The Kinfolk Home: Interiors For Slow Living

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Miquel was rewarded for his risky decisions with a collection that grew into the foundation of his personal home near Barcelona’s city center, where he now lives with his wife, África Posse, and her son, Santiago. The building is located in a small suburb at the foot of Mt. Tibidabo called Pedralbes (Catalan for “white stones”), which is known for its architectural history and for having some of the most well-preserved Gothic architecture in western Europe. Miquel was originally drawn to their building because it spoke to his passion for French design. “Catalan culture has been greatly influenced by French culture, but this wasn’t often reflected on an architectural level. This building does have this influence, though, and I like that,” Miquel says. The structure was designed in the 1940s by Raimon Duran i Reynals, who respected French and neoclassical styles.

Nathan Williams' first home-design book is as tightly curated as his wildly popular magazine, Kinfolk. The Kinfolk Home features 35 diverse residences across five continents, each with owners who have created environs that are authentic to their values and living style."My house was intentionally designed to accommodate multiple configurations of relationships, activities and events, despite its modest scale,” says Geraldine, a health and social policy researcher. She loves sharing her space with guests and frequently offers up her house as an inner-city venue for friends to host events. “Shared living is an important part of being operative in society and the world,” she says. The house has accommodated various tenants over the years, including Timothy Hill—the lead architect of the D House—and her current lodger, the filmmaker and photographer Alex Chomicz. When The Kinfolk Table was published in 2013, it transformed the way readers across the globe thought about small gatherings. In this much-anticipated follow-up, Kinfolk founder Nathan Williams showcases how embracing that same ethos--of slowing down, simplifying your life, and cultivating community--allows you to create a more considered, beautiful, and intimate living space. This introduction soon turned into a deep obsession and the 1950s style of functional furnishings permeated every aspect of his life. “One doesn’t choose his whims, his passions or his follies,” Miquel says. “I got there by being curious, and I turned it into a way of learning, a way of living and, later on, into a job and a business.” He started looking for Prouvé and Perriand’s pieces, buying them and offering them to customers. “Each acquisition meant a period of trouble for my finances, but I loved to collect them,” he says. Although slow living may conjure up visions of sparsely furnished interiors, many here illustrate crowded bookshelves, art-filled walls, and rooms populated with children and pets in close to 300 color photographs. VERDICT This handsome volume filled with visuals and advice shows how to create an environment surrounded by meaningful objects and designed to facilitate the enjoyment of life." A follow-up to the widely popular The Kinfolk Table, this time focusing on interior design and the trend of cultivating a more intentional, more intimate home

stars because it's a story hard to put down, even when you want to; 4 stars because this book will stay with you. Fiction, far-fetched; but, maybe not. Fantastical but closer to home than we'd ever want to admit. The Kinfolk Home takes readers inside 35 homes around the world, from the United States, Scandinavia, Japan, and beyond. Some have constructed modern urban homes from blueprints, while others nurture their home's long history. What all of these spaces have in common is that they've been put together carefully, slowly, and with great intention. Featuring inviting photographs and insightful profiles, interviews, and essays, each home tour is guaranteed to inspire.

Well written but predictable towards the end; few characters you'd want to build an attachment with so you won't.