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A Place To Call Home

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Category: Books - Interior Design

For award-winning architect Gil Schafer, the most successful houses are the ones that celebrate the small moments of life—houses with timeless charm that are imbued with memory and anchored in a distinct sense of place. Essentially, Schafer believes a house is truly successful when the people who live there consider it home. It’s this belief—and Schafer’s rare ability to translate his clients’ deeply personal visions of how they want to live into a physical home that reflects those dreams—that has established him as one of the most sought-after, highly-regarded architects of our time.

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Customer Reviews (5.0 / 5 · 4 reviews)

Daniel U. ★★★★★

I bought this after seeing how Schafer writes about houses holding memory, and the chapter on celebrating small moments honestly changed how I think about my own living room. The photography is gorgeous without feeling staged.

Carter X. ★★★★★

The photos of the rooms anchored in a specific sense of place are what sold me — I keep flipping back to the chapter on timeless charm for ideas. It's less a coffee table flex and more a quiet argument for designing around memory.

Eli K. ★★★★★

I bought this after renting for years, and the chapter on making a house feel anchored in memory really hit home. Schafer writes about timeless charm without ever getting preachy, and the photography of the smaller, lived-in rooms is the kind I keep flipping back to.