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1.000 Ideas Practicas Para la Decoracion del Hogar $2.15 Using interiors created by artists, interior designers and decorators from all over the world, and incorporating the latest in furniture and object design, this book is a practical encyclopedia of home decoration. Aimed at a general audience, it offers over 500 pages of useful ideas, tips, suggestions, advice and solutions for anyone interested in decorating a first time home or remodeling an existing space. Choose the perfect drapes. Find the ideal flooring for any room. Install atmospheric lighting. Select complementary colors and textures. Transform big or small spaces. Even the toughest of design challenges are addressed. From space distribution to layout, from materials and colors to styles and fabrics, even incorporating furniture and lighting, 1,000 Practical Ideas for Home Decorating presents basic concepts of interior design in a clear and easy to follow style. Beautiful photographs, drawings and informative sidebars provide inspiration for those beginning to explore the principles of interior design. Crammed full of ideas that anyone can use, 1,000 Practical Ideas for Home Decorating is the basic resource for interior design. |
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1000 Ideas Practicas En Decoracion del Hogar $1.91 Used – Using interiors created by artists, interior designers and decorators from all over the world, and incorporating the latest in furniture and object design, this book is a practical encyclopedia of home decoration. Aimed at a general audience, it offers over 500 pages of useful ideas, tips, suggestions, advice and solutions for anyone interested in decorating a first time home or remodeling an existing space. Choose the perfect drapes. Find the ideal flooring for any room. Install atmosphe |
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1000 Ideas Practicas En Decoracion del Hogar $1.91 New – Our bestselling book of practical home decoration ideas is now available in a Spanish language edition. Using interiors created by artists, interior designers, and decorators from all over the world, and incorporating the latest in furniture and object design, this book is a practical encyclopedia of home decoration. Aimed at a general audience, it offers more than 500 pages of useful ideas, tips, suggestions, advice, and solutions for anyone interested in decorating a first-time home or r |
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1000 Ideas for Home Design and Decoration: 1000 Ideas $29.95 A plethora of practical ideas for home improvement. Using interiors created by designers and decorators from all over the world, and incorporating the latest in furniture and object design, this book is a treasure trove of ideas for decorating the home, whether a house in the woods, an airy urban loft, or a post-collegiate studio. Aimed at a general audience, it offers hundreds of useful ideas, tips, suggestions, advice, and solutions for anyone interested in decorating a first-time home or remodeling an existing space. The book begins with an overview of space, lighting, color, and furniture and continues with a thorough review of the options available when considering flooring, wall coverings, window treatments, color schemes, incorporating furniture, and lighting for every room of the home. “Do and do not” tips are sprinkled throughout, and this sourcebook of inspirational ideas and themes addresses even the toughest design challenges on the road to transforming any space, big or small. Beautiful photographs, drawings, and informative sidebars make this volume a one-stop basic resource for interior design. |
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A Passion for Detail $69.99 New – This lively, fresh, and inspiring look at interior decoration and the “details” that add richness and character to any home is a sumptuous showcase of ideas that are thought-provoking and educational. Superb photography and exquisite room drawings enhance the evocative text. 110 full-color photographs; 15 full-color drawings. |
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Art Deco Complete $65.49 Art Deco Complete is the last word in Art Deco, the most glamorous decorative arts style, and the one that shaped popular ideas of modern luxury. It covers furniture and interior decoration, sculpture, paintings, graphics, posters and bookbinding, glass, ceramics, lighting, textiles, metal work, and jewelry. It includes the work of all of the important Art Deco designers, from high-style French furniture makers to the creators of the popular “Streamline Moderne” style. And it is, in the spirit of Art Deco, a lavish and attractive book, as well as being authoritative and thorough. This 544-page volume includes more than 1,000 color images of classic Art Deco objects and spaces.Its author is the colorful and experienced Alastair Duncan, who was for many years the expert who ran the twentieth-century decorative arts department at Christie’s in New York. Duncan is the author of many well-known books on Art Deco and Art Nouveau. This book will stand as his monument to Art Deco. |
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Art Deco Complete: The Definitive Guide to the Decorative Arts of the 1920s and 1930s $125 Art Deco Complete is the last word in Art Deco, the most glamorous decorative arts style, and the one that shaped popular ideas of modern luxury. It covers furniture and interior decoration, sculpture, paintings, graphics, posters and bookbinding, glass, ceramics, lighting, textiles, metal work, and jewelry. It includes the work of all of the important Art Deco designers, from high-style French furniture makers to the creators of the popular Streamline Moderne style. And it is, in the spirit of Art Deco, a lavish and attractive book, as well as being authoritative and thorough. This 544-page volume includes more than 1,000 color images of classic Art Deco objects and spaces.Its author is the colorful and experienced Alastair Duncan, who was for many years the expert who ran the twentieth-century decorative arts department at Christie”s in New York. Duncan is the author of many well-known books on Art Deco and Art Nouveau. This book will stand as his monument to Art Deco. |
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Art Deco Complete: The Definitive Guide to the Decorative Arts of the 1920s and 1930s $65.51 Used – “Art Deco Complete “is the last word in Art Deco, the most glamorous decorative arts style, and the one that shaped popular ideas of modern luxury. It covers furniture and interior decoration, sculpture, paintings, graphics, posters and bookbinding, glass, ceramics, lighting, textiles, metal work, and jewelry. It includes the work of all of the important Art Deco designers, from high-style French furniture makers to the creators of the popular “Streamline Moderne” style. And it is, in the |
