Arriving Home: A Gracious Southern Welcome (James Farmer)

If you love southern design add this to your bookshelf.

A wonderful book to add to your collection Very well done

I loved the way James Farmer used color in decorating. The rooms shouted come in & enjoy!! His boldness with accessorizing was amazing. The book was well written with numerous details explaining his approach to decorating.

This book was recommended. Each room is beautifully done, but for an eclectic home like mine, it’s over the top with patterns and clutter and books as decorations. I am trying to unclutter rooms at this point in my life and prefer single places of good taste/choices to focus on in a room

I could live in every room of every single page of this wonderful book. As I turned page after page, I realized that the front pages are not reserved for the best. They continue to the very last page. This has become my only resource for the construction and design of our 100-year old home. I am so happy I found it before we finished! Many of the fabrics I love and have already chosen are displayed here in all their glory thanks to James Farmer and his wonderful style. The thing I love the most out of all the things there are to love is that none of the interiors feel stuffy or overdone and are so easily achieved with his design as my guide. Comfort, beauty, elegance and classic are just a few words that describe each home. If you were a fan of his first book as I was, this one will blow you away!

This book was purchased as gift and it received a delighted response from the recipient-- Farmer has great design ideas; his photographs are beautiful; and his text is descriptive.

Christmas gift

I just remodeled a traditional seaside Cape Cod style home. I wanted to retain the charm of this Royal Berry Wills home by playing up to its quaint old school style rather than to decorate with the blues and greens and contemporary furniture often associated with oceanfront homes. I also wanted to avoid a high style formal look, preferring a comfortable more casual approach. While there are many design books dedicated to a farm house style, this was not quite what I wanted either. This book and others by James Farmer and architect Gil Schafer are the perfect inspiration for what I hope to achieve in this house- a sophisticated, but comfortable decor that makes an asset of the coziness, scale and architectural elements of this home. Great and unique book!

Quite expensive book but worth it if you like traditional style interiors.

Gracious, lovely, and charming Interiors. A great book.

Das Buch ist empfehlenswert für jeden, der die gemütliche und etwas „opulentere“ Einrichtungsart der Südstaaten mag. Nichts für Minimalisten. ;-)

Another gem of a book from James Farmer, who infuses his work with joy and warmth, which shine on every page. This book is beautiful and extremely inspiring.