Life between the covers of the best interiors books

Carol O’Callaghan choses her pick of this year’s interior books and finds inspirational ideas and sensible solutions, from opulent extravaganzas to practical household tips, in a selection of gift-ready volumes

The author’s name is enough to make you pick up this title from the bookshop shelf, although it turns out to be two people, Jane Rockett and Lucy St George, who have penned Extraordinary Interiors as an extension of their online interiors shop, which stocks a most unusual, if not eclectic, selection of home interior products.

I have to say that I’m always a little sceptical of interior and design books with superlatives in the title, as it’s a subjective view whether or not an interior is extraordinary, especially when it comes to design and aesthetics, and something as personal as creating a home.