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Art Deco Complete: The Definitive Guide to the Decorative Arts of the 1920s and 1930s $81.03 New – “Art Deco Complete “is the last word in Art Deco, the most glamorous decorative arts style, and the one that shaped popular ideas of modern luxury. It covers furniture and interior decoration, sculpture, paintings, graphics, posters and bookbinding, glass, ceramics, lighting, textiles, metal work, and jewelry. It includes the work of all of the important Art Deco designers, from high-style French furniture makers to the creators of the popular “Streamline Moderne” style. And it is, in the |
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Bedrooms $19.95 Providing a host of ideas for creating an attractive, comfortable bedroom for adults or children, this interior design guide features excellent advice on how to organize the room, the best styles of decoration, the appropriate lighting, and the choice of bed. The book is organized into easy-to-use sections, starting with making the best use of space, proceeding to the initial planning, offering decorative options, learning all about the bed, choosing the rest of the furnishings, and, lastly, offering ideas on where to go for what. |
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Bedrooms: Creating and Decorating the Room of Your Dreams $1.99 Providing a host of ideas for creating an attractive, comfortable bedroom for adults or children, this interior design guide features excellent advice on how to organize the room, the best styles of decoration, the appropriate lighting, and the choice of bed. The book is organized into easy-to-use sections, starting with making the best use of space, proceeding to the initial planning, offering decorative options, learning all about the bed, choosing the rest of the furnishings, and, lastly, offering ideas on where to go for what. |
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Ceramic Art Tile for the Home $15.31 Art tile is a truly exciting option for both interior and exterior decoration. There is a vast array of tile available on the market today, ranging in design from traditional to modern, and conservative to outrageous–the possibilities are overwhelming! This book is a wonderful introduction to art tile, loaded with ideas and resources that will charm and inspire. Hundreds of breathtaking photographs of installations in and out of the home show the work of todays leading contemporary tile artists. Insightful text guides readers to an informed appreciation of this timeless art and its marvelous suitability for all areas of the home. Chapters include a history of tile making in America, how art tile is made, visiting a tile showroom, designing with art tile, trends in art tile, what to expect during installation, and ceramic art in public spaces. A large resource index and a directory of artists is included. |
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Children’s Rooms $14.95 The Home series is devoted to interior design and decoration, and presented in a handy format. Leading architects and interior specialists provide inspirational and unique designs that are packed with impressive ideas for your own home. Children’s rooms contain a number of functions: a space for learning and playing, for sleeping and relaxing, and the place where children create their own fantasy worlds, their own territory, a refuge far away from the world of adults. So it is essential to involve children in the design of their rooms, so that they feel a sense of ownership and enjoy spending time there. This book presents a large number of children’s rooms that achieve this aim of providing the perfect environment for the individual child. |
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Complete Home Decorating Idea Book: Thousands of Ideas for Windows, Walls, Ceilings and Floors $2.05 The Complete Home Decorating Idea Book focuses on vertical and horizontal surfaces by examining not only windows, walls and floors but also celebrates the fifth wall-ceilings! Readers will discover the clever possibilities for treating surfaces of all kinds with paint, wallpaper, tile, stone, fabric and more. A book unabashedly low on copy and high on brilliant four-color photography, trend expert Kathleen Stoehr (author of the already published Dream Windows and Dream Floors books) developed a unique concept to attract thousands of buyers to this all-encompassing book. Thousands of photographs, consecutively numbered for convenient reference, allow users to easily note potential colors, designs and interiors that appeal. Beginning with a chapter on a personal favorite, window treatments, Stoehr covers all types of hard and soft window products, as well as how to approach the decoration of a large window wall. A chapter on wall coverings follows, including paint, paper, tile, stone, fabric and wood. In section three, the decorated ceiling pulls our eyes upward from the horizontal sweep we normally experience in a room, creating a sense of satisfied completion to any interior. Decorated ceilings, our “interior sky” is attention to detail at its best, creating drama in the dining room or a calm, restful environment in the bedroom. Finally, we look to the floor; an area frequently overlooked, but which is the ultimate component for finishing any room with style. All this and more, including thousands of today’s top interior photographs, will be found in The Complete Home Decorating Idea Book. |
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Decoracion / Decoration $13.21 A series that offers examples and clear ideas of 20 different themes through a meticulous compilation of the best and it more representative of the architecture and interior design of the present time. |
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Decorating with Flowers: Classic and Contemporary Arrangements $24.95 The best of Paula Pryke’s classic and contemporary floral arrangements—in an accessible format to inspire novice and expert alike. Paula Pryke, Britain’s acclaimed master floral designer and author of numerous bestselling books, is unsurpassed in creating floral objets d’art. Essentially a form of interior decoration or stage setting, Pryke’s floral designs are the key to beautifying the home, creating interior moods, and setting the tone for entertaining, parties, and memorable events throughout the year. Included are her signature clean, contemporary designs as well as romantic, old-fashioned bouquets with a modern sense of color and form. Pryke’s floral artistry goes beyond the traditional arrangement-in-a-vase—her signature concepts include using nontraditional containers, unexpected accessories (e.g., candles or fruit), combining unusual colors, textures, and architectural forms, as well as other decorative touches such as wreaths, garlands, and even decorative dog collars. Packed with ideas, skills, and techniques, this book explores the latest trends in floral design for any season and encourages readers to let their creativity and personal style flow with step-by-step instructions. Gorgeously illustrated, this compilation is an invaluable catalogue of ideas and inspirations. |
