DesignerBrianPaquetteshowshowaconnectiontonatureiskeyincreatingameaningfulandsupportivehomeenvironment.Anhonest,introspectiveessayintroducesPaquette’ssecondbook,whichrepresentsthemostrecentstepsinhisevolutionasaninteriordesigner.Someareground-uphomesthatheworkedonfromtheiteration,someareremodelsofexistingspacesinvariousscales,andsomearefurnishingsofexistinghomesforclients.Concisechapterintroductionsarefollowedbygallery-likedisplaysofimagesthatthereadercanbecomeimmersedinandinterpretforthemselves.ThetwelvechaptersincludeaselectionofPaquette’spersonalphotographsofnaturescenesthatinsomeshapeorforminspiredthework,orviceversa.Sometimesamorningwalkonthebeachinspiredthepaletteforaroom,whichwasdrawnoutfromthemanytexturesandpatternsoftheearth;andsometimestheworkwassomuchinhisheadthatasunsetremindedhimofacompletedroom.Helovesthisduality,whichmakesforsomeinterestingintrospectionandreflection.Paquetterealizesthatnature’struevalueisintheexactmomentandthemarkitwillleaveonhisbrain,perhapstocomebacklaterasaninspiredpaletteorajuxtapositionoftextures.Forthereader,thisbookwillpromptkeenerobservationofthenaturalsurroundingsandhowtobringthosepoignantmomentsintotheirownhomes.
