Living Together: How Couples Create Design Harmony at Home - Hardcover

Are you half of an elegant, interesting couple, living beautifully in a perfectly decorated home that's the envy of all your guests? If not, Living Together: How Couples Create Design Harmony at Home provides an intimate tour of the extraordinary homes of 15 couples who have joined their lives and their possessions to create strikingly original and glamorous domestic environments. A painting couple in the Hamptons, an interior designer in London, a fashion designer in Los Angeles, a landscape designer in Hawaii--all opened their doors to photographer Erica Lennard, architect Denis Colomb, and writer Julia Szabo. Lush color photographs with accompanying explanatory text illustrate how these couples combined individual tastes to achieve unified, dramatic interior design statements. After each home's profile, a set of "harmonious how-to's" are offered to summarize the couple's aesthetic philosophy. But the real treat here is the illusion of being a virtual guest in (take your pick) a picturesque villa on the Mediterranean, an eccentrically restored home in Barcelona, a minimalist loft in London, a stone quarry in Provence, or perhaps a formal townhouse in Manhattan. --Judy Fireman

Erica Lennard and her husband Denis Colomb live together in harmony in Los Angeles, New York, and Aix en Provence. Photographer Erica Lennard specializes in gardens and interiors. Her photographs are featured in several garden and interior books, including the award-winning Breaking Ground: Portraits of Ten Garden Designers (Artisan), and the best-sellers The Art of Doing Nothing and The Art of Imperfection (Clarkson Potter). Lennard contributes regularly to many international magazines such as Architectural Digest, Elle Decoration, French Vogue, and House Beautiful. Artistic Director Denis Colomb, a noted French architect and designer, was awarded the 1992 European IDI design award for the design of 30 fashion shops around the world. His international work has been featured in such publications as The World of Interiors, Elle Decor, Casa Vogue, House Beautiful, and Interior Design. Julia Szabo reports frequently on design, interiors, culture, and entertaining for The New York Times, House Beautiful, and Traditional Home. She is the author of Animal House Style: Designing a Home to Share with Your Pets (Bulfinch Press).