The Harmonious Home by Rebecca Atwood with Elyse Moody

Join us for a conversation with artist and textile designer Rebecca Atwood to celebrate her new book which details how natural landscapes can provide inspiration for decorating your home. She will be in conversation with longtime writer and editor Elyse Moody, followed by a signing.

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A holistic approach to creating a home using the colors, patterns, and textures found in the natural world, from the author of Living with Color and Living with Pattern.

Hailed by Vogue for her “approachable patterns and textiles” Rebecca Atwood shares a new method for styling your interiors, one guided by nature: specifically landscapes that capture your imagination. As an artist, she has found that the details of a landscape helps make design accessible, and when decorating a home, it can even direct the decisions you make.

Think of a place outside that contains a mood you want to bring into your home, such as the beach or a garden you saw on your travels. Identify the colors in its landscape and you can choose a room’s paint colors. Pick out its textures and you can decide what materials—rugs, wallpaper, upholstery fabric—to bring into the room. The Harmonious Home walks you through six different landscapes—Dunes, Ocean, Field, Forest, Garden, and City—and shows you how to pull together color and pattern combinations you might not have imagined on your own that evoke the feeling of the place without looking overly thematic.

Throughout, you’ll find gorgeous photographs of interiors around the country and expert advice from celebrated interior designers for selecting lighting, a floor plan, window treatments, and more. With endless inspiration for building a room around a mood, The Harmonious Home takes you from fabric and paint swatches to a harmonious design that feels like home.

Rebecca Atwood received her BFA in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design before beginning her career designing and consulting for major retailers. Today, she is an artist and textile designer, who creates timeless designs that celebrate artistry, color, and the beauty of nature for her namesake line. She is also the author of Living with Pattern and Living with Color. Her interest in pattern is deeply rooted in her childhood on Cape Cod and her everyday observations of life in Charleston, South Carolina, where she lives with her family.

Elyse Moody is a longtime writer and editor who specializes in all things home. She spent more than a decade on staff at House Beautiful, Martha Stewart Living, O, The Oprah Magazine, and Elle, and has contributed to many more publications. She lives in New Jersey with her husband, son, daughter, and cat.

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