Customers say
Customers find the book has an amazing design sense and great ideas. They appreciate the beautiful pictures and colorful photos. Readers enjoy the humor, wit, and eye for style. The writing style is described as prose-style, easy to read, and coherent. Many consider it a good gift for someone who loves decorating. However, opinions differ on the style, with some finding it vintage and modern with a midcentury vibe, while others mention rustic elements and a lack of lived-in look.
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Beloved comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres shares her passion for home design, a look at her homes, and the secrets she has learned over twenty-five years of renovation and decoration.
Ellen DeGeneres has bought and renovated nearly a dozen homes over the last twenty-five years, and describes her real-estate and decorating adventures as “an education.” She has long cared deeply about design: “I think I wanted to be an interior designer when I was thirteen.”
This deluxe edition of Home is printed on extremely high quality paper, printed on a sheet-fed press, and bound in a real cloth covered case with a tipped in photo of Ellen DeGeneres’ living room featuring her Picasso.
In Home, DeGeneres will, for the first time, share her passion for home design and style. She believes, “You don’t have to have money to have good taste,” and she is eager to share what she has learned over the years. DeGeneres offers a personal look at every room in each of her homes. Included are seven of her homes past and present, from the famous “Brody House” up to her current homes, and she offers tips and advice on what each house taught her. An added bonus is a look at the homes of her friends and collaborators-some of the finest designers in the country. They share their advice on home design, furnishings, as well as a glimpse at their awe-inspiring rooms.
Full of beautiful photographs, this book is a treasure trove of amazing California architecture, unique home furnishings, breathtaking art, and hundreds of ideas on putting together the home you’ve always dreamed of.
Publisher : Grand Central Life & Style; Illustrated edition (October 27, 2015)
Language : English
Hardcover : 304 pages
ISBN-10 : 1455533564
ISBN-13 : 978-1455533565
Item Weight : 1 pounds
Dimensions : 9.38 x 1 x 11.13 inches
by Renee Hammes
Nice book
Good dealFast shippingGreat pictures
by Quirk
Great overview
Great overview of Ellen’s design style and personal choices – photography is great, just enough supplemental text
by Mira M
I LOVE Ellen’s sense of design
I drool over every page. This book is gorgeous, I LOVE Ellen’s sense of design, so creative, natural, organic, spacious. And the text is like she’s talking to you, so down to earth — her funny, heartful, beautiful self. I use this book to get ideas for my home . . . how can I mimic aspects of what she’s doing on an infinately lower budget? With white walls, not cramping too much in, natural, organic colors and items, that’s how! Thank you Ellen!!! LOVE YOU and your design sense!!!
by Cathryn Mapes
and I enjoyed the pictures and the text
The book was interesting to see, and I enjoyed the pictures and the text. However, after reading through only once, I came away with a feeling of slight arrogance on the part of Ellen, of course peppered with humor, but still I would have liked more insight as to her decorating choices, and not so much a list of high-end name dropping of manufacturers and designers. Although the book is entitled HOME, it fell short of the mark for me, and made me feel almost inadequate. I did enjoy the sections titled “What this house taught me”, and will re-read those again, along with advice from the other homeowners.
by PugMama
Very nice coffee table book
I love Ellen and immediately bought this book when I heard a YouTuber mention it. It has some really beautiful design ideas. Well worth the purchase
by Kimi
Home
An intimate and interesting vignette of several houses/homes that Ellen herself designed in collaboration with a few choice interior designers. Having worked with the Clements’ on another home (after rendering our client homeless with the purchase of their home). Disclaimer, I am possibly Ellen’s biggest fan after reading this work of art. I know the feeling of putting your all into designing and remodeling a house into a real home. She shatters the myth that a home is a member of the family. She fully documents how to view the home as it is – an experience meant to be enjoyed on every level, whatever that may mean to you. Well done and compelling title – Home.
by Reading Rocks
Focuses strictly on mid-century design ONLY
This book is a compilation of 7 houses that Ellen purchased/lived in/decorated over the course of a number of years. There are also chapters devoted to individuals who she worked with on these houses — i.e., store owners, decorators, etc. The book is printed on good quality paper and there are lots of photos of full rooms. Photos are done very well and I like that they are either full or half room photos. I personally dislike design books that show things on a table, or a corner of a window, etc. and this book doesn’t do that. For every chapter on each home, Ellen gives some background about who the architect or builder was, who owned it previously, and how she came about buying it. Added to that in the narrative, she gives information on how the interior design came about. Also, at the end of each of those chapters, there is a page where she gives interesting recommendations on how she did approach the design. She seems very knowledgeable about design and has a keen eye for what she likes. I went through a lot of envy in seeing the photos — not from the mid-century style aspect, but the size of the homes she’s had.The reason I only gave my review 3 stars is because ALL of these homes are done in mid-century style with a very, very slight nod to rustic elements and couple of pieces leaning towards antique-y decor. Had I seen this book in a book store, I would not have purchased it. Personally, I am NOT a fan of mid-century design. If you are a fan of mid-century decor, then this is the book for you. If you are a fan of design books that offer diversity showing all types of styles, then save your money.
by Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Great thoughts, ideas and advice
I really love this book. The pictures are great and Ellen provides short summaries on each, of what she’s learned in designing that room. There are thoughts, ideas, advice and short summaries on What This House Taught Me. The book seems to be mostly Mid Century Modern and maybe elements of modern and rustic, but I think the tips Ellen provides translate into any style. Very happy with this purchase.
by Antônio Osvaldo Andrade de Sousa Filho
Lindas imagens e super elegante na decoração da sala. Chegou antes do prazo e muito bem embalado, livro lindo e material impecável.
by Katieb
Read it from cover to cover in one sitting! Absolutely love Ellen’s style, found it very inspiring and it made me think even more that buying second hand is really the way forward. What character and style she instills in all her homes using such an eclectic mix of furniture, much of it out of my budget unfortunately but I think can be achieved in a similar way using flea market finds. Very entertaining to read too, Ellen writes like she speaks, love it!
by Juani
Llego en perfectas condiciones y es mas grande de lo que espere, para su precio esta muy bien! Recomendado al cien porciento!
by Michelle
Awesome book ….Very Beautiful pictures ….Love you Ellenð ….Best ever bookVery quick delivery by Amazonððððð
by Kindle-Kunde
It is a simple book, but you can learn something from this.Thank you ellen and portia for your insipred life style