Embracing Beauty
Published on 25. February 2025
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-8478-2991-0 (ISBN)
Description
Heavily influenced by her early days as an art dealer, Webb approaches her interiors curatorially, including a wide range of fine artwork and natural materials. She believes in the power of contrast: in her interiors, a pale, luminous wallcovering may be balanced by strong antiques, or a chapel-like white bedroom may segue into a deep gray sitting room. As important is a sense of hand in her rooms; she makes sure to include the feeling of glazed earthenware, a worn oak farm table, the softness of fine European linen. Balancing materiality and contrast, Webb is also motivated by the pursuit of joy and happiness for their inhabitants. She makes sure these are rooms for living, for gathering with family, for celebrating life s milestones. Sharing her inspiration and thought process throughout, Webb includes a variety of own home in Brays Island, South Carolina, an homage to materiality with its pavilions of wood, stone, and glass nestled under a canopy of Spanish moss-draped ancient oak; to a gabled storybrook Arts-and-Crafts inspired Kiawah Island residence richly layered with linen, block prints, and Venetian plaster.
Reviews / Votes
"In her first coffee table book, Beth Webb argued that senses can and should be imbued into interiors to achieve tranquility. Now, in Embracing Beauty, the Atlanta-based designer demonstrates this philosophy through 12 of her projects. From a black-edged Jackson Hole new-build to a sprawling Kiawah Island residence with a rural English air, the new title is a tribute to Webb's determination to fuse beauty and emotion." - Architectural Digest"...a study in organic elegance." - The Tartan Topiary
"Atlanta-based designer Beth Webb redefines organic elegance in a the collection of airy, lighted-filled interiors featured in her second book. In Embracing Beauty, Webb walks readers through 14 soulful projects across the world, detailing how to craft rooms dedicated to gathering and relaxation." - Veranda
"Webb, who founded her design studio more than two decades ago, has built a sterling reputation for creating soothing interiors that calm nerves frayed by the often frenetic contemporary world.... The book is also an inspiring story of aesthetic collaboration, the houses in it featuring masterful commissions by some of the most sought-after contemporary architects working in the South today, Atlanta's D. Stanley Dixon and T.S. Adams and Birmingham's Jeffrey Dungan among them." - 1st Dibs
"...offers a curated exploration through 14 serene spaces, reminding readers that beauty is all around." - Modern Luxury
"Few designers can orchestrate neutrals as beautifully as Beth Webb to create sensual, organic interiors that embody serenity while never veering into banality. Her second book, featuring a dozen homes, is an oasis of calm." - Frederic Magazine
"Her second book, "Embracing Beauty: Serene Spaces for Living" ($65), shows what can be accomplished when going all-in on neutrals. Her background as an art dealer elevates composition to high art, resulting in elegant and serene spaces." - Mansion Global
"In her luminous second volume, Webb deepens her exploration of home as both sanctuary and sensuous experience. Drawing from a background in art dealing, she composes interiors like still lifes-layering glazed ceramics, antique oak, and pale linens to conjure spaces that are at once serene and tactile. From windswept Kiawah to her own oak-shaded retreat in Brays Island, the book is a masterclass in atmosphere, where light, shadow, and soul coalesce into organic elegance." - Indulge
"With the eye of an art dealer and the soul of a poet, Webb creates interiors that feel like sanctuaries. Across fourteen homes, stretching from the coastal calm of Sea Island, Georgia, to the rugged romance of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, she layers like no other, composing spaces that are at once ethereal and deeply grounded." - The Glam Pad
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Illustrations
240 COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS
Dimensions
Height: 311 mm
Width: 263 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
2351 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8478-2991-0 (9780847829910)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Beth Webb is an internationally recognized interior designer admired for her tactile, serene, and dynamic spaces. Founder of Atlanta-based Beth Webb Interiors, Beth's body of work spans from North to Central America and is known for its sophisticated and inviting appeal. 'The eye has to travel,' she contends. This concept has fed her journey since childhood, which was marked by a rich education in art history and the liberal arts that ultimately lead to her Master's degree from Sotheby's in London. While the arts are her foundation, Beth asserts it is travel that has informed and sustained her distinctive point of view. She's able to coalesce decorative elements that span cultures, continents, and centuries in a fascinating and seamless fashion. Beth's work has been featured in top tier magazines, including Veranda, House Beautiful, Traditional Home, Elle Decor, Milieu, and Luxe. As an admired veteran of the design industry, Beth is a board member of the Design Leadership Network. AN EYE FOR BEAUTY was published by Rizzoli in 2017 and her signature furniture and accessories collection with ARTERIORS was launched in 2020.