Thank You

First, we’d like to thank the people featured in this book for welcoming us into their homes and sharing their stories with us. It has been wonderful to get to know all of you. Thank you for your hospitality and generosity: This book simply wouldn’t exist without you.

Thanks to the Kinfolk editorial team: Amy Woodroffe, Georgia Frances King, Anja Verdugo, Gail O’Hara, Rachel Eva Lim, Alica Forneret and Kelsey Snell for your creative energy, hard work and dedication—you brought this book to life. We’d also like to thank the team’s friends and family for the back rubs, pep talks and coffee deliveries that kept everyone going!

Thanks to Charlotte Heal for leading the design layout of the book and for bringing your keen creative eye to every printed detail.

Thanks to the photographers for beautifully capturing the personalities, decor and stories inside each and every home. It’s been an honor and a privilege to work with such a talented group. Thanks also to the fantastic freelance writers and stylists who contributed their visions to the book.

Thanks to our extended community of friends around the world for helping us find and connect with the people featured in this book. Special thanks to Sakiko Setaka, Yukiko Sekine, Sarah Rosenbloom, Elisenda Coll, Lauren Elliot and Margo Lauras. Thanks also to Kota Engaku, Mayumi Yamase and Masafumi Kajitani at Kinfolk Japan and Somyung Oh and Sangmin Seo from Kinfolk Korea.

Thanks to Tina Minami Dhingra for your production assistance in Japan, for being our local liaison and bridging language barriers. Thank you to Mie Takamatsu for translating the Japanese interviews and profiles and for meeting our crazy deadlines. Special thanks to Kristina Chelberg for providing the final set of eyes on the profile copy.

Thanks to our publisher Lia Ronnen at Artisan for supporting and challenging us throughout the project. Thanks also to Artisan team members Bridget Heiking, Kara Strubel, Nancy Murray, Hanh Le, Sibylle Kazeroid and Allison McGeehon.

Thanks to the creative talents and residents who aren’t featured in these pages for their time and energy. Special thanks to Akira and Maya Mada, Bradley Duncan and Samer Fawaz, and Ginés Gorriz and Elina Vila D’Acosta-Calheiros. We’d also like to thank Ditte Isager, Emil Eskesen, Christine Rudolph, Britt Vinther-Jensen and Martha Mulholland.

Special thanks to the people who helped in many ways to bring the images to life, including Amanda Elmore, Julia Hallengren, Tomika Davis, Dominik Panasiuk, Zuza Sowinska-Bania, Takayoshi Tsukisawa, Miriam Robstad, Natalia Mleczak and Cleo at One Management. We’d also like to thank the agents, including Anna Ploman, Rob Magnotta, Willie Mullins and Donna Cerutti. Thanks also to Garbo Interiors and NK Inredning.

And lastly, we want to thank our readers for their continuous support. Without all of you, we wouldn’t be able to create the stories we love.