Today’s home is filled with pieces from Pottery Barn, IKEA, and Crate & Barrel, and we pore over glossy catalogs in hopes of achieving the “modern interior.

The story of how plants and flowers have shaped interior design for over 200 years From ferns in 19th-century British parlors to contemporary "living walls" in

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2010. Designing the Modern Interior reveals how the design of the inside spaces of our homes and public buildings is shaped

Through a series of case studies from the mid-eighteenth century to the start of the twenty-first, this collection of essays considers the historical insights t

A valuable resource for design professionals and historians, this book chronicles the evolution of modern interior design in the United States throughout the 19