Chris Mitchell and Pilar Guzman are media heavyweights. Mitchell is a former media executive and publisher of Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, GQ, Wired, and other publications. He is now designing and developing house projects full-time. Guzman Guzman is the editorial director of Oprah Daily, former editor in chief of Conde Nast Traveler and Martha Stewart Living, and founding editor of the beloved parenting magazine Cookie. In 2020, the New York Times named her cookbook, Time for Dinner, as one of the top cookbooks that food reporters and editors love. Mitchell and Guzman s homes have been featured in Architectural Digest, the New York Times, and Martha Stewart Living, and featured in the books Brooklyn Modern and Restoring a House in the City. Follow them on Instagram at @patina.modern, @pilar_guzman, and @chrismitchellofficial.
This is the design book of my dreams; it features not just the most inspiring home design I've ever seen but also shows how to do it yourself! I love this book! -Ina Garten At the core of Chris and Pilar's unique sensibility is a deep consideration for the life that happens in a home. This book shares their brilliant tools for creating spaces that get more beautiful with age and wear. -Gwyneth Paltrow Demystifies interior design. . . . Patina Modern gives everyone the tools and rules to pull their ambitions together and to create spaces that can be both modern and warm, current yet timeless, layered but clean. For many readers, this book may become something like the home-design equivalent of Marcella Hazan's Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking-a resource of recipes and inspiration that readers will turn to often. -Air Mail [Mitchell and Guzman] know their way around houses - and the wonderful vintage and antique furniture and objects that give those houses style, substance and soul. -1stdibs Mitchell and Guzman offer a fresh approach to modern style in this clever guide. . . . These practical, stylish tips go a long way in taking the intimidation out of the design process. -Publishers Weekly This is the design book of my dreams; it features not just the most inspiring home design I've ever seen but also shows how to do it yourself! I love this book! -Ina Garten At the core of Chris and Pilar's unique sensibility is a deep consideration for the life that happens in a home. This book shares their brilliant tools for creating spaces that get more beautiful with age and wear. -Gwyneth Paltrow Simple and memorable. -Elle Decor Demystifies interior design. . . . Patina Modern gives everyone the tools and rules to pull their ambitions together and to create spaces that can be both modern and warm, current yet timeless, layered but clean. For many readers, this book may become something like the home-design equivalent of Marcella Hazan's Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking-a resource of recipes and inspiration that readers will turn to often. -Air Mail [Mitchell and Guzman] know their way around houses - and the wonderful vintage and antique furniture and objects that give those houses style, substance and soul. -1stdibs Practical, actionable help. . . . [Mitchell and Guzman] explain how furniture and furnishings come together to make a room people want to live in instead of pass through. -Mosaic Mitchell and Guzman offer a fresh approach to modern style in this clever guide. . . . These practical, stylish tips go a long way in taking the intimidation out of the design process. -Publishers Weekly This is the design book of my dreams; it features not just the most inspiring home design I've ever seen but also shows how to do it yourself! I love this book! -Ina Garten At the core of Chris and Pilar's unique sensibility is a deep consideration for the life that happens in a home. This book shares their brilliant tools for creating spaces that get more beautiful with age and wear. -Gwyneth Paltrow Simple and memorable. -Elle Decor, Best Coffee Table Books to Gift in 2022 A sumptuous and user-friendly volume that aims to demystify the interior design process and empower readers to-object by object, room by room-identify and execute their own style sensibilities. . . . [A] luxurious-feeling book that also features many practical tips about lighting ('Rooms should feel like lanterns at night'), color, proportion, texture, and more. If HGTV is your comfort food, let this be your bible. -Oprah Daily, 16 Books to Gift Your Favorite Bibliophiles Demystifies interior design. . . . Patina Modern gives everyone the tools and rules to pull their ambitions together and to create spaces that can be both modern and warm, current yet timeless, layered but clean. For many readers, this book may become something like the home-design equivalent of Marcella Hazan's Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking-a resource of recipes and inspiration that readers will turn to often. -Air Mail [Mitchell and Guzman] know their way around houses - and the wonderful vintage and antique furniture and objects that give those houses style, substance and soul. -1stdibs Practical, actionable help. . . . [Mitchell and Guzman] explain how furniture and furnishings come together to make a room people want to live in instead of pass through. -Mosaic Mitchell and Guzman offer a fresh approach to modern style in this clever guide. . . . These practical, stylish tips go a long way in taking the intimidation out of the design process. -Publishers Weekly This is the design book of my dreams; it features not just the most inspiring home design I've ever seen but also shows how to do it yourself! I love this book! -Ina Garten At the core of Chris and Pilar's unique sensibility is a deep consideration for the life that happens in a home. This book shares their brilliant tools for creating spaces that get more beautiful with age and wear. -Gwyneth Paltrow Simple and memorable. -Elle Decor, Best Coffee Table Books to Gift in 2022 A sumptuous and user-friendly volume that aims to demystify the interior design process and empower readers to-object by object, room by room-identify and execute their own style sensibilities. . . . [A] luxurious-feeling book that also features many practical tips about lighting ('Rooms should feel like lanterns at night'), color, proportion, texture, and more. If HGTV is your comfort food, let this be your bible. -Oprah Daily, 16 Books to Gift Your Favorite Bibliophiles Pilar Guzman and Chris Mitchell are not professional interior designers. But if taste can be taught, you might want them as your teachers. -The New York Times Like a recipe book for designing your home... Patina Modern, is a how-to book on creating timeless interiors. -Robb Report Demystifies interior design. . . . Patina Modern gives everyone the tools and rules to pull their ambitions together and to create spaces that can be both modern and warm, current yet timeless, layered but clean. For many readers, this book may become something like the home-design equivalent of Marcella Hazan's Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking-a resource of recipes and inspiration that readers will turn to often. -Air Mail [Mitchell and Guzman] know their way around houses - and the wonderful vintage and antique furniture and objects that give those houses style, substance and soul. -1stdibs Practical, actionable help. . . . [Mitchell and Guzman] explain how furniture and furnishings come together to make a room people want to live in instead of pass through. -Mosaic Mitchell and Guzman offer a fresh approach to modern style in this clever guide. . . . These practical, stylish tips go a long way in taking the intimidation out of the design process. -Publishers Weekly This is the design book of my dreams; it features not just the most inspiring home design I've ever seen but also shows how to do it yourself! I love this book! -Ina Garten At the core of Chris and Pilar's unique sensibility is a deep consideration for the life that happens in a home. This book shares their brilliant tools for creating spaces that get more beautiful with age and wear. -Gwyneth Paltrow