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Decoration $3.49 A series that offers examples and clear ideas of 20 different themes through a meticulous compilation of the best and it more representative of the architecture and interior design of the present time. |
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Decoration of Houses $16.95 Alexandra Stoddard continues her creative and insightful guidance by showing us how to make our homes a real expression of our true selves. Starting with the Fifteen Defining Principles of Interior Design, Stoddard grounds us in the classic standards that make any home timeless and follows with inventive suggestions. Her own bold ideas about color, pattern, and texture are affordable tips from her own vast experience involving every imaginable decoration problem. From lighting a room to adding fabrics, furnishings, and the perfect finishing touches, she offers her expertise while always encouraging us to listen to our inner voice for the final answer. |
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Decoration: Brightly Lit Space $1.42 Used – Skillful lighting plays both functional and mood-setting roles in interior spaces. The inviting examples in these pages show how light can sharpen a particular area or give distinctive outline to a special object. These illuminating ideas will inspire both professional and do-it-yourself decorators. |
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Decoration: Smallbooks Series $118.11 New – A series that offers examples and clear ideas of 20 different themes through a meticulous compilation of the best and it more representative of the architecture and interior design of the present time. |
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Decoration: Smallbooks Series $18.95 New – A series that offers examples and clear ideas of 20 different themes through a meticulous compilation of the best and it more representative of the architecture and interior design of the present time. |
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Dream Homes: 100 Inspirational Interiors $3 Used – Dream Homes presents an exciting kaleidoscope of locations and home-decoration ideas from across the globe, from urban sophistication to casual colourful hideaways in the sun. More than 800 stunning images by renowned interiors photographer Andreas von Einsiedel accompany concise project descriptions by leading writer Johanna Thornycroft that compellingly describe the key characteristics of each interior and how these have been achieved. |
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Dream Homes: 100 Inspirational Interiors $39.95 Dream Homes presents an exciting kaleidoscope of locations and home-decoration ideas from across the globe, from urban sophistication to casual colourful hideaways in the sun. More than 800 stunning images by renowned interiors photographer Andreas von Einsiedel accompany concise project descriptions by leading writer Johanna Thornycroft that compellingly describe the key characteristics of each interior and how these have been achieved. |
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Dream Homes: 100 Inspirational Interiors $21.73 New – Dream Homes presents an exciting kaleidoscope of locations and home-decoration ideas from across the globe, from urban sophistication to casual colourful hideaways in the sun. More than 800 stunning images by renowned interiors photographer Andreas von Einsiedel accompany concise project descriptions by leading writer Johanna Thornycroft that compellingly describe the key characteristics of each interior and how these have been achieved. |
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Dream Homes: 100 Inspirational Interiors $35 New – Dream Homes presents an exciting kaleidoscope of locations and home-decoration ideas from across the globe, from urban sophistication to casual colourful hideaways in the sun. More than 800 stunning images by renowned interiors photographer Andreas von Einsiedel accompany concise project descriptions by leading writer Johanna Thornycroft that compellingly describe the key characteristics of each interior and how these have been achieved. |
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English Style and Decoration: A Sourcebook of Original Designs $29.95 An invaluable resource on English furniture, interiors, and household objects, drawn from antique pattern books, swatch books, and manufacturers’ and retailers’ catalogues.From about 1700, English design, craftsmanship, and production techniques inspired admiration and imitation throughout the Western world. The designers of the period and their associated manufacturers created a legacy almost unmatched in the history of the decorative arts.Drawing upon an impressive array of sources, English Style and Decoration offers a cornucopia of design riches. Alongside the work of famous and familiar taste-makers such as Chippendale and Wedgwood, this sumptuous, profusely illustrated reference book also contains hundreds of original designs developed in workshops and factories throughout England. Lavishly illustrated, it presents original sketches and printed patterns for furniture, textiles, flooring, wallpaper, glass, ceramics, and household utensils, from doorknobs to tableware to light fittings.This unrivaled resource, now republished in a compact format, will provide a wealth of ideas and inspiration for designers, restorers, and interior decorators. 600+ designs and patterns in color and black-and-white. Previously titled The English Archive of Design and Decoration in hardcover. |
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Essential Plants for Small Gardens $0.99 Used – Big dreams can come true even in small gardens — when you start with a plan and a sense of structure even before choosing the plants. 24 breathtaking layouts reveal the secrets of transforming a modest patch of land into a miracle of stylish decoration. Beautiful and clever ideas link interior and exterior design and produce a harmonious environment to perpetually delight the senses. Assess the elements that go into making a really spectacular garden: seasonal riches, like spring daffodi |
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Feng Shui for the Classroom: 101 Easy-To-Use Ideas $36.53 New – For educators, working and teaching in a harmonious classroom environment not only makes sense, it can improve the quality and meaningfulness of their instruction. Feng Shui for the Classroom translates ancient Chinese interior decoration concepts to the school, providing teachers with strategies and suggestions for improving harmony and positive energy in their classrooms. The text gives suggestions for arranging the ideal classroom in such a way that the “chi,” or energy, can move freely |
