I really did enjoy this book but in some ways I was dissapointed. Here's why... I was left yearing for more interior room pictures, and specifically more photos of the whole room. While the photos are very beautiful the shots included in the book are often only part of the room, like a vignette on a table or corner of the room. I really wanted to be able to see the whole room and understand how elements within the room were balanced but there are very few whole room shots. Additionally, this book has about 315 pages... with about 200 or so photos BUT more than half the photos, while pretty, are not interior room shots but instead represent her design inspiration source. For example, there is a two page photo spread of just her paintbrushes (really? and who cares?!), photos of a leaf, flowers, shoes etc... The inspiration shots were way overdone. My husband said "if you're not happy with the book, why don't you return it?"... sigh... because what little you can see is just so beautiful I can't give it up...Here's an update to my original review... while initially I rated this book only four stars, I have changed the rating to five stars. I must admit though I had yearned for more pictures of whole interiors initially I actually have picked this book up over and over again rereading all the text several times and lingering over the beautiful pictures. It is a decorating book with a different approach and now that I have laid aside my original expectations, I am totally captivated. I have even been inspired to buy myself some nice water color paints and brushes :)