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| Christopher Lowell has done it again! In response to thousands of letters requesting a book on small-room decorating, the Emmy Award-winning star of the Discovery Channel's most popular decorating show applies his innovative thinking to the challenge of turning cramped quarters into a comfortable, stylish home. He takes the Seven Layers of Design system introduced in his first book one step further by applying it to small spaces and inspiring readers to create extraordinary rooms out of the ordinary.
With his trademark energy and innovation, Lowell guides us through two modular homes, one designed in a traditional style, the other in a more modern decor, but both intended to offer the reader a myriad of design options and ideas. The traditional home features a Nantucket-style master bath, a sunroom with faux stone walls, a French-influenced guest bedroom, and a separate dining room. The modern home contains a kitchen finished in sophisticated stainless-steel paint, a living room-guest bedroom partitioned with sliding bookcases, and a Zen master bedroom with a space-saving platform bed.
Room by room, Lowell tackles such problems as how to make the most of tiny master bedrooms, how to create several rooms from one, what to do with narrow hallways, how to conserve space by creating multipurpose rooms, and how to renovate a guest bathroom for under $100. Before and after pictures show how anyone can perform miracles just by "thinking outside the box." Once again, Christopher Lowell inspires readers to dream big, no matter how small their space.
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| | ISBN: 1400047277 Date Published on 9/9/2003 |
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| | Unmistakably French, the fifth book in Betty Lou Phillips' best-selling series on interpreting French décor for American homes, broadens yet again the limits of what French style can do for a home. No matter the location or size of the room to be decorated, the French rarely stray from favored and well-known characteristics of design-eighteenth-century furniture, sumptuous textiles, distinctive porcelains, and oil paintings in original carved-wood frames. In Phillips' newest book, she defines some of these specific secrets that French designers use to create an authentic French look-these certain basic decorating values they hold dear, seducing us with their self-assured approach to glamour, culture, and enduring respect for history.
The book includes four sections: Passion for French, Art of Living, Savoir-Faire, and Fluent French. The style and settings seen in these contemporary homes, while American, are Unmistakably French! |
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| | ISBN: 1586852892 Date Published on 9/1/2003 |
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| Featuring over 600 photos to guide and inspire, The Ultimate House Book offers an invaluable, comprehensive compendium covering everything from buying to building, improving to decorating, furnishing to fitting out. Whether for a small one- bedroom apartment or a classic Victorian manse, here is a 21st century blueprint for planning the perfect, personalized home. It comes from one of the world’s foremost experts on design, and examines the way we actually live now: everything from integrated offices to children’s rooms is created specifically to adhere to the demands of a modern lifestyle with the space kept flexible and versa tile. Setting a budget, choosing materials, dealing with architectural elements, selecting appliances, installing lighting, making the best use of sheds and ancillary buildings: it’s all here, and more, along with lavishly illustrated in-depth case studies. |
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| | ISBN: 1840914688 Date Published on 8/28/2003 |
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| | Pebble mosaics are arrangements of smooth rocks on the ground to make a variety of beautiful garden and landscape features—walkways, patios, or fountain bases, for example. This guide covers core as well as advanced techniques, offers abundant design ideas, and provides examples of stunning work by pebble mosaic artists around the world. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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| | ISBN: 1552977838 Date Published on 7/1/2003 |
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| | Where does all this stuff come from? More importantly, where will we put it? Complete Home Storage, the newest edition of a Sunset bestseller, tackles this challenge with hundreds of updated storage solutions for every room in the house. Basement, attic, kitchen, bathroom, kids' rooms-you name it-there are storage options, you just have to know where to look. Sunset shows the way with creative ideas and projects that not only control clutter, but also add great design features, like double-duty furniture, stylish bookcases, and built-in cabinets. Includes easy-to-follow photo instructions, step-by-step projects, plus info on building materials, tools, techniques, and resources. |
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| | ISBN: 0376017708 Date Published on 5/1/2003 |
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| | With a little imagination and creativity--and without hiring a professional--almost anyone can transform a small living space into a comfortable and stylish environment. Whether decorating a dorm room, an apartment, or a little cottage, what we strive for is a look and feel that expresses our individual personalities. Part style guide, part idea sourcebook, this handy volume--designed to meet the needs of real people with real budgets--is packed with smart ideas, basic design principles, and enough inspiration to get you off the sofa to make it happen.
In her lively, informative text, design guru Marisa Bartolucci takes readers inside 33 small homes from cities across the U.S. to reveal how a strong sense of style--rather than design know-how or unlimited resources--is the most effective tool for transforming an ordinary cramped living space into a smart yet functional private sanctuary. |
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| | ISBN: 0810991055 Date Published on 5/1/2003 |
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| | As real estate costs go ever higher, many of us are living in smaller spaces than we would like. In Small Spaces, interiors author Rebecca Tanqueray presents a wide variety of solutions to make even a studio apartment feel more spacious and comfortable. Many spaces can be expanded visually through color or lighting, in others, Tanqueray explores the organization of space, storage and the use of multi-functional furniture. The inspirational spaces showcased in Small Spaces are documented thoroughly with beautiful photographs and floor plans, to inspire you in the process of enlarging your own space.
Starting with Making the Most of your Space, Rebecca shows how clever use of color, lighting or other elements makes for a coherent home with a feeling of space. The Zones explores the organization of space, including areas for living, cooking and eating, working, bathing and sleeping. A Space Savers page at the end of each section captures key points. Finally, Solutions, tackles the elements to the compact home - including dividing space, using color, lighting and texture and clever storage and furniture.
Small Spaces will help you create a more uncluttered and serene home that works. |
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| | ISBN: 1841724149 Date Published on 5/1/2003 |
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| | $19.95 gatefold paper * 1-58685-261-2 * March 8-1/2 x 10 in, 144 pp, 140 Color Photographs & Illustrations Rights: W, Design Hidden in idyllic isolation, the haciendas of Old Mexico strike powerful chords with their rich mix of myth, history, and impressive architecture. With the surge in popularity of hacienda restoration throughout Mexico, the time is ripe for the release of The New Hacienda in paperback. Travel behind the scenes with authors Karen Witynski and Joe P. Carr as they open the doors to Mexico's remote country estates and reveal innovative interiors, artifacts, and antiques that echo the hacienda's original architectural splendor. The New Hacienda looks at the ways in which designers and architects have integrated the visual culture of the hacienda and blended Mexican elements in new homes on both sides of the border. From ancient stone walls and arcaded portals to cobbled courtyards and grand salons, hacienda style comes alive with a spirited mix of once-forgotten objects and contemporary furniture. |
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| | ISBN: 1586852612 Date Published on 4/1/2003 |
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