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Feng Shui for the Classroom: 101 Easy-To-Use Ideas $10 Used – For educators, working and teaching in a harmonious classroom environment not only makes sense, it can improve the quality and meaningfulness of their instruction. Feng Shui for the Classroom translates ancient Chinese interior decoration concepts to the school, providing teachers with strategies and suggestions for improving harmony and positive energy in their classrooms. The text gives suggestions for arranging the ideal classroom in such a way that the “chi, or energy, can move freely |
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Flea Market Style $14.33 Used – Full of creative and affordable ideas for interior design and decoration. |
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Flea Market Style $34.16 New – Full of creative and affordable ideas for interior design and decoration. |
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Flea Market Style $55.95 New – Full of creative and affordable ideas for interior design and decoration. |
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Flea Market Style $20.77 Used – Full of creative and affordable ideas for interior design and decoration. |
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Flea Market Style $17.77 Used – Full of creative and affordable ideas for interior design and decoration. |
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Flea Market Style $20.77 New – Full of creative and affordable ideas for interior design and decoration. |
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Flea Market Style $3.99 Used – Full of creative and affordable ideas for interior design and decoration. |
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French Style and Decoration: A Sourcebook of Original Designs $29.95 An invaluable resource on French furniture, interiors, and household objects, drawn from antique pattern books, swatch books, and manufacturers’ and retailers’ catalogues.For centuries, French furniture, textiles, ceramics, and glassware set the highest standards of fine design in the decorative arts. Sèvres porcelain, Gobelins tapestries, and Baccarat crystal are synonymous with a taste for the good things in life, as are traditional printed cottons from Provence, silks from Lyons, glass by Gallé and Daum, and furniture and interiors by Guimard and Ruhlmann.This profusely illustrated reference offers a panoply of original sketches, engravings, and printed patterns, representing French interior design and decoration from the Baroque, Rococo, Louis XVI, and Empire periods through the nineteenth century to Art Deco and Modernism in the twentieth century. The wealth of artistry and technical ingenuity illustrated here dates back to 1685, when André-Charles Boulle’s furniture designs for the palace of Versailles were published as engravings. Later, the great international exhibitions held in Paris not only defined the styles of Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and International Modernism but also showcased the work of such giants of the decorative arts as Ruhlmann, Majorelle, and Lalique.This unrivaled resource, now republished in a compact format, will provide a wealth of ideas and inspiration for designers, restorers, and interior decorators. 600+ designs and patterns in color and black-and-white. Originally published as The French Archive of Design and Decoration in hardcover. |
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Italian Country Living $195.99 Italy is a historical country, where the past is always present. This is well illustrated in the rural interior style, which borrows and adapts from other eras and places, editing and refining as it goes, but culminating in a look that is chic, original, and always easy to live with. In Italian Country Living, Caroline Clifton-Mogg explores the essential ingredients of the style, taking in color and texture–the distinctively clear but subtle palette — before looking at the mixture of simplicity and comfort evident in furniture and fabrics, and going on to admire the innate gift of the Italians for living outside with the same panache as they do indoors. Caroline then looks in more detail at individual country houses. Whether Rustic, Contemporary, Eclectic, or Traditional in character, these homes offer myriad ideas for interior decoration that are easily translatable into other lives and cultures. |
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Living $0.01 Keep it simple, use natural materials, involve the surrounding landscape, mix traditional with innovation, and finish with a touch of surprise. These principles of decoration are beautifully realized in this lavish and visual book of contemporary interior design. With expertise from their renowned design consultancy, the authors share coveted secrets on creating timeless and fresh interiors. Chapters are organized by home activity–entering, sitting, dining, cooking, working, sleeping, bathing, and relaxing. Each page takes you into the decisions and dramas of interior design, from conflicting preliminary sketch ideas to paint and furniture choices. More than 130 stunning photographs accompany stories of how designers conceive, plan, and transform interior spaces into areas of inspiration and serenity. |
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Living $1.99 Keep it simple, use natural materials, involve the surrounding landscape, mix traditional with innovation, and finish with a touch of surprise. These principles of decoration are beautifully realized in this lavish and visual book of contemporary interior design. With expertise from their renowned design consultancy, the authors share coveted secrets on creating timeless and fresh interiors. Chapters are organized by home activity—entering, sitting, dining, cooking, working, sleeping, bathing, and relaxing. Each page takes you into the decisions and dramas of interior design, from conflicting preliminary sketch ideas to paint and furniture choices. More than 130 stunning photographs accompany stories of how designers conceive, plan, and transform interior spaces into areas of inspiration and serenity. |
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Living with Kilims $12.46 Used – Attractive, hard-wearing and versatile, kilims have become one of the most fashionable features of Western interior decoration in recent years. This illustrated guide shows how to use them in the home. With information on their history and origins, types and techniques, and guidance on buying and valuing, cleaning and repairing, it contains over 250 photographs of interiors ranging from English country houses to Mediterranean villas – providing ideas for those seeking decorative inspirati |
