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 .
