About This Book
Call It Home: The Details That Matter walks through eight homes designed by interior designer Amber Lewis, including her own, focusing on the small decisions, a countertop edge, a fabric pleat, a flooring grain, that separate a finished room from an unfinished one. Lewis, founder of the California design firm Amber Interiors and author of the earlier Made for Living, shifts her focus in this second book from personal style toward the practical decision-making process behind each choice. The book became a national bestseller and includes more than 200 photographs spanning living rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, and baths.
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Main Ideas and Insights
Lewis organizes the book around specific, concrete decisions rather than broad style advice: how to choose a marble edge profile, which paint finish suits a given light, how flooring grain affects the feel of a room. Each of the eight homes is presented through personal essays describing the challenges her team faced and the materials used to reach the finished result, giving readers a behind-the-scenes look at a real design process rather than only the finished photographs.
Who Should Read This Book
This book suits homeowners planning a renovation or new build, as well as anyone who enjoys interior design but wants more than surface-level inspiration. Because Lewis focuses on decision-making rather than a single rigid style, it is useful for readers developing their own aesthetic rather than trying to copy hers exactly.
What Makes This Book Stand Out
Unlike design books organized purely by room type, Call It Home follows eight complete projects from start to finish, letting readers see how early decisions about layout and materials shape the final result. The personal essays woven throughout distinguish it from a typical photo-driven coffee table book, giving context for why specific choices were made rather than presenting finished rooms without explanation.
About This PDF Edition
Call It Home is available from LD Global as a DRM-free PDF, giving readers immediate, permanent access to the full text and photography on any device they choose to view it on. Because this is a heavily visual design book, readers may want to reference specific rooms while planning their own projects; the searchable PDF format makes it easy to return to a particular home or material choice without paging through the entire book. The file opens on a laptop, tablet, or phone, and works with any standard PDF reader. Once purchased from LD Global, the file is owned permanently, with no subscription fees and no restriction on how many devices it is transferred to.
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