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Look of Architecture $1.99 What is style in architecture? "Style is like a feather in a woman’s hat, nothing more," said Le Corbusier, expressing most modern architects’ low regard for the subject. But Witold Rybczynski disagrees, and in The Look of Architecture, he makes a compelling case for the importance of style to the mother of the arts. This is a book brimming with sharp observations—that form does not follow function; that the best architecture is not timeless but precisely of its time; that details do not merely complement the architecture—details are the architecture. But the heart of the book illuminates the connection between architecture, interior decoration, and fashion. Style is the language of architecture, Rybczynski writes, and fashion represents the wide—and swirling—cultural currents that shape and direct that language. The two, style and fashion, are intimately linked—indeed, architecture cannot escape fashion. To set these ideas in sharp relief, he shows us how style and fashion have been expressed in the work of major architects—including Frank Gehry, Mies van der Rohe, Charles McKim, Allan Greenberg, Robert Venturi, Enrique Norten, and many others. He helps us see their works anew and ultimately to look afresh at our surroundings. Style is one of the enduring—and endearing—aspects of architecture, Rybczynski concludes. Furthermore, an architecture that recognizes the importance of style would not be as introspective and self-referential as are so many contemporary buildings. It would be part of the world—not architecture for architects, but for the rest of us. |
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Mid-Century Modern: Interiors, Furniture, Design Details $29.95 The 1950′s house was a scientific triumph, designed in a laboratory and tested on inhabitants of all ages before being built for the masses. Never had homes been so thoroughly contemporary, with antiques and period styles entirely banished.Mid-Century Modernexplores the interior decor of this seminal decade, concentrating on all aspects of a home’s decoration-walls, flooring, surfaces, lighting, and, of course, furniture. Case studies examine beautiful present-day homes that exhibit mid-century style in an exemplary way, and suggest ideas for taking the 1950′s look-complete with collector’s pieces-and mixing and matching it with elements from other eras. |
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Mid-century Modern $29.95 The 1950”s house was a scientific triumph, designed in a laboratory and tested on inhabitants of all ages before being built for the masses. Never had homes been so thoroughly contemporary, with antiques and period styles entirely banished. Mid-Century Modern explores the interior decor of this seminal decade, concentrating on all aspects of a home”s decoration-walls, flooring, surfaces, lighting, and, of course, furniture. Case studies examine beautiful present-day homes that exhibit mid-century style in an exemplary way, and suggest ideas for taking the 1950”s look-complete with collector”s pieces-and mixing and matching it with elements from other eras. |
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Mosaics Inside and Out: Patterns and Inspiration for 17 Mosaic Projects $3.83 Used – This book makes easy the seemingly daunting task of creating mosaics for your home. Presenting both creative ideas and stunning projects for both interior and exterior decoration, this book provides the information, inspiration, and tools to add the colorful and sophisticated art of mosaic to you kitchens, bathrooms, floors, walls, porch and garden. |
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Neo-Victorian $56.95 Used – Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Neo-Victorian is an aesthetic movement which amalgamates Victorian and Edwardian aesthetic sensibilities with modern principles and technologies. A large number of magazines and websites are devoted to Neo-Victorian ideas in dress, family life, interior decoration, morals, and other topics. In September 2007, Exeter University explored the phenomenon in a major i |
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Neo-Victorian $63.6 Used – Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Neo-Victorian is an aesthetic movement which amalgamates Victorian and Edwardian aesthetic sensibilities with modern principles and technologies. A large number of magazines and websites are devoted to Neo-Victorian ideas in dress, family life, interior decoration, morals, and other topics. In September 2007, Exeter University explored the phenomenon in a major i |
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Neo-Victorian $63.6 Used – Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Neo-Victorian is an aesthetic movement which amalgamates Victorian and Edwardian aesthetic sensibilities with modern principles and technologies. A large number of magazines and websites are devoted to Neo-Victorian ideas in dress, family life, interior decoration, morals, and other topics. In September 2007, Exeter University explored the phenomenon in a major i |
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New Garden Design: Inspiring Private Paradises $6.41 From vegetable and succulent gardens to sculpture and rose gardens to mountain and waterfront gardens, New Garden Design covers a range of interpretations incorporating walls, fountains, pavilions, canals, pools, terraces and groves in unexpected ways. The resulting new garden is a pleasure garden vested with spiritual, symbolic and ecological intent. A modernist interpretation of Roman stone furniture and freestanding walls punctuate the space behind a 1970s ranch house. A home designed by Bernard Maybeck is accented with a freehand composition of urns, cement pipes and rusty objects, as well as over a thousand species of plants. A grove of olive trees underplanted with rosemary and lavender fields gives personality to two acres surrounding a house designed by modernist Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta. Garden ideas spring from many sources, and new gardens today, abstract in design and with seemingly no connection to the formalities of a paradise garden or its Persian, Indian or Greco-Roman and Mediterranean antecedents, echoes them all. New Garden Design aims to show how many ancient lessons haven’t been forgotten. These gardens are fertile ground for creation, perception and meditation. Zahid Sardar is the design editor of the San Francisco Chronicle and has reported on garden, interior and architecture design for twenty years in the Bay Area. His work appears in Chronicle Magazine and other national and international design publications such as House & Garden, Western Interiors and Design, Elle Décor, Architecture, Metropolis, Elle Decoration and Schoner Wohnen magazines. He has designed, authored or contributed to several books on design and culture, including San Francisco Modern, Textile Arts of India, and Three Stories of the Raj. Sardar has also lectured at the Landscape Architecture, UC Berkeley Extension program and at garden seminars at the Strybing Arboretum in San Francisco, as well as for The Garden Conservancy in Northern |
