Solvi dos Santos is a photographer with a worldwide reputation. Among her previous publications is Baltic Homes. Phyllis Richardson is a former research editor of Architectural Digest. She is the author of XS, several books in the StyleCity series and, most recently, House Plus.

Introduction; Henrik Allert: A Sculptor's Farmhouse in southern Sweden; Christian Astuguevielle: The artist and furniture designer in his Paris apartment; J. B Blunk: A sculptor's house and studio in northern California; Francesca Tempera Casana: A furniture designer's casa rustica in Tuscany; Axel Cassel: The German artist in his Normandy farmhouse home and studio Mireille Desana: The furniture designer in her house in the Camargue, France; Michele Oka Doner: A Sculptor's Manhattan loft apartment in a former button factory; Peter Farell: Treehouse creations in Northhamptonshire; Richard Kazarian: Creative antiques in Rhode Island; Blott Kerr-Wilson: Shell art in La Rochelle; Gabriele Koch: A German ceramicist's flat in central London; Yuri Kuper: A Russian artist's house and studio in a Normandy barn conversion; Mauro Mori: A young furniture designer creates a streamlined flat in Milan Rosa Nguyen: A Vietnamese ceramicist sets up house in France; Elsa Peretti: The Italian jewelry designer's house in Spain Ristomatti Ratia: A Finnish designer at home in Helsinki; Isabelle Roux: A ceramicist's stone house in the Pyrences; Jerome Abel Seguin: A furniture designer's island house in Indonesia Rupert Spira: An applied artist's restored farmhouse in England; Erma Steina: A textile artist's home on Reykavik Island; Gerd Verschoor: Dutch installation artist in upstate New York.