{"product_id":"inside-stories-by-hilary-robertson-interior-styling-book","title":"Inside Stories by Hilary Robertson | Interior Styling Book","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eSome homes are full of things. Others hold only a few, chosen slowly. \u003cem\u003eInside Stories\u003c\/em\u003e speaks to both, and to everyone in between.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eStylist and author Hilary Robertson has spent a career arranging the ordinary into something worth pausing over, and here she turns that eye on the objects most of us live with quietly: artworks and ceramics, yes, but also hats, baskets, bicycles, the accumulated evidence of a life. The first chapter sets out four ways of approaching an arrangement, intuitive, narrative, practical and curatorial, then walks through the surfaces where those arrangements actually happen. Mantelpieces. Windowsills. The top of a chest of drawers you have never quite known what to do with.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe second half opens the doors of real homes, grouped into five styles Robertson names with obvious affection: Neatnik, Bohemian, Naturalist, Sculpture Vulture, and Noble Salvage. Magpies who collect and minimalists who contain will both find themselves somewhere in these pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eIt is a working book rather than a decorative one, though it happens to be beautiful. Read it with a \u003ca class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/fluxboutique.co.nz\/collections\/vases\"\u003evase\u003c\/a\u003e in one hand and a shelf half-emptied in front of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho is this book for?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnyone who has ever moved the same three objects around a shelf for twenty minutes without landing on the right composition. It suits new homeowners, renters, collectors, and people midway through a slow renovation. The photography is generous enough to make it a pleasure simply to look at, so it earns its place among our \u003ca class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/fluxboutique.co.nz\/collections\/books\"\u003ecoffee table books\u003c\/a\u003e even for those who never read it cover to cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs it practical or aspirational?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoth, comfortably. The vignette guidance is specific and repeatable, and the real homes are lived in rather than staged into sterility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat pairs well with it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStack it beneath a sculptural object, or style it flat with a candle and a single stem. Our \u003ca class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/fluxboutique.co.nz\/collections\/faux-flowers\"\u003efaux flowers\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/fluxboutique.co.nz\/collections\/candles-candle-holders\"\u003ecandles\u003c\/a\u003e were made for exactly this kind of surface work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eAs a gift, it lands beautifully for a housewarming, a milestone birthday, or the friend whose home always looks considered and who would like to know why. It is also a quietly generous gift to give yourself in the middle of winter, when the house asks to be looked at again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"\u003eStyling Tips\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eLay it flat on a coffee table as the base of a stack, spine facing out, with a smaller hardback angled across the corner. On a shelf, stand it upright between a ceramic form and a low bowl so the cover has room to breathe. In a bedroom, it sits well on a bedside table beneath a reading lamp, where the format is generous enough to read propped against your knees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eA genuinely useful styling framework rather than a book of pretty pictures alone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eFour distinct approaches to arrangement, so you can find the one that matches how you actually live\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eFive real-home case studies spanning maximal to minimal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eSubstantial hardcover format that holds its own on a coffee table or shelf\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eWritten by a stylist with decades of editorial work behind her\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eA considered gift that keeps giving long after the first read\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eTitle: \u003cem\u003eInside Stories: Curating and Displaying the Stuff of Life\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eAuthor: Hilary Robertson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003ePublisher: Ryland Peters \u0026amp; Small\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eFormat: Hardcover, paper over board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003ePages: 208\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eDimensions: approx. 28 x 22cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eWeight: approx. 0.69kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eISBN: 9781788797009\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"\u003eThe short of it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eInside Stories\u003c\/em\u003e is the rare interiors book that changes what you do on Sunday afternoon. Robertson takes the objects already in your home and hands you a way of seeing them, and arranging them, that feels less like decorating and more like recognising something true about how you live. A strong addition to the Books range and a natural gift pick heading into the second half of winter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53881757204798,"sku":null,"price":89.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0149\/files\/81j0REUCYiL._SL1500.jpg?v=1783551399","url":"https:\/\/fluxboutique.co.nz\/products\/inside-stories-by-hilary-robertson-interior-styling-book","provider":"Flux Boutique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}