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The Interior Design Handbook

This book is amazing!!! Literally everything you need to know about designing a space

Frida has created this BIBLE to interior design ... such useful info that has taken me years to learn, all in one place ... it's been cleverly written for everyone: budding designers, existing designers and people not at all in the interiors world who want to bring their home to life

Useful to everyone, irrespective of their taste in furniture or personal style

A detailed manual ... Ramstedt advises us to look away from social media to create the nurturing homes we need this winter

Elegant ... thoughtful ... Frida Ramstedt shares clever tricks for achieving your goals

If spending more time indoors has sparked interior design aspirations, this is the book for you ... beautifully illustrated with handy line drawings ... The Interior Design Handbook gets down to the nitty gritty of successfully putting a room together

Take it to bed and you'll be utterly engrossed and enlightened

This elegant, clothbound, back-to-basics interior design bible offers practical and thoughtful arrangement and decoration advice for ordinary homes

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The Interior Design Handbook: Outdoors

An essential tool for anyone starting out in garden design. Yet, it’s just as valuable for me… even as a senior garden designer. It satisfies curiosity with knowledge. Sometimes it’s as simple as giving shape to your thoughts through words. The book is entirely free from embellished greenery or decorative plants of any kind ... a definitive guide

Svante Öquist, former editor-in-chief of Elle Interior

Frida Ramstedt is the author of the international bestseller, The Interior Design Handbook, and The Furnishing Handbook. She is the creator of Scandinavia's biggest interior design blog, Trendenser.se, winner of the Elle Decoration Award for 'Best Interior Design Blog'.

Frida Ramstedt

Over almost two decades, Ramstedt has made a name for herself in Sweden as a home interiors specialist . . . She wrote her latest book, The Furnishing Handbook, to stop people making rash furniture purchasing decisions, from the wrong height stools to dining room chairs that make your back ache during supper with friends

This book could be the smartest investment you ever make in furniture... From understanding the dimensions needed to ensure comfort to matching the scale of different pieces in a room, Ramstedt's advice will help you select good furniture and ensure it looks beautiful in your space

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How do you choose dining chairs that are still comfortable at the end of a long meal? A sofa you can sink into without sagging? A bed that doesn't leave your neck and back aching? 
 
Award-winning blogger and bestselling author of The Interior Design Handbook Frida Ramstedt is back with practical tips and insider secrets from the world of furniture design. In The Furnishing Handbook, she shares insights and advice on what to look out for to ensure the furniture we buy doesn&rsquo;t just look good but is also well-made, long-lasting and, most importantly, comfortable to use every day. 
 
Looking beyond the latest furniture trends and styles, Frida equips readers with everything they need to understand what works best when choosing furniture and why. With chapters on chairs, tables, sofas and more, The Furnishing Handbook is an indispensable guide for anyone investing in new pieces for their home.

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