A practical how-to guide from the author of Mad About the House, the bestselling book and UK’s number 1 interiors blog. This dictionary of interior design answers all those questions you were afraid to ask. The book begins with the most important questions of all: Who? What? When? Where? Why? and How? The aim is to answer these before you start any decorating scheme and you will avoid the most common mistakes, save money and, most importantly, create a home that works for you and the people who live there. This is a super-practical guide that allows you to dip in and out so you can solve all your decorating dilemmas. In addition to the no-nonsense practical answers, there are checklists and step-by-step guides to key decorating challenges – everything from How to Hang Wallpaper, to Arranging a Gallery Wall, How to Choose a Mattress and What Makes the Best Work Surface. "Author Kate Watson-Smyth mixes standard design questions about rug size, curtain styles and paint colors along with more contemporary topics such as technology and the sustainability of LED lights in her new book." —HOUSTON CHRONICLE "In her new book, which has 50 color illustrations, the London-based writer helps you avoid some of the most common mistakes that we all make when designing our homes, and more!" —HAUTE RESIDENCE  "A wonderful how-to guide for everything you may have questions about as you begin the decorating process in your home" —THESIMPLYLUXURIOUSLIFE.COM  "This how-to for aspiring DIYers teaches important basics, ranging from how to hang wallpaper to how to make the most of unused space." —BOCA RATON OBSERVER  "Like chatting with a design friend, this easy to-use interior design dictionary answers all those questions you wanted to solve but were too afraid to ask. In addition to sharing her Top 10 design hacks, Kate even shows you how to get the lighting right in every room." —SOCIETY DIARIES Kate Watson-Smyth is an award-winning journalist who has written extensively on interiors and design for publications including the Financial Times , The Independent, and the Sunday Telegraph and she has a monthly interiors column in Red . Her home has been featured in the The Wall Street Journal, la Repubblica , Elle Decoration, Livingetc and Remodelista . Kate’s acclaimed website, madaboutthehouse.com, founded in 2012, is officially the UK’s No. 1 interiors blog. The Great Indoors – which she co-hosts with Sophie Robinson – is the nation’s most popular interiors podcast. Kate has written two other bestselling books, Mad About the House: How to Decorate Your Home with Style (2018) and Mad About the House: 101 Interior Design Answers (2020). @mad_about_the_house has 242k IG followers.