Curated Living

Elegant Interiors and Artful Homes

By (author) Susan Redman

$50.00

Publishing 25th Jun 2025

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Showcasing 18 interior design projects from around the world, the selection focuses on the natural, textured fixed and decorative materials; and earthy, neutral or smokey pastel color palettes, with the occasional pop of color, all woven together successfully, redefining elegance within the home
Meditative or whimsical collections and contemporary artworks dominate the interior curation, delivering a poetic sense to the interior, and providing a joyful exploration of residential design
Contains valuable insights from the principal designers on the creation of the elegant interiors, combining old and new architectural details as well as combinations of color, patterns and textures
Lavish photography of the homes conveys the warmth while conjuring a wistful sensibility

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Curated Living: Elegant Interiors and Artful Homes, the new title from Susan Redman, examines the elements interior designers weave together to redefine elegance in the contemporary home. Featuring some of the most artfully curated houses and apartments from around the world, the book illustrates how these stylish sanctuaries are each characterized by poetic interiors filled with designer furniture, bespoke joinery, handcrafted décor and treasured artworks. Each property has its own chapter, which contains valuable insights from the principal designer on how the home’s interiors were crafted. They explain the way in which they have integrated old and new architectural details as well as novel ways to introduce and layer unusual combinations of color, patterns and textures to create a soft-centered home devoted to comfort and visual delight in equal measure.

About the Author

Susan Redman is an Australian journalist and editor with a passion for architecture and design. This has led to a notable career writing about homes and the people who design, decorate and live in them. She is currently the Homes Editor for Sunday Life, a Fairfax Media lifestyle magazine. Previously, Redman has worked as a design columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Vogue Australia and The Japan Times, and has been a regular contributor to various home and design publications, including Vogue Living, Country Style, Home Beautiful, Belle, Gardening Australia, Black + White, Houzz and Domain. She’s also written extensively about fashion, art and travel. In addition to Curated Living, Redman’s other books are Modern Houses in Black, a title which explores the trend in black home design through a select collection of distinctive residential properties around the world; Love Shacks, a volume that not only features beautiful hideaways and retreats across the globe, but seeks to understand how people and places influence holiday home design; and My Dream Kombi, a book celebrating the retro design icon and the fascinating stories of the surfies, hippies and celebrities who traveled in them.