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New Garden Design: Inspiring Private Paradises $19.99 From vegetable and succulent gardens to sculpture and rose gardens to mountain and waterfront gardens, New Garden Design covers a range of interpretations incorporating walls, fountains, pavilions, canals, pools, terraces and groves in unexpected ways. The resulting new garden is a pleasure garden vested with spiritual, symbolic and ecological intent. A modernist interpretation of Roman stone furniture and freestanding walls punctuate the space behind a 1970s ranch house. A home designed by Bernard Maybeck is accented with a freehand composition of urns, cement pipes and rusty objects, as well as over a thousand species of plants. A grove of olive trees underplanted with rosemary and lavender fields gives personality to two acres surrounding a house designed by modernist Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta. Garden ideas spring from many sources, and new gardens today, abstract in design and with seemingly no connection to the formalities of a paradise garden or its Persian, Indian or Greco-Roman and Mediterranean antecedents, echoes them all. New Garden Design aims to show how many ancient lessons haven’t been forgotten. These gardens are fertile ground for creation, perception and meditation. Zahid Sardar is the design editor of the San Francisco Chronicle and has reported on garden, interior and architecture design for twenty years in the Bay Area. His work appears in Chronicle Magazine and other national and international design publications such as House & Garden, Western Interiors and Design, Elle Décor, Architecture, Metropolis, Elle Decoration and Schoner Wohnen magazines. He has designed, authored or contributed to several books on design and culture, including San Francisco Modern, Textile Arts of India, and Three Stories of the Raj. Sardar has also lectured at the Landscape Architecture, UC Berkeley Extension program and at garden seminars at the Strybing Arboretum in San Francisco, as well as for The Garden Conservancy in Northern |
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Period style $5.99 Used – This revised edition reveals how best to capture a sense of the past by using a combination of imaginative flair, historical knowledge and practical expertise. It includes ideas for every period of interior decoration and for every style. A directory of suppliers is provided. |
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Set With Style $40 Whether using heirloom china or a hot designer’s latest tableware collection–for an intimate dinner for two or a family feast for ten–set a table to impress. Faced with thousands of inspiring choices for table settings and decorations to fit every occasion, hosts and hostesses have never been more enticed to turn out both a great meal and an equally appealing stage on which to serve it. Author Caroline Clifton-Mogg knows that creating a table setting, no matter how simple or instinctive, is a form of interior decoration and design; so she has put together a masterful list of internationally acclaimed designers and decorators (such as John Saladino and Vicente Wolf), all of whom have showcased their signature styles for table settings. Set with Style offers an unprecedented cache of ideas that will ensure that entertaining your favorite guests is a pleasure instead of an overwhelming challenge; if your taste tends toward delicate crystal romance or even whimsical flea-market flair, you can achieve the most breathtaking visual treat on your tabletop.Illustrated with more than 300 lavish photos, Set with Style highlights:• The history of dining etiquette and traditions (from time-honored rituals to quirky customs)• Table-setting styles (from contemporary style with Peri Wolfman and Reed Krakoff to retro style with Glen Senk and Keith Johnson of Anthropologie)• Practical tips (from the creative use of accessories to what to look for when buying china, glass, flatware, and linen) from designers such as Sally Sirkin Lewis• A resource guide (featuring a directory of china and glass suppliers and table-accessory manufacturers)Whether you just want to spruce up an ordinary family supper or pull out all the stops for a high-class event, Set with Style will ensure that every occasion will be a beautiful one. |
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Southern Rooms II: The Timeless Beauty of the American South $24.99 The South has a palpable charm and a lively sense of identity. Though defined by a specific geography, elements of Southern style permeate and influence design all over the country and all over the world.Southern Rooms, Volume 2: Magnolia StyleùSouthern Rooms Redefined is an inspirational collection of the current trends in Southern interior decoration created by well-known interior designers and is written by top-notch design journalist Shannon Howard.The book highlights designersÆ vision, challenges, inspirations, and their individual style, and offers practical tips and ideas that readers might use in their own homes. Howard looks at what gives the South its unique appeal and what defines Southern style, and she provides answers as to why the South is a hotbed for new ideas and great design. She looks at the SouthÆs take on traditional, casual, eclectic, and rustic d¬cor and provides a guide for shopping ômagnolia style.öShannon Howard is a regular contributor to Country Almanac, Country Decorating Ideas, Paint D¬cor, Quick & Easy Decorating, and Creative Home. She spent several years living in Knoxville, Tennessee, where she quickly became enamored with Southern folklore. She now lives in Missouri. |
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Stenciling $1.21 Two attractive titles introduce a brand new, heavily illustrated how-to series designed to help readers master the various arts of home interior decoration. Each book focuses on a single craft and presents comprehensive instructions and work-saving advice. Books are filled with full-color step-by-step photos, each with a detailed explanatory caption. Books in Barron’s Decorative Techniques series will prove valuable for beginners as well as for experienced decorators and craftsmen who want to broaden their skills.Stencils brighten walls and enliven rooms. Here are exciting ideas and instructions for creating elegant borders, patterns, design themes, animal illustrations for kids’ rooms, and more for interior walls throughout the house. Full-color, step-by-step photos on every page, all with explanatory captions, help you create beautiful decorative effects |
