Midcentury Modern Style

An Approachable Guide to Inspired Rooms

This accessible guide shows how easy it is to bring midcentury modern touches to every room in the house whether you’re a seasoned designer or starting from scratch. Full of approachable guideposts to lead you, insider tips and tricks, and easy DIYs, you’ll learn how to create inspired, livable spaces full of mid-mod charm.

The two artists have been collaborating for several years to capture Karen's interior design work, and an artistic partnership and friendship blossomed. The pair created Midcentury Modern Style for anyone curious to learn more about the design period or anyone who wants to incorporate midcentury flair into their homes.

Published by Gibbs Smith, October 17, 2023

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Available for purchase at your favorite local bookseller + Bookshop.org, Target.com, Amazon, or B&N.com.

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Lovely and delightful. This will be a sought-after title.

—Elizabeth Majka, Library Journal
Karen Nepacena surveys the midcentury modern aesthetic with panache in this vibrant, accessible book―perfect for retro-vibe home makeover inspiration....Midcentury Modern Style is a smart, fun guide to the major design concepts of a popular retro style.

—Foreward Reviews

Karen Nepacena

Author, Interior Designer

While renovating our own midcentury home, I read every MCM design book I could find. But none felt like they were written for me – someone with a young family and a limited budget, yet a desire to preserve and honor my midcentury house.

I was inspired to write this book to share what I’ve learned in a practical guide.

Transforming a space doesn’t always require a big budget. Simply swapping one material for another or finding just the right vintage retro clock to accent a space can have a huge impact.

-Karen Nepacena

Christopher Dibble

Photographer

As I contemplated how to best visually tell the story within this book, I thought a lot about the final product and who our readers would be. Home, for all of us, should be an aesthetically pleasing and energizing space, yet also functional and fit the lifestyle of its owners. It was important to me that the images didn’t feel produced or make the spaces seem out of reach. Karen and I worked closely to ensure my photography felt true to not only her design, but also to the family inhabiting the spaces.

We started from scratch and directed the vision towards the type of book we’d both love to create and own.