Leading interiors stylist Mieke ten Have developed a passion for interiors as a little girl, captivated by and inquisitive about the emotions certain places evoke. From her grandmother’s Federal-style dining room to summers spent in Maine, to her family’s chintz-laden Manhattan apartment, Mieke’s childhood was surrounded inspiring interiors. Today, she is a leading interiors stylist, design writer, and creative consultant. After years working as a magazine editor, which included positions as Home Editor of Vogue Magazine and Design Editor at Large of Elle Decor, Mieke parlays her editorial point of view into creative direction for interior designers, architects, and home brands.
In her newly released book, Interiors: Styled by Mieke ten Have, Mieke shares her techniques for teasing out the elements of a home that make it compelling, beautiful, and alive. The beautiful book identifies and explains the four principal elements that she always takes into account: Color Theory, Pattern Play, Wild and Tame, and Flowers for Living.
She illustrates each of these principles with images of rooms that she has styled for such noted designers as Stephen Sills, Mario Buatta, Alberto Pinto, Rita Konig, and Victoria Hagan in a wide variety of homes and locations. Then Mieke demonstrates how she applies these concepts, season after season, in her own country home, the Barn, where she lives with her husband and two children.
Using the Barn as a backdrop, Interiors: Styled by Mieke ten Have demonstrates how to apply her interwoven styling principles over the course of all four seasons.
Rich, atmospheric images by photographer Frank Frances document the evolution of the house, capturing the distinctive light, mood, colors, tonality, and textures of each season. Both aspirational and inspirational, Interiors: Styled by Mieke ten Have provides countless design ideas for beautifying our surroundings throughout the year.
“My favorite book as a child, which in retrospect had an outsize impact on my path, was Min Hogg’s 1988 edition of Interiors: The Eight Major Decorating Styles Seen in Today’s Most Beautiful Rooms. I ceaselessly studied those rooms, filled with collections of oddities and colors and textures,” ten Have shares in her book.
Available via Amazon, Interiors: Styled by Mieke ten Have is a beautiful coffee table book any design enthusiast would enjoy having in their collection! Please visit Mieke ten Have for additional information, and follow @mieketenhave on Instagram for ongoing inspiration.
