Inside Stories

Curating and Displaying the Stuff of Life

Hilary Robertson

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Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd
29 July 2025

Interior design, decor & style guides; Household hints

In Inside Stories, Hilary Robertson reveals a multitude of ways to curate and arrange those objects and possessions that make up the stuff of life, from treasured artworks and decorative accessories to everyday objects such as hats, baskets and bicycles.

In the first chapter, How to Arrange your Stuff, Hilary considers four different approaches to creating arrangements – intuitive, narrative, practical and curatorial – and shows how each one can be achieved. She considers the variety of display locations available within the home – walls, mantelpieces, windowsills, chests of drawers, tabletops – and suggests how to make the most of them with decorative vignettes. Next, in Stories Told by Real Homes, Hilary casts her stylist’s eye over interiors that fall into five different styles – Neatnik, Bohemian, Naturalist, Sculpture Vulture and Noble Salvage. Some people are magpies – they love stuff; finding, collecting, and displaying it – while their opposite, the minimalists, are on a mission to contain or tame it. The ideas in this book will appeal to magpies, minimalists and everyone in between.

By: Hilary Robertson
Imprint: Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 280mm, Width: 220mm,
Weight: 1.452kg
ISBN: 9781788797009
ISBN 10: 1788797000
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 29 July 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Hilary Robertson is a well-known interiors stylist and journalist with an illustrious client list that includes Sunbrella, Canvas, Ochre, Crate & Barrel, West Elm, Elle Decoration, Vogue Living and the Telegraph Magazine. Her Instagram account @hilaryrobertson has 28.k followers. Hilary is the author ofMonochrome Home and Nomad at Home, both of which are published by Ryland Peters & Small. She lives in Brooklyn and Hudson with her husband and son.