
Inside Stories
Curating and Displaying the Stuff of Life
Hilary Robertson(Author)
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 12. August 2025
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-1-78879-700-9 (ISBN)
Description
In Inside Stories, Hilary Robertson reveals a multitude of ways to curate and arrange those objects and possessions that make up the stuff of life, from treasured artworks and decorative accessories to everyday objects such as hats, baskets and bicycles.
In the first chapter, How to Arrange your Stuff, Hilary considers four different approaches to creating arrangements - intuitive, narrative, practical and curatorial - and shows how each one can be achieved. She considers the variety of display locations available within the home - walls, mantelpieces, windowsills, chests of drawers, tabletops - and suggests how to make the most of them with decorative vignettes. Next, in Stories Told by Real Homes, Hilary casts her stylist's eye over interiors that fall into five different styles - Neatnik, Bohemian, Naturalist, Sculpture Vulture and Noble Salvage. Some people are magpies - they love stuff; finding, collecting, and displaying it - while their opposite, the minimalists, are on a mission to contain or tame it. The ideas in this book will appeal to magpies, minimalists and everyone in between. Inside Stories is a fantastic new edition of The Stuff of Life.
In the first chapter, How to Arrange your Stuff, Hilary considers four different approaches to creating arrangements - intuitive, narrative, practical and curatorial - and shows how each one can be achieved. She considers the variety of display locations available within the home - walls, mantelpieces, windowsills, chests of drawers, tabletops - and suggests how to make the most of them with decorative vignettes. Next, in Stories Told by Real Homes, Hilary casts her stylist's eye over interiors that fall into five different styles - Neatnik, Bohemian, Naturalist, Sculpture Vulture and Noble Salvage. Some people are magpies - they love stuff; finding, collecting, and displaying it - while their opposite, the minimalists, are on a mission to contain or tame it. The ideas in this book will appeal to magpies, minimalists and everyone in between. Inside Stories is a fantastic new edition of The Stuff of Life.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paper over boards
Illustrations
220 col photographs
Dimensions
Height: 285 mm
Width: 229 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
1434 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78879-700-9 (9781788797009)
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Person
Hilary Robertson is a well-known interiors stylist and journalist with an illustrious client list that includes Sunbrella, Canvas, Ochre, Crate & Barrel, West Elm, Elle Decoration, Vogue Living and the Telegraph Magazine. Her Instagram account @hilaryrobertson has 28.k followers. Hilary is the author ofMonochrome Home and Nomad at Home, both of which are published by Ryland Peters & Small. She lives in Brooklyn and Hudson with her husband and son.