This guide helps you create personality and presence for your home. Take a visual tour of architectural styles and design schemes with vitality and impact. 300 full-color photographs and well-researched text explore design elements from lighting, color, and landscaping, to doors, windows, paths, driveways, and accessories. Take cues from the country's foremost residential design professionals that demystify design terminology, expose trade secrets, and offer expert advice, ideas, and solutions. Get information on the professionals and products essential to your successful front-of-the-home transformation.Discover and magnify the design impact of your home's front spaces.

Artfully arranged food sets the stage for the senses come alive. Food that looks beautiful does tastes better! Personal chef and stylist Michelle Valigursky shares hundreds of tips and tricks restaurant chefs rely on to wow their guests. Her introduction builds on basic presentation techniques and creative ways to use ordinary household items. You'll quickly find yourself inspired and enabled to add drama, interest, and impact to your food presentation. Recipes and cooking suggestions are interspersed with over 230 color photos packed with ideas.