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EVER SINCE GABRIELLE STANLEY BLAIR became

a parent, she’s believed in one idea strongly: Design

doesn’t disappear when kids appear. She has always felt

that an intentionally designed environment is one of the

greatest gifts you can give to your family. That the items

and decor one chooses tell a story. That a home is truly

a child’s first and favorite

picture book, the blanket that

keeps his memories warm,

and the comfort she reaches

for when she needs it most.

In Design Mom, her first

book, Blair offers a room-

by-room manual for keeping

things sane, organized,

creative, and stylish.

DESIGN MOM: A ROOM-BY-ROOM GUIDE

TO LIVING WELL WITH KIDS

■ The founder of Design Mom, named Family & Kids Website of the Year by Time magazine in 2010 and praised as a top parenting blog by The Wall Street Journal, Parents magazine, and Better Homes & Gardens

■ A wife and mother of six children, ages 4 to 16—Ralph, Maude, Olive, Oscar, Betty, and Flora June

■ A founder of the blockbuster biannual design conference Alt Summit

■ Creator of the weekly video series Olive Us■ The author of the forthcoming book

Design Mom!

Who is GABRIELLE STANLEY BLAIR?

■ How to get even the littlest kids to set the table (store plates, bowls, silverware, glasses, and napkins below counter height)

■ The pure magic that is a well-stocked craft closet

■ The power of a nook, no matter how tiny (carving out a space just for children is like a pause button for families)

■ Easy and stylish storage solutions for the never-ending stream of toys—from tins to ceramic pots to linen baskets

■ How to “interview” your sofa contenders (“Don’t listen to a word suede says, no matter how persuasive.”)

■ And much, much more!

In this book, readers will learn:

—GABRIELLE STANLEY BLAIR, from the introduction

“In the end, it’s never about the clutter, it’s

never about the unfortunate stains, and it’s

rarely about the square footage. It’s not about

what we don’t have or what we want to buy. It is

all about what we do have, and how incredibly

priceless it all is. It’s about how we spend the

days we’re given with this family of ours, and

making the home we share the stuff of legends

when our kids describe it to our grandchildren,

and on and on and on.”

PRESS CONTACTAllison McGeehon212-614-7705allisonm@artisanbooks.com

TO BE PUBLISHED IN APRIL 2015

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SPECIFICATIONS250 photographs272 pages, 7¾" x 9" Paper-over-board$29.95

ISBN 978-1-57965-571-6No. 85571PARENTING/HOME DESIGN

TO ORDERPhone 1-800-722-7202Fax 1-800-521-1832

Cover design by Michelle Ishay-CohenCover photograph by Sarah HebenstreitAuthor photograph by Justin HackworthInterior photographs by Gabrielle Stanley Blair, except for the following: Sarah Hebenstreit (living room and boy at table); Rachel Shingleton (green striped bins); Lindsey Johnson (juice); Amy Christie for Design Mom (tissue paper bowls) Printed in the United States

MARKETING + PUBLICITY

• National feature coverage in women’s and shelter magazines• Targeted outreach to regional home-design magazines and online outlets

• Mother’s Day gift guides

• 15-city author tour

• Co-promotion with DesignMom.com and with AltSummit, the leading biannual design conference

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