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Sage Living: Decorate for the Life You Want Kindle Edition

by Anne Sage (Author), Emily Johnston (Photographer) Format: Kindle Edition

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“I love [how this book] breaks down the relationship between our home and our happiness . . . Plus, it’s a reminder that perfection is totally boring.” —Emily Henderson, New York Times–bestselling author of The New Design Rules

Aptly named style maven Anne Sage, founder of the City Sage blog, knows a wise truth: decorating our living spaces for our goals is the first step in making them happen. In Sage Living, she opens the door to covetable dwellings designed to boost the dreams of their occupants, from the sunny, open-air kitchen of a holistic nutritionist to the eclectic living room of a world traveler ready to put down roots.

Filled with stunning interiors, engagingly written home stories, and hundreds of design tips for every room, Sage Living goes beneath the stylized surface to help readers decorate for the lives they truly want.

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September 15, 2015
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"Looking past trends and decor for show, Sage Living goes deeper to explore how our homes help us connect, entertain, create, celebrate and grow with our friends and family." --Nathan Williams, Editor-in-Chief of Kinfolk magazine

"Looking past trends and decor for show, Sage Living goes deeper to explore how our homes help us connect, entertain, create, celebrate and grow with our friends and family." --Nathan Williams, Editor-in-Chief of Kinfolk magazine

"Looking past trends and decor for show, Sage Living goes deeper to explore how our homes help us connect, entertain, create, celebrate and grow with our friends and family." --Nathan Williams, Editor-in-Chief of Kinfolk magazine

"What I love about this book is how it breaks down the relationship between our home and our happiness. It's no secret that our home makes us happy, and in turn our happiness makes our home, and this book points out the connection in a way that is relatable and doable. Plus, it's a reminder that perfection is totally boring -- the most interesting homes are 'flawed' yet completely compelling and inviting."--Emily Henderson, stylist, TV personality, and blogger

"What I love about this book is how it breaks down the relationship between our home and our happiness. It's no secret that our home makes us happy, and in turn our happiness makes our home, and this book points out the connection in a way that is relatable and doable. Plus, it's a reminder that perfection is totally boring -- the most interesting homes are 'flawed' yet completely compelling and inviting."--Emily Henderson, stylist, TV personality, and blogger

"What I love about this book is how it breaks down the relationship between our home and our happiness. It's no secret that our home makes us happy, and in turn our happiness makes our home, and this book points out the connection in a way that is relatable and doable. Plus, it's a reminder that perfection is totally boring -- the most interesting homes are 'flawed' yet completely compelling and inviting."--Emily Henderson, stylist, TV personality, and blogger

About the Author

Anne Sage is a lifestyle writer and creative director based in Los Angeles. Her blog The City Sage was named a must-read by Martha Stewart Living and she is also a cofounder of Rue, the celebrated online shelter publication.

Emily Johnston is a lifestyle photographer in New York.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B010ERPG8E
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Chronicle Books LLC (September 15, 2015)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 15, 2015
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 37351 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 214 pages

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Anne Sage is a lifestyle writer, creative director, and social media consultant based in Los Angeles. Her daily interiors and fashion blog The City Sage was named a must-read by Martha Stewart Living, and she was featured in the New York Times for her co-founding of the online shelter publication Rue Magazine.

This is the bio you'll get if you meet me on the street:

Oh hey! Let's get pancakes. I like my syrup on the side so I can control the ratio of sweet to spongy. When I was eight years old I wanted to be an author so I wrote a novel about puppies and kittens. Today I still tell stories no matter what vocabulary I'm using: words, images, interpretive dance. (Okay, not so much that last one.) I live in Los Angeles now but I've also lived in San Francisco, New York, Toronto, even Boston for one crazy summer when I thought I wanted to be a landscape architect. Now back to those pancakes. Can we get bacon too?

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Avid Hiker

Design for everyday living.

Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2015

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If you are tired of design books that show case homes of wealthy people who pay trendy designers to decorate their houses with custom made pieces, than Sage Living is the book for you. Anne Sage visits and talks to people who are living meaningful lives whose houses reflect the choices they have made. The author shows us how deign does not require spending large sums of money. More important is knowing what you like, trusting your insticts, and knowing what will enhance your house.. This comes across beatifully in the wonderful photographs that make this book a work of art.
Sage Living is a great addition to anyone's design library.

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Anna Bedford

Share this book with all your friends!

Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2015

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I love this design book! If you are truly interested in making your home stylish and your own this is the book for you. Unlike other design books Anne Sage's message is that home can be your source of real happiness. Design the home for the life that you want! This book is not only beautiful but really fun to read. It's my go to holiday gift this year. We all want to live our happiest life and why not start at home. I can't wait to gift this book to my friends and family.

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bluesusanna

Disappointed. The thesis is ambitious and compelling

Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2016

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Disappointed. The thesis is ambitious and compelling, but that is where the suspense ends. The Chapter titles lead the reader on to expect that the chapter actually reflects the title. Not so. Lots of flowery writing that most often excludes the very rooms or objects that the writing describes. The author uses numerous shots of the same room again and again rather than a new angle or another room entirely. Lastly, most of the homes follow the current bohemian white walls/tribal textiles trend. Nothing new here. Reminds me of my budget apartments from my early 20s. An editing disaster. Save your money and buy a book by an actual designer.

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Books Day and Night

Lovely pictures, frustrating prose.

Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2015

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Beautiful book. Inspiring rooms. I love design books, especially those that show attainable design with real people as subjects.

Sage's prose is maddening, however. It's syntax is so flowery it's distracting. It reads more like she is selling a product with her hyperbole than describing specifics in the homes.

An editor should take the fall here. She ends sentences with prepositions, misplaces modifiers, etc. Or, like on pg 81, there is a bowl described that is not visible in the layout. I would have also liked to have more pictures even if that meant fewer featured homes to get a more intimate look at these spaces.

Overall, I am glad I bought this book, appreciate the cheerful, clean aesthetic, but felt increasingly annoyed at the prose.

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Lisa Dadd

I absolutely love the inspired stories that Anne Sage shares in her ...

Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2015

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What a simple, and yet profound idea - decorating your space for the life you want, instead of the life you have. I absolutely love the inspired stories that Anne Sage shares in her new book, Sage Living. Unlike any design book you've ever read, Anne has seamlessly woven the elegance and beauty of interior design with inspired stories of personal growth! If you've ever wondered how you could actually manifest the life of your dreams, while acting as if you already have them, buy this book!

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Mary Smith

Don't waste your time or money on this one!

Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2017

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Worst decorating book I've ever read. Learned nothing. Went into garbage. Don't waste your time or money!

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Nancy E

a good idea that misses the mark

Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2016

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I really wanted to like this book, but I have to agree with some of the other reviewers here...it simply misses the mark. A really good idea, decorating and letting your home express the life you want (I'm all for visualization and the power of positive thinking!) - but it left me quite uninspired. And the few words at the end of each story on how to express the vibe you're after did not resonate with me. Some of the stories were interesting but I also agree with another reviewer who found the pictures gray and depressing. A pretty coffee table book it is not.

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Andrea Teal Pfeifer

Design with Depth...

Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2015

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This book uniquely combines beautiful images and great writing to address interior design with a larger purpose, namely how to create a home where you can live a more fulfilling life. The families and homes featured are also unique in that they are not multi-million, completely unattainable mansions but instead dwellings that are pretty accessible for the every-day person, making the ideas actually relevant and interesting for anyone who wants a home that brings family and friends together.

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