Arranging Things

Room by room and image by image, readers will discover how star stylist Colin King works his magic in arranging objects on coffee tables, mantels, bookshelves, nightstands, windowsills, and more. Through a series of anecdotes and visual essays, Colin unpacks his intuitive and deeply personal process, meditating on scale, proportion, palette, texture, and more. As he shares, it’s not about buying new things, but rather dusting off old favorites and seeing them with fresh eyes that look beyond intended use to discover deeper meaning in the everyday. It’s about being decisive in the moment while being able to give yourself permission to change your mind. And it’s about trying new arrangements over and over again, figuring out when the moment isn’t the moment, until you figure out when the moment is. There’s always the element of chance. Style, readers will discover, is a metaphor for life and a daily practice to hone over time. A stylist for many of the world’s leading brands and publications, Colin King is a regular contributor to Architectural Digest, T, Ark, and Rum magazines. He regularly contributes to West Elm, Anthropologie, Zara Home, Crate & Barrel, and Roman and Williams Guild, and has his own celebrated product lines with Beni Rugs and Menu, with more in the works.