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The Age of Comfort: When Paris Discovered Casual – And the Modern Home Began $28 A critically acclaimed historian of France and French culture identifies the moment in modern history when informality and comfort first became priorities, causing a sudden transformation in the worlds of architecture and interior decoration that would last for centuries. Today it is difficult to imagine a living room without a sofa. When the first sofas on record were delivered in seventeenth-century France, the result was a radical reinvention of interior space. Symptomatic of a new age of casualness and comfort, the sofa ushered in an era known as the golden age of conversation; as the first piece of furniture designed for two, it was also considered an invitation to seduction. At the same moment came many other changes in interior space we now take for granted: private bedrooms, bathrooms, and the original living rooms.None of this could have happened without a colorful cast of visionaries—legendary architects, the first interior designers, and the women who shaped the tastes of two successive kings of France: Louis XIV’s mistress the Marquise de Maintenon and Louis XV’s mistress the Marquise de Pompadour. Their revolutionary ideas would have a direct influence on realms outside the home, from clothing to literature and gender relations, changing the way people lived and related to one another for the foreseeable future. |
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The English House: English Country Houses and Interiors $50 The English House is a vivid photographic tour of the private homes and lifestyles of the storied English countryside that offers England’s rich span of architectural and interior styles as wonderfully inspiring and intiguing examples of current influential decorating trends. Whether a charming and humble cottage or a grand Georgian and Palladian manor house, all the homes featured in this stunning book illustrate the epitome of styles that define the English house.The delightful text details each house’s quirks while highlighting the decorating approaches and design ideas-startling juxtapositions, new takes on tradition, witty visual puns, and bold new combinations. This is an ideal book for any anglophile and is equally appealing to anyone with an interest in interior decoration, with many design ideas that easily translate into interiors on either side of the Atlantic.Sally Griffiths started writing after her own home was featured in British House & Garden 20 years ago. She runs a photo library called Red Cover and is the author of The English Country Cottage. |
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The House in Good Taste $30.32 New – After ninety years, “The House in Good Taste” by America’s “first lady of interior decoration,” Elsie de Wolfe, still offers timeless design advice. Compiled from her articles in newspapers and magazines and first published in 1914, “The House in Good Taste” is a seminal book on interior design with ideas that have lasted a century because they influenced not only the wealthy clients of Park Avenue and Palm Beach, but popular taste as well. De Wolfe advised Americans to shun ostentation an |
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The House in Good Taste $1.26 Used – After ninety years, “The House in Good Taste” by America’s “first lady of interior decoration,” Elsie de Wolfe, still offers timeless design advice. Compiled from her articles in newspapers and magazines and first published in 1914, “The House in Good Taste” is a seminal book on interior design with ideas that have lasted a century because they influenced not only the wealthy clients of Park Avenue and Palm Beach, but popular taste as well. De Wolfe advised Americans to shun ostentation a |
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The House in Good Taste $30.32 Used – After ninety years, “The House in Good Taste” by America’s “first lady of interior decoration,” Elsie de Wolfe, still offers timeless design advice. Compiled from her articles in newspapers and magazines and first published in 1914, “The House in Good Taste” is a seminal book on interior design with ideas that have lasted a century because they influenced not only the wealthy clients of Park Avenue and Palm Beach, but popular taste as well. De Wolfe advised Americans to shun ostentation a |
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The House in Good Taste $3.85 After ninety years, The House in Good Taste by America’s “first lady of interior decoration,” Elsie de Wolfe, still offers timeless design advice.Compiled from her articles in newspapers and magazines and first published in 1914, The House in Good Taste is a seminal book on interior design with ideas that have lasted a century because they influenced not only the wealthy clients of Park Avenue and Palm Beach, but popular taste as well.De Wolfe advised Americans to shun ostentation and clutter in favor of simplicity, to dismantle the draperies in order to let in the light, and to replace garish colors with beige and ivory. “I believe in plenty of optimism and white paint,” she declared, “comfortable chairs with lights beside them, open fires on the hearth and flowers wherever they ‘belong,’ mirrors and sunshine in all rooms.” The rooms that Americans inhabited in the middle of the twentieth century still today owe much to de Wolfe’s tastes. |
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The New Interior, Modern Decorations for the Modern Home $39.59 Used – Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III MODERN IDEAS IN WALLS, FURNITURE, AND FABRICS TO grasp the new point of view one must first sweep away the old preconceptions of decorating and furnishing and approach the subject with a free and unbiased mind. Decoration, it must be remembered, is a structural thing just the same as the building |
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The New York Times Book of Interior Design and Decoration $154.19 New – Photographs of rooms by outstanding professional designers cover all current design movements, and the accompanying text provides guidance in applying the design ideas according to one’s house and budget |
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The New York Times Book of Interior Design and Decoration $170.12 New – Photographs of rooms by outstanding professional designers cover all current design movements, and the accompanying text provides guidance in applying the design ideas according to one’s house and budget |
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The New York Times Book of Interior Design and Decoration $177.65 New – Photographs of rooms by outstanding professional designers cover all current design movements, and the accompanying text provides guidance in applying the design ideas according to one’s house and budget |
