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An inspiring, accessible collection of the colorful interiors at
the heart of the House Beautiful brandHouse Beautiful: Live
Colorfully showcases a wide range of colorful homes, with an
emphasis on spaces that have a distinctive "color point of view."
Maybe it's how to pair multiple bright paints in one room, or how
to build a palette from a prized textile or wallcovering-no color
is off-limits. In addition to super-pigmented lacquers and a
rainbow of pastels, chapters also feature neutrals such as an
all-wood interior and a home in creams and whites that still has
tons of personality. Each of these homes are shown across multiple
spreads that feature highlights from both the interiors and
exteriors. Additionally, sidebars sprinkled throughout offer a wide
array of tips for both the novice and expert interior designer,
including smart paint pairings, how to read a room's light before
committing to a color, how to stencil paint onto a wall, and much
more. House Beautiful: Live Colorfully will be a timeless
collection of inspiring homes with all of the unexpected takeaways
that readers of the magazine have loved for years.
MAKE YOURS A HYGGE HOME THIS CHRISTMAS - AS SEEN ON THIS MORNING
'Such a beautiful book with so many suggestions for how we can get
back to happiness. Just looking at it makes me happy' Holly
Willoughby A gorgeous guide to the Danish art of creating a cosy,
happy home from the internationally bestselling author, Meik
Wiking. Our homes should be a place of comfort, a place to feel
safe when we shut the door. Somewhere to be ourselves, to unwind
and create special memories. Inspired by Danish design and
traditions, this beautiful new book from Meik Wiking shares how to
turn your home into a sanctuary and live like the happiest people
in the world. With simple tips based on new research from The
Happiness Institute in Copenhagen, this book reveals what makes a
happy home tick. No matter how much space you have or what your
budget is, Meik shows how you can use colour, light and space to
create your happy place and celebrate cosiness the Danish way. Get
your copy of the latest book from the author of THE LITTLE BOOK OF
HYGGE now! 'I love it, I love it, I love it. Just reading this
makes you more content' Chris Evans
Covering a diverse range of typologies, this book provides a
detailed analysis of different interior design projects, guiding
the reader through the development of each design. Complete with
before and after plans and laden with glossy photographs to
illustrate the end result, this book forms an important go-to guide
for students of interior design. Each project includes an
informative discussion and also an analysis of the functional areas
of the interior space, and the decision-making process behind how
the placement of furniture and establishment of walking flow was
made. With insights from world-famous interior designers, this book
forms a valuable reference and source guide for any students of
interior design.
MAKE YOUR CELEBRATIONS MEMORABLE! Packed with planning strategy and
original ideas, Celebrate Everything!, from recognized celebrations
expert Darcy Miller, is the ultimate guide to making special
occasions unforgettable. Darcy invites readers to dozens of parties
she's thrown, and shares hundreds of chic and cheerful ideas for
ways to make a celebration personal. It's a blueprint for making
the best occasions in life even better, filled with fun ideas to
inspire: * everything from baby showers to birthday parties plus
themes that turn any day into a celebration* D.I.Y. craft projects
and recipes* insider sources and pro tips* Darcy's own inspirations
Scrapbooking is a wonderful past time that has been used by
countless families to preserve family history and memories. But
what comes after you've created your scrapbook collection? Which
book is put out on the coffee table and which is stored away? With
this book, you will never have to pick and choose between your
favourite memories again. Award winning author Candice Windham will
show you how to turn your scrapbooking photos into beautiful pieces
of home dcor that can be proudly displayed throughout your home.
Inside, you'll find 13 fabulous projects that will take your
scrapbooking experience to a whole new level. Learn how to create a
stationary box featuring pictures of your family or how to put
together a recipe box covered with some of mum's favourite sayings.
Windham offers tips and tricks for working with materials like
papers, adhesives and paint, and techniques for stamping, shading,
inking and creating custom embellishments. Whether you're new to
scrapbooking or have been doing it for years, this book will
provide you with a unique project that is creative, fun and
functional.
Some styles of decorating have a longer shelf life than others. One
of the most durable is English Country Style, which works just as
well in a city apartment or suburban home as it does in a rectory
or manor house. We may recognise an interior as archetypally
English, but putting a finger on exactly what makes it so can be
tricky. One of the strengths of English style is that it isn't
prescriptive. In fact, quite the opposite. It is relaxed,
laissez-faire, and endlessly adaptable - all reasons, no doubt, why
it has enjoyed such longevity. You know it when you see it, but
what are its essential ingredients? In Perfect English Style, Ros
Byam Shaw looks at a range of rooms with a strong English feel to
them. As it happens, they are all in England, though this is a look
that travels the world, still predominantly English in flavour even
when spiced with foreign ingredients. Ros explores the main rooms
of a house, from hallways to bedrooms, their characteristics and
furnishings, and how they achieve that mix of comfort, informality
and visual charm that is the hallmark of English style. Ros also
homes in on specifics; the qualities of patina, the important role
of fabrics and fresh flowers, how to buy, use and include antique
and vintage furnishings, and how a collection, whether of pebbles
or 18th century glass, adds individuality and character.
