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| | The secret to style lies in the details. While you may love the spatial layout of your home, this book will help you update its overall design by highlighting the architectural hardware. From drawer pulls to porcelain fixtures, brickwork to heating units, Maggie Stevenson instructs on every aspect of industrial product. Extensive resource listings make this an indispensable guide to home equipment for professionals and homeowners alike.
Can't find cupboard handles to match your super-sleek new kitchen? Or a tap to suit your roll-top bath? Now, help is at hand. With Architectural Fixtures and Hardware, the hard work of tracking down the finest products has been done for you-to provide the definitive range of fixtures and fittings, from door knobs to stone floors, from contemporary fireplaces to kitchen sinks.
Whether you are seeking inspiration or looking for specific designer items Architectural Fixtures and Hardware is an invaluable guide. The potentially daunting world of interior hardware is laid bare to offer a showcase of the best the market has to offer. From Philippe Starck taps and Louis Poulsen lighting, to wooden floors and reconditioned radiators, there are solutions for every area in your home. Architectural Fixtures and Hardware also includes a comprehensive directory to ensure the fixtures you want are at your fingertips, making it an indispensable addition to every designer's library, and a must for anyone decorating their own home. |
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| | ISBN: 184172324X Date Published on 10/1/2002 |
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| | At last, a book filled with creative ideas for the rooms children live in … rooms for playing, studying, relaxing, and growing. This inspiring book, filled with 250 color photos and 35 drawings, is a great planning tool for parents, architects, and designers. "Offers plenty of inspiration ... for planning not only children's bedrooms and playrooms, but every room in the house." -- Home Remodeling and Decorating |
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| | ISBN: 156158617X Date Published on 10/1/2002 |
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| | $39.95 hardcover 1-58685-174-8 8 x 11 in, 160 pp, 150 Color Photographs, Rights: W, Design In her newest book, Villa Decor, Betty Lou Phillips discusses how to mix styles, furnishings, inspirations, and colors from different eras and locations to create the looks for which the French and Italian people are known-wisps of elegance, hints of regal color, textures that delight and inspire. Villa Decor illustrates the mastery of the fabled French way of melding the past with the present so each is seen in the best possible light, as well as the uncanny Italian knack of linking rooms effortlessly with patterns and palettes without detracting from the furnishings or objets d'art, capturing a trend in American decorating. Betty Lou Phillips demonstrates how to virtuously juxtapose various periods and styles in widely diverse, satisfying rooms that are never dull or predictable. Quiet French elegance, Italian romance, and the simplicity of sweet life-la dolce vita. Author of Provencal Interiors, French Influences, and French by Design, Betty Lou Phillips is a professional member of the American Society of Interior Designers. Her design work has appeared in such publications as Southern Accents, Bedroom & Bath, Window & Wall, and Decorating, and has also graced many magazine covers. Her design talents have been featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show and the Christopher Lowell Show. She lives in Dallas, Texas. |
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| | ISBN: 1586851748 Date Published on 10/1/2002 |
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| | Hallways, Corridors, and Staircases Houses and apartments have traditionally been seen as a series of rooms-but, when it comes to interior design, there is a great deal more to be considered. For example, the entrance hall is the introduction to everything that follows, making it crucial in setting the scene. Corridors and landings may have been built to give access to the main spaces, but they offer wonderful opportunities for storage and display. The stairs, too, are important since they are the single element that holds a house together, floor by floor. Hallways, Corridors, and Staircases is packed with exciting and inspirational ideas about how to develop the potential of these often unconsidered spaces. Leading interiors writer Leslie Geddes-Brown shares her knowledge and experience in the first book to explore in depth this absorbing subject. |
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| | ISBN: 1841723266 Date Published on 9/1/2002 |
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| | The living room is the focus of domestic life. Be it for rest and relaxation, company and conversation, or vibrant social events, this is a room that should reflect the personalities of those who create and enjoy it. Jane Alexander shows how the spirit of the living room can offer a variety of atmospheres and settings to suit a family's different moods and personalities. Spirit of the Living Room offers an ulimited array of ideas for transforming the everyday living room into a magical haven for relaxing as well as entertaining. |
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| | ISBN: 0823049043 Date Published on 9/1/2002 |
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| | Praise for the hardcover edition: "The ultimate reference for stenciling." -Booklist
With the simple stencil -- a template that lets you easily create a painted shape on a surface and allows you to repeat the exact pattern wherever and as often as you wish -- you can transform and beautify just about any surface from boxes to walls to floors.
