Family homes need to work hard and play hard, meeting the varying needs of style-conscious parents, lively toddlers, and everyone else in between.

In Creative Family Home, Ashlyn Gibson explores the heart and soul of twelve homes that capture the zeitgeist in family living. Whether your family consists of a single bouncing baby or a tribe of pre-teens, Creative Family Home tackles both the practical and the decorative issues and paves the way for a fun, hard-working and creative home that grows and adapts with your kids. The book starts by focusing on the varying demands of family living, with suggestions for using space imaginatively, colour and pattern, hardworking storage, homework and creative zones, and displaying kids' artworks and other family treasures. Next, Ashlyn visits real-life homes that are notable for their fresh, irreverent take on modern family living and takes inspiration from their varying approaches to the many demands that today's families encounter. Creative Family Home celebrates modern family life, where children are given the freedom to express themselves and to develop their individuality within the context of an imaginative family home.

About the Author

Ashlyn Gibson is a designer, stylist and writer. Her new venture Bless Stories is a shop and event and treatment space for soul seekers and conscious beings in Stoke Newington, London. Ashlyn has written for Kidswear Living, Mollie Makes, Red, Smallish, and ST Kids Telegraph Magazine and is a leading voice on modern family living. Her previous book Creative Children's Spaces was also published by Ryland Peters & Small. Ashlyn lives in east London with her theatre director husband, daughter Olive and their dog Luna.

Reviews

"A beautiful and accessible book. Having no confidence at all in aesthetics I usually avoid design books but this was an uplifting surprise. Full of helpful ideas to make creative spaces that work equally well for a small home and low income." - Doreen Cunningham, author of Soundings

Book Information
ISBN 9781788795012
Author Ashlyn Gibson
Format Hardback
Page Count 160
Imprint Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd
Publisher Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd
Weight(grams) 946g