The author, Anita Martinez Beijer, travelled the world on a quest; what does a home mean? What makes a living space a place we call home? How do we relate to and interact with it? What qualities in our homes do we treasure the most? What dreams and desires do we have related to our homes?

"I wanted to get to the heart of this issue," she says. "This isn't a book designed only to please the eye. Each and every one of the homeowners has a story to tell and gives us a personal view of what their home means to them. Their different approaches provide us with a sense of how our homes can reflect our own personalities and also how they, as they develop, can help us become a better version of ourselves. This isn’t a book about how to style a home, but how to make a home yours. ”

Home Life around the world is about the relationship we have with that most private and intimate space – our home.

The sequel A Place We Call Home will follow in 2019.