On this exclusive Veranda house tour, you're invited to step inside
spectacular Southern homes created by a diverse group of innovative
designers and architects that share one important credo: an abiding
love of beauty. The region holds its own as a design mecca, with
swoon-worthy style along every coast and in every geographic nook
and cranny. You'll tour a wooded cabin in Tennessee, an old
farmhouse in Georgia, a serene Low Country island retreat, and
exquisite historic homes in Palm Beach and Charleston, and more.
From the dreamy Blue Ridge Mountains to the rural Arkansas Delta,
from Atlanta to Dallas to Birmingham and beyond, you'll learn the
secrets of southern style from designers and architects and how
landscape and personality are always essential elements of
successful design. Most important, you'll discover how Southern
style is wildy inclusive - an amalgamation of many different
aesthetic sensibilities. It's a style that resists easy
categorizing and also defies cliche. You'll experience how the
warmth of being "at home" is achieved through imaginative and
evocative design by visionary designers including Charlotte Moss,
Keith Robinson, Mark D. Sikes, Bobby McAlpine, Bunny Williams,
Darryl Carter, Phoebe Howards and others.
Green Home explains how to 'green up' your life with an array of
houseplants, and has been a bestseller in author Anders Royneberg's
home country of Norway. Living with plants can enliven and enrich
your surroundings, promoting feelings of relaxation and well-being.
But where to start with curating that vital indoor collection?
Green Home features all the green plants Anders has collected in
his own apartment of 50 square meters - over 100 plants - and how
this inspires him towards greener, more balanced living. With a
guide to houseplant types, hints and tips on how to get your plants
to thrive and also on how to integrate them into your home decor
scheme, it's a plant book with added personality.
Wreaths are not just for Christmas - they can be used to decorate
your home all year round! Anna Nikipirowicz shows you how to create
sumptuous crocheted wreaths and other decorations that will grace
your home and look beautiful, whatever the season. There is a wide
variety to choose from, including spring, summer, autumn and winter
wreaths plus a gorgeous succulents wreath and Easter, Halloween and
Christmas wreaths. These lovely yarny creations are festooned with
flowers, leaves and other decorations such as birds, owls,
pumpkins, stars, bunnies and foxes. If you love the look but don't
want to make an entire wreath, Anna also includes other smaller
decorations such as garlands and terrariums. There are also three
delightful tiny wreaths to make, featuring a hedgehog, a mouse and
a robin. Each main project has a smaller accompanying project to
make, and if you love crochet, you'll love Anna's imaginative
designs.
Bring the joy of flowers into your home with 30 stunning projects
for every season. From spring planters to summer floral crowns and
autumn vase arrangements to winter wreaths; life is better with
flowers all year round. With clear, step-by-step instructions,
expert florist Ashlee Jane leads you through her inspirational
ideas for floral designs to bring the calming presence of flowers
and foliage into your home. There is something for every occasion
here, from small place settings and everyday bouquets to
show-stopping displays for a mantlepiece or staircase, and
everything in between. Including styling tips, a directory of
favourite flowers and gorgeous ideas on every page, you will be
inspired to fill your home with flowers throughout the year.
Twenty collectors open their homes to reveal the weird and
wonderful world of natural objects. From the cabinets of curiosity
of the 19th century to today's interest in foraged decorations,
obsessive and eclectic collectors of natural objects have long
filled their homes with their finds - everything from fossils and
feathers to seeds and dried flowers. This book offers a glimpse
inside twenty homes of the most interesting and creative
collectors, revealing the stories behind their collections and how
they celebrate their love of nature in their everyday spaces. This
new generation of naturalists are using their collections to craft
creative careers and decorate their homes with their finds. From a
German manor filled with antique taxidermy to the Paris apartment
of a sculptor working with feathers and an Italian beachside
retreat that showcases foraged shells and pebbles, this book
provides a wealth of inspiration for celebrating the beauty of the
world around us more sustainably. Practical tips on everything from
curating a shelf of objects or using them to decorate walls and
surfaces offer plenty of ideas the reader can apply in their own
homes. With our ever-increasing interest in finding new ways to
reconnect with nature, this will be inspirational reading for all
those who want to bring the outdoors in.
Nestled in British Columbia between the Rocky Mountains and the
sea, Canada's Pacific Northwest is home to interior designers and
architects with their eyes on the outdoors, a varied population,
and the future. In West Coast North: Interiors Designed for Living,
design writer Julia Dilworth talks to them about their motivations
and how they work, and showcases their projects, in full-colour
photographs and their own words. The 29 firms profiled here bring
varied backgrounds and approaches to projects from old-home renos
to new builds and from rooms and apartments to breweries, working
closely with their clients and other firms. With a characteristic
West Coast concern for the environment, they're keeping old builds
out of landfills and bringing the beauty of the outside world
inside, through windows, materials, and colour palettes. They're
meeting the needs of people with young children, those working from
home, and those with a flair for entertaining. They're inspired by
local craftspeople and artists and by design from farflung
places-the places from which the world has gathered on Canada's
West Coast. West Coast North is a guide to today's exciting B.C.
designers. But it's also a source of inspiration-for homeowners,
and designers elsewhere.
