Soulful Maximalism: A Colorful Guide to Living Boldly at Home

Soulful Maximalism: A Colorful Guide to Living Boldly at Home

Design a home that speaks to your soul using color and cultural charm. Your home should be a love story about you, your dreams, and what brings you joy. With Soulful Maximalism as your guide, embrace the life of a maximalist through color and vibrant styles that showcase who you are and where you came from, while balancing a tidy and flexible design. In this inspirational visual reference full of tips and tricks of interior design, influencer and product designer Amber Guyton teaches you how to be a maximalist in your home. Once you understand her style, coined “soulful maximalism,” you’ll be ready to bring life and joy into any space.  Explore eight chapters that teach big and bold lessons in design, including:  Home: A Joyful Celebration of You —Learn the four principles toward unapologetically designing your home with joy, culture, layers, and intention. - Storytelling and the Way We Live —Create conversation zones in your home by showcasing your upbringing, hospitality, and traditions in your design. - The Soul of Style: Color, Pattern, and Personality —The rules and tips to adding bold colors, mixing patterns, and creating a color scheme that suits your home life. - Art, Heirlooms, and the Things We Keep —How to make art the anchor of a room, mixing old with new, and restoring vintage furniture. - Balancing Beauty with Function —Room-by-room guides including spacing rules, lighting layers, and styling tips.  - Comfort Layers and Hospitality Touches —Hosting tips to make guests feel comforted and cherished. - Living Abundantly, Not Cluttered —The balance between living maximally with storage solutions and seasonal refresh tips. - From My Home to Yours —Quick tips, shopping resources, and an action plan to get started on your design journey. Experience Amber's lively and bright design style through gorgeous photos from the homes she curated specifically for her clients. Let your house tell the story of you through beauty, function, and abundance. Born and raised in South Carolina, Amber Guyton (@blessedlittlebungalow) has always valued the importance of family and home. Guyton began her career in advertising, and later product marketing in the financial services and tech industries. A passionate champion for personal finance and coming from humble beginnings, she launched Blessed Little Bungalow as a hobby, creative outlet, and blog to inspire people to decorate their homes affordably. In 2021, she left her fintech marketing career and took BLB full-time. As an interior designer, content creator, influencer, product curator, and product designer, Guyton has been featured and recognized by notable organizations and publications such as HGTV Magazine , Architectural Digest , House Beautiful , Forbes , Ebony , Apartment Therapy , Domino , Hunker , Real Simple , Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles , Atlanta Magazine’s HOME , Good Housekeeping , and many more. Outside of design and entrepreneurship, she enjoys traveling the world, hiking, exploring Atlanta neighborhoods and new cuisines, and spending quality time with her loved ones and dog, Ralph.