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The English Country House takes a look at the architecture and interiors of sixty-two stunning houses in a range of architectural styles spanning seven centuries—from the medieval Stokesay Castle to the newly built, Lutyens-inspired Corfe Farm—brought to life through the world-renowned photograp...

In this book, the acclaimed designer David Mlinaric discusses with author Mirabel Cecil the buildings he has worked on and been inspired by during his long career, and takes an expert look at the creation and interpretation of historic interiors.The practice Mlinaric started forty-five years ago in ...

Text: English (translation)Original Language: Hebrew

Who has not dreamed of an idyllic house in the country? Rustic architecture is the expression of an aesthetic concerned primarily with the informal beauty of the natural world. Often set upon craggy peaks, on cliffs overlooking wild seas, beside calm riverbanks, or in the depths of old forests, hous...

Featuring breathtaking photographs of some of Scotland’s most remarkable and little-known houses, this book tells the story of how incomers adopted the North of Scotland as a recreational paradise and left an astonishing legacy of architecture and decoration inspired by the romanticized image of t...

A celebration of both sustainability and design, this book presents beautiful interiors filled with salvaged, recycled, and repurposed objects from around the world.Artful home interiors are born from curiosity, creativity, and imagination, yet many of us fail to see a potential curtain rod in a bam...

Three volumes bound in one, part of the Dover Books on Folk Arts and Crafts series. Photographs and drawings by Arthur Bine.Introductory text, list of plates. 300 black and white plates. Wrappers worn at edges. xxii, plates. stiff paper wrappers. 4to.

Feng shui is the 3,000-year-old Chinese art that looks at how objects affect energy, an important concern when arranging furniture, building a home, or planting a garden. There are several different variations of feng shui, which has led to confusion about its most basic principles. Clear Englebert ...

A new bible for the home owner, this book combines inspirational design advice with comprehensive reference information on every aspect from where to buy the latest low voltage lighting or a brass stair rod, to suppliers of marble or granite worktops and architectural salvage. Entries are selected based on the quality of product and design.

Los Angeles has seen more trends in design, architecture and decoration this century than almost any other American city. To Tim Street-Porter, this is America's "design laboratory", an exciting architectural landscape with a kaleidoscopic succession of vistas, vegetation and houses in a variety of ...

Following the publishing success of his book Twilight of the Ascendancy, which describes the lifestyle of the old landowning families of Ireland from about the middle of the nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth, Mark Bence-Jones now gives a picture of life in the houses of twenty-three ...

, xiv, 488 pages, colour illustrations and photographs throughout

Skillfully written and richly illustrated, Barons of Business looks into the lives and fortunes of the ambitious individuals like Calvin Coolidge, who believed that "the business of America is business." Beginning with the colonial era, when trade was overtaking landholding as a way to get rich, Bar...

“This prize book on the subject of domestic decoration. enchantingly informs us about the evolution of taste and comfort." ―Art & AuctionThe appeal of this extraordinary book lies in its rapt obsession with the details of the domestic interior, borne out in a wonderfully rich collection of pictu...

Bring a new vitality and charm to your home with this beautiful book on home decorating. With home makeovers more popular than ever before, the possibilities for change are almost endless. New Rooms can channel your dreams into simple and inexpensive solutions, thanks to it's comprehensive range of ...

Award-winning journalist, color blogger and shelfie fanatic Martha Roberts shows you how to source, sort and arrange your belongings into stylish shelfies for home and workspace.An interesting response to the clutter-clearing movement has been 'the shelfie' as a decorating trend and social media phe...

Bohemian style is characterized by free-flowing fabrics, bright colours and a multitude of clashing patterns. Heavily inspired by the 1960s and 1970s free-spirited way of life, it is one of the most versatile styles of decoration. Sometimes rule-breaking and always personal, it could be best describ...