HOW TO DECORATE
By Joa Studholme and Charlotte Cosby, Farrow & Ball, R665
Leading paint and wallpaper brand Farrow & Ball have packaged their wealth of tips and tricks into one neat book which, as its name implies, aims to give practical and inspirational advice for decorating your home. 
From helping you decide which colours work best in different rooms and on different materials, to creating accents with paint and making the most of a feature wall, this book demystifies the use of paint and wallpaper.
The advice is illustrated by beautiful homes around the world, making this a great coffee-table book as well as a helpful manual.ANATOMY OF COLOUR
By Patrick Baty, Thames & Hudson, R990
This book takes decorating with colour to new heights by guiding readers through the use of colour and paint in interior decoration over a 300-year period. Baty is a paint consultant and journalist who draws on his specialist archive to trace the evolution of pigments, paint colours and colour systems, while examining their impact on the colour palettes used in interiors from 1650 to 1960.
The book is beautifully photographed and packed with interesting anecdotes, from descriptions of how 1950s primary schools were decorated to colour guides for French chrysanthemum growers. Makes for great dinner-table conversation too.THE ART OF THE NATURAL HOME
By Rebecca Sullivan, Simon & Schuster, R385
Bringing sustainability, mindfulness and natural products into your home will go a long way to ensuring a balanced and wholesome lifestyle. This beautifully-styled book is filled with healthy recipes that help you use up leftover fruit, veg and herbs and ideas for creating your own toxin-free products.
There are instructions to make all kinds of natural goodies, from candles to cleaning products, salves, soaps, serums, herbal teas and even birdfeeders to encourage biodiversity in your garden. Taking inspiration from her gran's generation, Sullivan uses simple, natural ingredients and traditional methods, updated for the modern home.
THINK ECLECTIC
By Piet Swimberghe & Jan Verlinde, Lannoo Publishers, R990
Tired of modern, monochromatic homes? Then this book, which is a tribute to uninhibited mixing and matching, is for you.
Author and art historian Piet Swimberghe travelled Europe with photographer Jan Verlinde to find art collectors, antiquarians, architects and designers who follow his "Don't throw anything away" and "mixing is a must" mantras. The result is a glorious collection of lavish homes that strongly depict the characters of their owners.
This compilation is an ode to mixing vastly different styles to create your own colourful and individual aesthetic...