The Home Style Handbook

A practical guide to defining your personal style in home decor.

From Lucy Gough, interiors stylist and tutor, it breaks design down room by room and moodboard by moodboard to help you translate taste into real spaces.

The Home Style Handbook offers clear, approachable guidance for arranging living rooms, bedrooms, dining areas, and more. It focuses on practical decisions that fit everyday life, helping you create a cohesive look without overcomplication.

The ideas are timeless and adaptable, so you can revisit chapters as your space evolves. It emphasizes material quality, balance, and texture in ways that stay relevant over time.

• Room-by-room structure breaks the decor process into manageable steps for each area of the home.
• Moodboard approach translates taste into concrete decor directions you can reference across spaces.
• Non-professional friendly guidance designed for people decorating their own homes without a formal background.
• Timeless principles focused on balance, light, texture, and materials that age gracefully.
• Practical outcomes clear ideas you can implement as soon as you’re ready.
• Author expertise insights from Lucy Gough, an experienced interiors stylist and tutor.