's one and only Ms.

When Deborah's publisher sent me a copy to review, I knew I had to chat with her personally to learn more about the book and to learn of her inspirations behind-the-scenes. This is a book that is purely inspirational for me above everything else and though I'd hate to take it apart, the thought has crossed my mind to cut out my favorite images and frame them because many are too lovely and girly to not show on a wall.

I did read some of the book though and of course, the text is helpful and written in a very relaxed and personal tone and didn't come across as preachy or textbook. I think Deborah could have told me to do anything in this book, jump off a bridge, run naked in the park, and I wouldn't have even noticed because all of the illustrations swept me away. In fact, I got so lost in the illustrations, examining them over and over again, that I nearly forgot to read the text. The illustrations really made the book (for me at least) because I found them just so pretty to look at. I loved seeing some of my favorite rooms created into works of art through Virginia's talented hand. When you combine her knowledge with colorful illustrations of the rooms that you may remember from her first book and from domino magazine, you have the recipe for a successful title. The Perfectly Imperfect Home is a really pretty coffee table book filled with lots of helpful decorating tips that Deborah has learned over the years from her work at domino and now WSJ. In fact, I once worked for domino, the magazine the Deborah founded, from 2006 until it folded a few years later and I always loved the overall message behind the magazine and wondered where Deborah would go from there after leading such a successful adventure in print. This decorating book is different because there are no photographs but please don't let that put you off - what it does have is beautiful watercolor illustrations of room and objects by Virginia Johnson, a Canadian artist and designer whom I've followed ever since I started blogging. There are tons of beautiful decorating books that just hit stores in time for the holidays and as a result, it's so hard to choose the perfect one! That's why I thought I'd make it easier for you! I recently had a lovely chat with Deborah Needleman, author of newly released and very girly interiors title, ' The Perfectly Imperfect Home' published by Clarkson Potter Books and illustrated by Virginia Johnson, and thought I'd share it with you today.īut first, my thoughts on her latest pride and joy.

The Perfectly Imperfect Home by Deborah Needleman