'Holiday at Home' weekend give-away!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">This give-away is now closed. </span></b></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love getting a surprise package in the post, don't you?  When the bright coloured tome<a href="http://www.hardiegrant.co.uk/books/holiday-at-home/isbn/9781742707006/jason-grant"> Holiday at Home</a> by Jason Grant (Harde Grant) appeared in my mail box earlier this week I was more than happy. This is one special interior book. Not only does the summer vibe ooze from every page but the images (shot by Lauren Bamford) are a blend of cool Australian interiors, exteriors and holiday snaps which will make you feel like you want to emigrate down under. The good news is that after reading the book you won't need to as it's packed with tips on how to bring that relaxed holiday feel to your own home.  And I'm giving away a copy to one lucky reader this weekend! For more details on how to enter see below. In the meantime here's a sneak peek.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ziyDYKR1SQC8ySoOjLlnCfhv2bq6DGlmWV6jlwI4fHJeF_pHiTMg7-O8K1_l6bWoPLCtoOdZWfSzeaPkgxaMrm01_a47QmPu_s9-s60q-zjopBqw6itsgSea9tEN5uRsAAGNaCBXoHAF/s1600/Holiday+at+Home+_txt_150dpi-92.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ziyDYKR1SQC8ySoOjLlnCfhv2bq6DGlmWV6jlwI4fHJeF_pHiTMg7-O8K1_l6bWoPLCtoOdZWfSzeaPkgxaMrm01_a47QmPu_s9-s60q-zjopBqw6itsgSea9tEN5uRsAAGNaCBXoHAF/s1600/Holiday+at+Home+_txt_150dpi-92.jpg" width="506" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">Holiday at Home</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"> by Jason Grant (Harde Grant) Photography: Lauren Bamford</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZH1I6C5LQBlR6wkPXZEnXdzN45fs1j268PT9LjaTLgZS4zeNsIQ2wrEub1tsk56FCUh0RiKCW9zamaBhqJp5eYGFsEX5eYKP1S0c7Fxr9DN0PUKhaNFcAHAew9iYobpP_w66GvA2S4MnW/s1600/Holiday+at+Home+_txt_150dpi-109.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZH1I6C5LQBlR6wkPXZEnXdzN45fs1j268PT9LjaTLgZS4zeNsIQ2wrEub1tsk56FCUh0RiKCW9zamaBhqJp5eYGFsEX5eYKP1S0c7Fxr9DN0PUKhaNFcAHAew9iYobpP_w66GvA2S4MnW/s1600/Holiday+at+Home+_txt_150dpi-109.jpg" width="504" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">Holiday at Home</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"> by Jason Grant (Harde Grant) Photography: Lauren Bamford</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrYPKAjNV7tXMS-tQhxMSmh210ZXbI-LNy_8Smy_QwpxKyqpE19_kpAUC_vQ2XxKQSx-cQUZz13NhxTbEgS-Qq_F1Z1SFNdofPuTyH2QkaxPsF70lRArQ5SRIV_S1K5Jn90GW3s_RUxtWw/s1600/Holiday+at+Home+_txt_150dpi-55.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrYPKAjNV7tXMS-tQhxMSmh210ZXbI-LNy_8Smy_QwpxKyqpE19_kpAUC_vQ2XxKQSx-cQUZz13NhxTbEgS-Qq_F1Z1SFNdofPuTyH2QkaxPsF70lRArQ5SRIV_S1K5Jn90GW3s_RUxtWw/s1600/Holiday+at+Home+_txt_150dpi-55.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">Holiday at Home</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"> by Jason Grant (Harde Grant) Photography: Lauren Bamford</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6d8T5QeWjNRN9VYfHfPfUxORUXGxxSAmHQES5xcOFG2TnESNU0pcWhgXoNbqi-_ec0edKFxSCBxsKSI6uIjT2MO1KSFZVGIQPkzLzmwrDikkSWawN8kVcdT8jqkqc8xJ7Wp0Nh1ZB_jl/s1600/Holiday+at+Home+_txt_150dpi-44.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6d8T5QeWjNRN9VYfHfPfUxORUXGxxSAmHQES5xcOFG2TnESNU0pcWhgXoNbqi-_ec0edKFxSCBxsKSI6uIjT2MO1KSFZVGIQPkzLzmwrDikkSWawN8kVcdT8jqkqc8xJ7Wp0Nh1ZB_jl/s1600/Holiday+at+Home+_txt_150dpi-44.jpg" width="506" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">Holiday at Home</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"> by Jason Grant (Harde Grant) Photography: Lauren Bamford</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBAVl-PRzogCkmypb-j4zpsWg4HpjXpdYIaO18VLzJjF5patkuiHcUVBucAcyHKITVDxiIo3TGucOYPStf-HKfa1cTyw4uYI77cXNMDY1Fxw2e5iuBE4YkjmVdSP6_BIuhM9_5KL7OI61i/s1600/hah2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBAVl-PRzogCkmypb-j4zpsWg4HpjXpdYIaO18VLzJjF5patkuiHcUVBucAcyHKITVDxiIo3TGucOYPStf-HKfa1cTyw4uYI77cXNMDY1Fxw2e5iuBE4YkjmVdSP6_BIuhM9_5KL7OI61i/s1600/hah2.jpg" width="506" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">Holiday at Home</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"> by Jason Grant (Harde Grant) Photography: Lauren Bamford</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyxi4XFaWoxV0Xmb0YRiLKdn6Ts85Pkdie1ex07siq6hd-YSiNVqoebocKXB4NuTlLBtd-WC-4evedXBS7BenqnrEQlkcrmpaEAzFR2xZaj6TFMqhYpPEmX9CVAZwgMTTofLbimaiHjJpf/s1600/Holiday+at+Home_FINAL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyxi4XFaWoxV0Xmb0YRiLKdn6Ts85Pkdie1ex07siq6hd-YSiNVqoebocKXB4NuTlLBtd-WC-4evedXBS7BenqnrEQlkcrmpaEAzFR2xZaj6TFMqhYpPEmX9CVAZwgMTTofLbimaiHjJpf/s1600/Holiday+at+Home_FINAL.jpg" width="492" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">Holiday at Home</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"> by Jason Grant (Harde Grant) Photography: Lauren Bamford</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><h2 style="clear: both;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">This give-away is now closed. </span></b></h2>For your chance to win a copy of <a href="http://www.hardiegrant.co.uk/books/holiday-at-home/isbn/9781742707006/jason-grant">Holiday at Home</a>:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Simply leave a comment beneath this post saying where you most love to go on holiday. </div><br />The give-away is open to everyone. The competition closes Sunday 21st September, 2014 Midnight GMT. The winner will be contacted via e-mail. Don't forget to leave a way for me to contact you!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.hardiegrant.co.uk/books/holiday-at-home/isbn/9781742707006/jason-grant">Holiday at Home</a> by Jason Grant (Harde Grant) is available for purchase <a href="http://www.hardiegrant.co.uk/books/holiday-at-home/isbn/9781742707006/jason-grant">here</a>.<br /><br /></div>