The second monograph on the work of interior designer, architect
and landscape designer Bill Bensley. Bill Bensley's exuberant
aesthetic is renowned around the world. Vanity Fair has described
him as 'the craziest sane designer in the world', while Conde Nast
Traveller hails him as a 'master of fabulation'. Bensley's
eponymous design studio, based in Bangkok and Bali, is most famous
for its work on luxury hotels throughout Southeast Asia. Featuring
detailed presentations of 12 of his most exciting, extravagant,
outlandish and award-winning projects, this bold, large-format
design monograph reflects Bensley's theatrical style this bold,
large-format design monograph reflects Bensley's theatrical style
and his maxim, 'Lebih Gila Lebih Baik': 'The Odder the Better'.
Transform your home into a simple farmhouse--no matter where you
live--with this beautiful guide to slow living. Country girl and
popular blogger Lisa Bass shares her favorite hearty recipes,
handmade projects, and tips for natural living that she uses in her
own from-scratch life. Slow down and enjoy the simplicity of a
country lifestyle with recipes and projects such as: Natural
Kitchen: rosemary lemon foaming dish soap, stonewashed linen apron,
market tote Handmade Decor: pillow covers from reclaimed materials,
dipped beeswax candles, linen ruffle throw blanket Natural Body:
chamomile body butter, lavender calendula salve, relaxing bath soak
and body mist Natural Laundry: essential oil spot remover, wool
dryer balls, lavender linen spray Natural Cleaning: orange dusting
spray, glass cleaner Farmhouse Cooking: cast iron sourdough
cinnamon roll, orange cream kefir smoothie, roasted red pepper and
tomato soup Gardening: windowsill herb garden, cut flower garden,
essential oil pest spray
Here is the ultimate visual resource for the tropical lifestyle,
presented via the depiction of an amazing richness of architectural
styles - rustic and luxurious, simple and ornate, historic and
contemporary. This inspiring collection focuses on the Asian
tropics, and includes discussions of the history of each region in
terms of colonization, immigration and the tourist trade today, and
their effects on the evolution of the local architectural style.
Beautiful photographs bring the buildings to life in their
environments, showing exterior and interior views, landscapes and
seascapes, and detailed architectural features, leading to some
extraordinary juxtapositions.
Decorating in black and white is perennially popular and eternally
chic. Hilary Robertson demonstrates how, whether used alone or
together, these contrasting shades can create dramatic effects at
home, from the classic to the eclectic. Sought-after interiors
stylist Hilary Robertson celebrates the stylish simplicity of the
monochromatic home - elegant interiors in black, white, and every
shade of grey in between. In the first chapter, The Monochrome
Palette, Hilary analyzes five different monochrome schemes,
providing moodboards for different effects: In Black and White,
Grey Matters, Shades of Pale, Dark Looks and In the Mix. Following
on, Let there be Light provides examples of interiors with a
whiter, brighter approach, while The Dark Room visits homes that
have employed darker monochrome palettes. Next, in Monochrome Home,
Hilary Robertson shows how to bring the look right up to date,
visiting 13 fabulously inspiring homes of artists, architects and
designers across the globe from London to Paris, Copenhagen, rural
Sweden and NYC.
*** A stylish addition to the current craze for indoor greenery,
this is as much about how you use plants as an integral part of
contemporary decor as how to keep them alive and well. - The Sunday
Times Houseplants are hot, and creative interior planting is
becoming increasingly easy to achieve. The new wave of unusual and
dramatic indoor plants is as much about decor and statement as
greenery. Used aesthetically, as a focal point and sculptural
element in interior design, indoor gardening is not just about
possessing or growing a plant, but about using it as an accessory
combined with other objects to create a particular style and mood.
In this much-needed book, now reissued with a new cover and updated
source directory, Ian and Kara show you how to transform your home
with plants and tells you which plants will work best where and how
to care for them. From strikingly geometric terrariums to pretty
hanging baskets, practical herb pots and colourful window displays,
this book is packed full of exciting and gorgeous ideas. Specially
commissioned photography by Nick Pope throughout proves that
bringing the outdoors in really is the best form of interior
design.
Popular design duo Russell and Jordan, creators of the 2LG Studio,
present their interiors bible of tips and techniques for restoring
design confidence. Making interior design choices can be daunting
in a world flooded with trend-setting Instagram posts and Pinterest
boards. Russell and Jordan specialize in designing homes for
clients who know what they love but struggle to know where to
start. Their fresh approach is nothing short of a design
revolution, enabling readers to free their homes by creating
interiors that express their personality and address their needs.
This essential companion will equip readers with new ways to see
their interiors and give them the confidence to create a home that
helps them to live better. In eight chapters, Russell and Jordan
cover everything from how to handle original features, use colour,
pattern and texture, choose materials and curate objects. Focusing
on people and how we use our spaces, this book also covers finding
one's style, cohabiting and design compromises, exploring one's
creativity and rediscovering the fun in interior design. Box-outs
and tips throughout offer practical guidance on where to start, as
well as a range of examples from the designers' own work and that
of key designers around the world.
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