This was a nostalgic read for my boyfriend, he had fond memories of reading it with his mother - and there is still a lot of value in that. Unfortunately Stoddard is astonishingly out of touch and her basic message of living well through appreciation of the little things is drowned out by her excess...
Okay: here's what I love about modern life. It used to be that if you enjoyed looking at pictures of pretty rooms you had two options, books and magazines. The number of designers and stylists was somewhat limited, and you rarely saw anything that wasn't by a designer. Now, anytime I want to, I ...