The Complete Stenciling Handbook is a compendium of the latest techniques, tools, equipment and materials. The book presents innovative methods and products that have taken stenciling from a rustic craft to a breathtaking art form. The book features a wide range of step-by-step projects illustrated with color photographs.
Buckingham comprehensively covers the materials needed for successful stenciling projects and explains the qualities of a variety of media such as the differences between latex and oil paints. Clear, easy-to-read text simplifies the often confusing world of materials such as additives, matting agents, glazes, stains, thinners, finish coats and more. The book also includes instructions about when and how to use applicators such as brushes, rollers, sponges and airbrushes.
Creative topics with step-by-step instructions cover: - Shading and paint effects - Traditional borders and all-over patterns - Freeform stenciling and projection stenciling - Imitation textiles - Architectural elements, fake marquetry - Floor treatments, glass and ceramic tiles - Lettering and stenciling on fabric and paper.
The Complete Stenciling Handbook is the best and most comprehensive guide for crafters from beginner to advanced. |
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| | ISBN: 1552096386 Date Published on 9/1/2002 |
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| "Ward's specialty. . . [is] turning ho-hum interiors into inspired spaces without undertaking bank-breaking shopping sprees." (Ladies' Home Journal)
Lauri Ward has revolutionized the home-decorating business with her unique use-what-you-have philosophy introduced in her first book, Use What You Have Decorating. Now, Trade Secrets from Use What You Have Decorating, takes us behind the scenes and into the creative cauldron of one of the most innovative decorating firms in the country. From avoiding the most common decorating mistakes and creating a comfortable care-free home to dealing with storage, furniture, home offices, or art work, Trade Secrets provides hundreds of hints, tips, and ideas that Lauri Ward and her associates in the Interior Refiners Network have used successfully with thousands of clients over the past twenty years. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
In this follow-up to Use What You HaveR Decorating, Ward gives more advice as well as a reiteration of her ten decorating principles. The helpful-hints format is punctuated with real-life examples of the success of Ward's decorating approach from her clients as well as from guests to her web site. The lack of "before and after" photographs, which appeared in her previous book, is a disappointment, since they illustrated her ideas so well. A list of resources for products mentioned in the text concludes the book. For its wealth of practical decorating advice, this book is highly recommended for any size public library.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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| | ISBN: 0756782708 Date Published on 8/30/2002 |
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| Seashells -- exquisite bits of nature dressed in inspired form -- have long been a passion for people around the world. Colorful and curvaceous, shells have a complex natural geometry that is irresistible. Their warm palette of colors -- delicious pinks, deep lavenders, luminescent whites, and shades of silver and sand -- brings the soothing calm of the seashore into your home. Designing with shells hearkens back to the days of ancient grottoes, with their intricate and sophisticated designs, outrageous applications, and exotic allure. Yet shell design is a thoroughly contemporary art form, a creative way to awaken a deeper sensibility for these natural works of art. Shell Chic presents an overview of the work of many shell artists and their varied approaches to applying and designing with shells. The 35 projects featured in this lavishly photographed book enable readers to create richly marvelous objects, such as a child's claw-foot bathtub, a folding screen, an octopus chandelier, a shell-encrusted birdbath, paper mache masks, shell flower arrangements, and numerous projects to share with kids. This book will be savored for its sumptuous decorative flair, fabulous sense of fun, and practical advice on crafting with shells. The pages are filled with inspiration of all kinds, and shells have center stage. |
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| | ISBN: 158017440X Date Published on 8/19/2002 |
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| | The town of Atchison, Kansas, is never busier than at Christmastime. It is during this season that the acclaimed Nell Hill's home decorating emporium is transformed into a magical space where old meets new, formal meets frivolous, and imagination is key. Now you can bring that spirit into your home for the holidays. In Nell Hill's Christmas At Home, shop owner Mary Carol Garrity, the endlessly inventive home decorating marvel, turns her attention to the specifics of holiday decorating. With the inimitable style and warmth that has made converts of so many, she offers unconventional wisdom for beautifying your home throughout the season. Whether it's a new and exciting spot for a Christmas tree or a wonderful way to wrap and present gifts, Mary Carol's ideas are never stuffy and always inspirational. Full of lavish photographs, Nell Hill's Christmas at Home distills the decorating wisdom gleaned by Mary Carol from countless conversations with her devoted customers. With this latest book, she offers readers the most imaginative and entertaining ideas to come along in years. |
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| | ISBN: 0740725394 Date Published on 8/2/2002 |
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| | Hallways, Corridors & Staircases: Decoration, Storage and Display |
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| | ISBN: 1841723258 Date Published on 8/1/2002 |
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