Suzanne Kasler: Sofistikerad enkelhet

The photography alone is worth it — I keep flipping back to the shore house chapter just to study how the light hits the rooms. Her notes on where her ideas come from made me rethink a few corners of my own place.

I bought this for the town-and-country home profiles and ended up reading the designer's notes on her creative catalysts more closely than the photos. The shore house chapter alone gave me two ideas for our own entryway.

The photography alone is worth it—I've flipped through the shore house chapters three times now just for the light in those rooms. Her notes on where her ideas come from made me rethink how I arrange my own living room.