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Beyond pulling a room together with great fabrics and furniture pieces, Kathryn M. Ireland has an extraordinary talent for pulling together stunning tabletops and delicious meals. Here she celebrates good friends and great food in the French countryside and in southern California. In an elegant scrapbook style, she shares her notes and advice on entertaining, particularly outdoors. Join Kathryn and her talented friend Ithaka for a breakfast, lunchtime picnics, a candlelight dinner, afternoon tea, a barbecue, and a wedding―all interlaced with signature Kathryn M. Ireland fabrics.

Showcases the personal style of designer Kathryn M. Ireland through images of interiors she has decorated, highlighting a Spanish revival home, a Santa Barbara horse ranch, a French beach house, a Brentwood estate, and others.

Look into a celebrity designer's inspiration book... Kathryn M. Ireland shows journeys she has taken and the places and people that inspire her creativity, from rural England to Southwest France, from the East Coast U.S. to the West Coast. Mixing textiles and fabrics with furnishings gathered on trips to Morocco, France, London and other international destinations, Kathryn creates sophisticated but welcoming room designs in the States and abroad, from city apartments to ranch homes and French farm houses. Kathryn M. Ireland is a celebrity designer and cast member of Bravo TV's Million Dollar Decorator. Named by Elle Décor in 2012 as one of the top 25 design stars in the U.S., Kathryn enjoys an international reputation for her expertise in the "sympathetic restoration" of older properties with important architectural origins. A well-established fabric designer, Kathryn has designed a collection for the venerable fabric house Scalamandré. She is the author of four previous books, including Timeless Interiors and Summers in France. She lives in Santa Monica, California, and has a farmhouse in Southwest France.

Using not only postcards but also many photographs from local family archives, author Rod Ireland paints a warm and vivid picture of life in Silverdale over the last century.

Acclaimed interior designer to the A-list, Kathryn M Ireland celebrates 30 years of decorating in A Life in Design.