Homebody
A Guide to Creating Spaces You Never Want to Leave
Joanna Gaines
352 pages, 8 1/2 x 11
full-color photographs
November, 2018
HarperDesign
In her design book, Homebody, Joanna Gaines walks you through how to create a home that reflects the personalities and stories of the people who live there. This comprehensive guide will help you assess your priorities and your instincts, as well as your likes and dislikes, with practical steps for navigating and embracing your authentic design style.
Room by room, Homebody gives you an in-depth look at how these styles are iterated as well as how to blend the genres you’re drawn to in order to create spaces that look and feel distinctly yours.
In each chapter are practical takeaways to help problem solve potential pain points in your home. A fold out design guidebook at the back of the book offers a place for you to take notes and sketch out your own design plans as you make your way through the rooms.
The insight shared in Homebody will instill in you the confidence to thoughtfully create spaces that you never want to leave.
About the contributor(s):
Joanna Gaines is the co-founder of Magnolia, a home and lifestyle brand based in Waco, Texas, that she started with her husband, Chip. The authors of the New York Times bestseller The Magnolia Story, Chip and Joanna have been remodeling homes for more than a decade—as seen by their work on HGTV’s Fixer Upper—marrying their shared passion for real estate with Chip’s knack for construction and Joanna’s eye for design. She is editor-in-chief of the brand’s popular lifestyle magazine, Magnolia Journal, where she shares moments in her garden and memories made in the kitchen with Chip and the couple’s four children.