Shelf Life...Style Council

This week, I thought I would share some of the books, that I recently picked up from my local library...
​have you read any of them? They're a selection including Art, Architecture and Interior Design...

The one that caught my eye the most, was Style Council by Sarah Thompson -  what can I say but when you look along the bookshelf and see a book titled Style Council who can resist! 
And just check out that cover design... just love it!

Style Council is an interiors book focusing on and celebrating how people have decorated their spaces...nothing different there you might say, but this book, "Is a window on the lives of stylish people living in ex-council homes", let's be clear it's not about the rights or wrongs of the 'Right to Buy' scheme - although that sensitive subject is acknowledged. 

This interesting book is about how these homes have been utilized and styled to feel like home...I did find it quite London centric, featuring a range of homes from in and around London, however the author does include her own home in Dorset which gives a view of a more suburban home rather than city living. And I have to say I was pleased to see that it did include a feature on an apartment in the Grade II Listed - Park Hill Flats housing estate in Sheffield. For those who don't know it, Park Hill Estate is the largest Grade II Listed building in Europe - a Brutalist building that stands proud in the landscape.  

Although, maybe a little dated as the book was first published in 2015, it's still an interesting read,  providing insight into some of the striking architecture of social housing homes that are much loved in the UK today.  

Studio Playlist - Well! It just had to be something from Paul Weller, ex lead singer with The Jam, and founder of the English pop band - The Style Council.
I have to admit I'm not really a fan of The Style Council music, but I am a fan of Paul Weller both as a solo artist and also with his time in The Jam, so I have chosen Broken Stones from The Stanley Road Album...seems fitting as the album is titled after the road where Weller grew up, oh and it just happens to have been a council estate in Woking, Surrey! Plus it's one of my favourites...
Have a listen here.

Thank you as always for reading!