Grounded Living: Harmonizing Design and Nature in the Home
By Anita Yokota

From the author of Home Therapy comes a beautifully photographed guide to biophilic design: decorating your space to increase your connection with nature and create a more sustainable home.Discover the transformative power of biophilic interior design, a practice that helps you increase your connection to nature indoors. The promise: spaces that foster harmony, happiness, and longevity while reflecting your personal style.Finding refuge within our own homes these days is more than a luxury, it’s essential to our happiness. Therapist turned interior designer Anita Yokota walks you through her process of infusing rooms with the beauty of nature, a method called biophilic design that goes beyond bringing the outdoors in. Whether you’re influenced by the beach, mountains, meadow, or desert, she guides you on using nature as a starting point for interior design that elevates your own well-being.Curating beautiful homes around the world that speak to a variety of styles, Grounded Living offers ideas for designing with biophilic elements. Learn how to channel natural occurring patterns into woodwork details or wallpaper, arrange living room furniture for better flow from the sofa to outside, and use figurative inspiration to transform a favorite landscape (such as a seascape) into a soothing space that’s not overly themed.