Make rooms feel easier to live in with practical guidance for planning a home around your family’s routines. In The Functional Home, interior designer Julie Jones explains how to arrange space with comfort, flow, and visual balance in mind.
Use the illustrated advice as you rethink a living room, plan a kitchen or bathroom, or prepare for a remodel. Clear explanations help you consider how people move through a room and how each square foot can work harder.
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Room-by-room ideas: Find strategies for kitchens, bathrooms, living areas, bedrooms, home offices, and more.
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Layout fundamentals: Learn how furniture, lighting, décor, human scale, and clearances affect the way a space feels and functions.
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Kitchen and bath guidance: Explore detailed advice for two of the most challenging and high-impact areas of a home.
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Plan your own floor plan: Use tools for drawing to scale and mapping layouts for a new build or remodel.
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Measurements made clearer: Metric equivalents accompany every measurement, making the guidance easier to apply.
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Designer experience: Jones is a California-certified interior designer with 18 years of residential design experience, including kitchens, bathrooms, and new construction.
This hardcover edition has 240 pages and measures 0.9 x 11.1 x 8.6 inches. It is scheduled for publication on September 1, 2026.
Keep it close while sketching a room or comparing layout ideas, and bring a designer’s way of seeing space into the decisions you make at home.
