living with nature: decorating with the rhythms of the four seasons - by marie masureel

Imagine your kitchen table being made ready for breakfast. You step outside to gather a bouquet of freshly bloomed cornflowers, a few stalks of glistening dill, a few strawberries on long stems. This feels like that perfect moment in the everyday chaos where you chose to slow down.

This book features illustrations that focus on only one house in order to demonstrate in practice how simple techniques and natural materials can create varied atmospheres throughout the year. The author, interior stylist and photographer, Marie Masureel, shows us a more mindful way of living and decorating, revealing easy methods of styling the home following a less-is-more aesthetic to create an atmosphere that is warm, relaxing, and beautiful.

Follow in her footsteps and invite nature inside by decorating your home with an ever-changing seasonal array of flowers, buds, fronds, seed heads, fruits, and other inspiring materials gathered and repurposed from the garden, farm stand, fields, woods, and nature trails. For autumn, Marie gathers fallen leaves, seasonal berries, and rose hips for flower arrangements and wreaths. To welcome spring, she turns to a garland made of newly formed fern fronds, while in summer, wildflowers, shells, driftwood, and other materials create an effortless bohemian beach look. Winter is embraced with the concept of hygge, using a neutral palette and candlelight for a feeling of coziness.