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The New York Times Book of Interior Design and Decoration $177.65 New – Photographs of rooms by outstanding professional designers cover all current design movements, and the accompanying text provides guidance in applying the design ideas according to one’s house and budget |
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The New York Times Book of Interior Design and Decoration $212.29 New – Photographs of rooms by outstanding professional designers cover all current design movements, and the accompanying text provides guidance in applying the design ideas according to one’s house and budget |
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The Victorian Society Book of the Victorian House $25.46 For any house-proud owner of a Victorian property this book represents a unique and invaluable resource. Packed with information about Victorian architectural ideas, it includes a wealth of practical advice about the maintenance and conservation of Victorian homes. Part One provides a concise overview of the development of the Victorian house, the wide range of architectural styles that came in and out of fashion over the period, and the lifestyles of the original owners the houses were designed to accommodate. Throughout, the emphasis is on family houses of various sizes rather than the great houses of the aristocracy, which are discussed only in relation to their influence on contemporary builders and architects. Part Two discusses structures and materials, covering brickwork, stone, renders and stuccos, roofs, woodwork, windows and doors, ironwork, and conservatories. In each case there is comprehensive advice on symptoms of trouble, techniques for preservation and restoration, and the correct choice of materials. Part Three covers services—fireplaces and chimneys, lighting, kitchens and bathrooms—all subjects requiring particular sensitivity to achieve a satisfactory compromise between preserving the spirit of the original building and meeting modern standards of comfort and convenience. Part Four examines all aspects of interior decoration, including plasterwork, decorative tiles, paint colors and finishes, wall coverings, curtains and blinds, and floor coverings. The book is completed by lists of further reading, places to visit, and useful addresses, including those of specialist suppliers and contractors, and sources of more detailed information and advice. |
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The Way We Live: Making Homes / Creating Lifestyles $26 New – “The Way We Live” transcends all other style books to reveal global connections and patterns in home decoration. This world tour of interior design elements is lavishly presented in more than 1,000 colour photographs; fabrics, textures and ornamental details reflect the complexity of different spaces and lifestyles, offering countless ideas for self-expression. Beautiful and practical, “The Way We Live” is much more than a decorating guide it is a design for living. |
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The Way We Live: Making Homes / Creating Lifestyles $22.38 Used – “The Way We Live” transcends all other style books to reveal global connections and patterns in home decoration. This world tour of interior design elements is lavishly presented in more than 1,000 colour photographs; fabrics, textures and ornamental details reflect the complexity of different spaces and lifestyles, offering countless ideas for self-expression. Beautiful and practical, “The Way We Live” is much more than a decorating guide it is a design for living. |
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The Zen of Home Decorating – Essential Home Decoration Guide that will show you How To Decorate Your Home, with Interior Design Tips, and stylish Home décor Ideas that will make Your Home a comfy place with peaceful atmosphere to relax $3.99 Andrew Mack,NOOK Book (eBook), English-language edition,Pub by Mack Press |
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Tradition of Craftsmanship in Mexican Homes $190.89 The enchanted world portrayed in this book has been created by architects and artisans out of simple, basic materials. The book offers excellent examples of the native Mexican art of building, much of it done with primitive methods that achieve greta dignity in their proportions and provide ideas of form and color for interior decoration and furniture.An excellent source of inspiration to be adapted in modern houses anywhere. |
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Tricia Guild on Color $133.52 New – Color is the single most powerful element in decoration; its ability to transform surroundings and to excite a variety of responses is second to none. This book is a celebration of color in interior design, a richly inspiring source book of design ideas and solutions. |
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Tricia Guild on Color $176.68 New – Color is the single most powerful element in decoration; its ability to transform surroundings and to excite a variety of responses is second to none. This book is a celebration of color in interior design, a richly inspiring source book of design ideas and solutions. |
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Tricia Guild on Color $0.99 Used – Color is the single most powerful element in decoration; its ability to transform surroundings and to excite a variety of responses is second to none. This book is a celebration of color in interior design, a richly inspiring source book of design ideas and solutions. |
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Upholstery in America and Europe: From the Seventeenth Century to World War I. $18.75 Used – This book will thus enable today’s craftsmen to recreate the styles, shapes and decorative finishes of past times far more accurately than has been possible before. Copiously illustrated with over 250 photographs and line drawings, Upholstery in America and Europe will correct many commonly held but mistaken ideas about interior decoration in the past. |
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Upholstery in America and Europe: From the Seventeenth Century to World War I. $31.51 New – This book will thus enable today’s craftsmen to recreate the styles, shapes and decorative finishes of past times far more accurately than has been possible before. Copiously illustrated with over 250 photographs and line drawings, Upholstery in America and Europe will correct many commonly held but mistaken ideas about interior decoration in the past. |
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White Home $15.4 Used – White is the purest color and one of the most enduring tones in interior decoration. This evocative guide presents many inspirational ways of using white to enlighten a home and a lifestyle. Stunning pictures and simple effective ideas inspire readers to expel color chaos from the home, and welcome in the color white. 200 photos. |