books about: interiors

books about: interiors

books:

Interiors

The New Traditional: Reinvent-Balance-Define Your Home

Darryl Carter

Clarkson Potter, 2008

Buy this book
Darryl Carter is a revolutionary in the design world. Creating classic, visualy engaging, and completely livable environments for his clients has transfered well to the book world. Easy and informative reading, stunning photography, and realistic living environments ...

Good Design Can Change Your Life: Beautiful Rooms, Inspiring Stories

Ty Pennington

Simon & Schuster, 2008

Host of Extreme Makeovers Shares His Secrets
As a designer, I read all the new home decorating books, and I really enjoyed this. Ty Pennington, the host of Extreme Makeovers, shares his talent and enthusiasm for makeovers and design in Good Design Can Change Your Life: Beautiful Rooms, Inspiring Stories. ...

Domino: The Book of Decorating: A room-by-room guide to creating a home that makes you happy

Deborah Needleman, Sara Ruffin Costello, ...

Simon & Schuster, 2008

Practical, Doable and FUN
As an interior designer, I am always looking at new decorating books for ideas and tips. I read Domino: The Book of Decorating: A Room-by-Room Guide to Creating a Home that Makes Your Happy, immediately. My approach is accessibility, sustainability and livability--a ...

Liaigre

Christian Liaigre, Thomas Luntz

Flammarion, 2008

A rip off of others...
The Book and the work is a bit disappointing. Heavy even Baroque in some elements. It also appears that Liaigre was influenced heavily by Peter Zumthor's Thermal Baths at Val. The projects are so similar , I thought at first it was the same project. No credit was given ...

Architectural Graphics

Francis D. K. Ching

Wiley, 2002

Architectural Graphics, et al - excellent books, DECEPTIVE advertising
Get your act together Amazon or Wiley (I suspect Wiley) !!! (especially, note my final paragraph below) 1. This is NOT a hardback. 2. The "et al" is because this is NOT a single volume as suggested by the single ISBN 0471738263, but a COLLECTION of 3 PAPERBACKS ...

Charles Faudree Interiors

Charles Faudree

Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2008

Cluttered and Overdone!!! Yippee!!!
It's amazing how different people see things differently. The cluttered and overdone look of Charles Faudree is precisely what I adore about his decorating style. The fact that he can put so many things into a room and it still be comfortable and charming is the mark ...

The Big-Ass Book of Crafts

Mark Montano

Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2008

Incredible
This book has given me so much inspiration! Not only are the ideas in the book great, but they make you think outside the box and come up with ideas of your own. I'm not usually very good at the craft scene but this book makes it easy to make something look cool. GET ...

Elle Decor So Chic: Glamorous Lives, Stylish Spaces (Elle Decor)

Margaret Russell, Editors of Elle Decor

Filipacchi, 2007

Margaret Russell is SOOOO Chic!
Looking for chic rooms that are inspiring? Ms. Russell does it again. Edited from the pages of her magazine,she puts together a great resource book and/or coffee table topper to give you a brousing escape from our own dreary interiors.

A Passion for Blue and White
Carolyne Roehm

Broadway, 2008

?Nature?s quintessential color combination of blue and white never ceases to amaze me. The look of pristine snow against deep blue Aspen skies; spires of blue and white delphinium in a garden; Connecticut?s spring mornings where the apple blossoms and nodding heads of white narcissus are in contrast to soft blue skies and vibrant green grass?these ...

Michael S. Smith Houses
Michael Smith, Christine Pittel

Rizzoli, 2008

Creating your dream house?a prospect as exciting as it is daunting. Michael Smith, a favorite among celebrity clientele, reveals the method of his design magic. Offering thoughtful ideas and practical advice, the designer walks the reader through his process, from the gathering of resource material (from magazines and iconic films to something as ...

Vogue Living: Houses, Gardens, People

Hamish Bowles

Knopf, 2007

The best decorating book of the holiday season
Flash review: The perfect gift book for this season. This new book, timed for Xmas giving, features a selection of the best homes shown in Vogue in the past several years. It is a large-scale book, filled with wonderful color photography. Although Elle Decor and ...

Candice Olson on Design

Candice Olson

HGTV, 2006

VERY HELPFUL
This was a gift. Speaking for my wife, she found it to be very helpful. We watch her TV show and this was a nice compliment to it. I've not looked at it but my wife was thrilled. Pictures are big and bright.

Houses: Inside and Out

Mariette Himes Gomez

Collins Design, 2007

Design in Collaboration with Architecture
'Houses Inside and Out' is an excellent companion book to 'Rooms' also by Mariette Himes Gomez. I was a Gomez fan prior to her first book, 'Rooms', which I think is one of the most useful interior design books available. 'Houses inside and Out' features ...

Amy Butler's In Stitches: More Than 25 Simple and Stylish Sewing Projects

Amy Butler

Chronicle Books, 2006

Projects are hip and modern
If you like hip, modern projects with stylish fabric potential, then you will enjoy Amy Butler's book. These projects are fun and are easy to sew. So far, I've made the bag with leather straps, though I did have a difficult time locating a retailer who sells leather ...

Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life : How to Use Feng Shui to Get Love, Money, Respect and Happiness

Karen Rauch Carter

Fireside, 2000

Easy to Follow...and it Works!
Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life : How to Use Feng Shui to Get Love, Money, Respect and Happiness This little book by Karen Rauch Carter is the best feng shui book I've read. Use it and go to work making the changes that bring love, money, respect and happiness. ...