'Holiday at Home' weekend give-away!

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Design Books

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><center></center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisjD-QQvMp1I6qDimc8ZHPOW5fqABOLdj4bXWas0RaKc5gcgMdEi3T_SFWTRem_dKj9oYja3zjhSoQGRm4aWVJlmC8dS-jA_CIendxaODCRWpEeNAmN3O0jF1f7MMCL347xKgEzziZXj0h/s1600/Booklist.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisjD-QQvMp1I6qDimc8ZHPOW5fqABOLdj4bXWas0RaKc5gcgMdEi3T_SFWTRem_dKj9oYja3zjhSoQGRm4aWVJlmC8dS-jA_CIendxaODCRWpEeNAmN3O0jF1f7MMCL347xKgEzziZXj0h/s1600/Booklist.png" /></a></div><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello beautiful readers! Hope your weekend was nice and refreshing!</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today we're sharing some great design books that are out there at the moment. Books are such a great source of inspiration.. There's nothing better than sitting down with a good book, a cup of tea and having a little peek inside other creative people's lives and homes. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The books featured are reasonably recent ones - if not soon to be released. </span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Enjoy! </span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">x</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Hare + Klein</b> | David Clark & Meryl Hare</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Written by former Vogue Living editor, David Clark and Sydney's leader in decoration, Meryl Hare. This book is a stylish collection of luxurious projects, featuring very tasteful natural materials and incorporating the sense of touch into their spaces. Such a beautiful book!</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Tory Burch: In Color </b>| Tory Burch</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Renowned designer Tory Burch explores colour and what it means to her. The book offers a glimpse into her personal life through images from her own collections, how she entertains and travels around the world. Also within the pages are interviews from interior designers, artists and authors she admires. <span style="font-size: x-small;">This book is not due for release until October, 2014.</span></span></center></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i><br /></i></span></span></center><center style="text-align: left;"></center><center style="text-align: left;"><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The Inspired Home: Nests of Creatives </b>| Kim Ficaro & Todd Nickey</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An insight into some public creative people to "reveal the true nature of what makes a home a home". Some of the creatives include stylist, Christine Rudolph, and photographer, Ditte Isager. This book captures the beautiful homes that these creative people have made for themselves.</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></center><center style="text-align: left;"></center><center style="text-align: left;"></center><center style="text-align: left;"><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Elle Decor: The Height Of Style </b>| Michael Boodr</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">o</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This book contains more than 220 beautiful rooms selected personally by the editors of </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elle Decor</i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> magazine. These pages include extravagant classic living spaces to sleek modern kitchens. The Height Of Style contains tips and advice from the top interior designers, architects and homeowners. </span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><br /></center></center><center style="text-align: left;"></center><center style="text-align: left;"><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The Big Book of the Hamptons </b>| Michael Shnayerson</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Vanity Fair's</i> Michael Shnayerson explores the alluring homes in the haven of the world's elite, The Hamptons. This book explores the architecture, interiors and gardens of sprawling mansions to rustic little shacks. The Big Book of the Hamptons celebrates the beauty of these extravagant neighbourhoods through beautiful imagery.</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Sarah Style</b>  |  Sarah Richardson</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Canadian design queen, Sarah Richardson shows you how to turn your house into a home. Beautiful photographs of master bedrooms, kitchens, bathrooms and everything in between.</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This book is not due for release until November, 2014.</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><center style="text-align: left;"><br /></center><center style="text-align: left;"><br /></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">xx</span></center></center></center></center><center style="text-align: left;"></center><center></center><center><img alt="post signature" height="56" src="http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b518/amandaaeliza/BlogSignature_zps84bf685d.jpg" width="200" /></center>

Design Books

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