January 6th, 2012
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From not enough space and too many things to not knowing what color to paint the living room walls, many of us struggle with our homes. Now Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan, frequent makeover expert on HGTV’s Mission: Organization and Small Spaces, Big Style, shares the do-it-yourself strategies that have enabled his clients and fans to transform their apartments into well-organized, beautiful places that suit their style and budget.
Week by week, Apartment Therapy will guide you to treat common problems, eliminate clutter, and revamp even the tiniest space. Here is an eight-step process that includes:
A therapeutic questionnaire to help you get in touch with your personal taste and diagnose your home’s physical, emotional, and energy flow issues
A prescription with recommendations for each room based on your needs and lifestyle–including tips on how to use color, lighting, and accessories
A treatment plan, including regular maintenance schedules to ensure the ongoing health of your space
Illustrations of floor plans and decorative examples that allow you to visualize concepts before you begin
With surprising ease and without elaborate professional help, Apartment Therapy will help you clear a path through disorder and indecision–to reveal a home you’ll love.
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January 4th, 2012
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A splendid collection of attrative Christmas projects to decorate the houme during this festive season, from the rustic nostalgia of a Country Cabin Christmas to the tradition of a red-and-white Candy Cane Christmas. Step-by-step instructions show how to create a children’s table featuring whimsical toy soldier designs on a tablecloth, centerpiece, curtains and pillows, as well as a winter wonderland with snowmen and cone-shaped trees. The festive projects are beautifully photographed in vintage home settings.
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January 2nd, 2012
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Home & Design brings you the best the Washington-Maryland-Virginia region has to offer. Whether you’re designing, furnishing, buying, or building your home, you’ll find a treasure trove of ideas, inspirations, and information in Home & Design.
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December 30th, 2011
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Mitchell Gold and Bob Williams know that the key to comfort is how you set up your home.
For two decades, their home furnishings have been synonymous with relaxed style. For them, comfort and beauty work in concert; they are never opposing ideals. Gold and Williams’s elegant collection of home furnishings is often the first—and last—place people go when they want pieces that are perfect in scale, comfort, and price.
In The Comfortable Home, Gold and Williams share their insights, experience, and practical knowledge so that you can make your home one that is both designed—and designed for living. With a focus on spending money wisely—investing in pieces you will have forever and making strong statements with affordable “pretty little things,” Gold and Williams cover all aspects of creating a beautiful, inviting living space, including:
· Working with color
· Deciding whether to hire a decorator (or not)
· Furnishing small spaces
· Finding inspiration in the world around you
· Creating flow from room to room
· And much, much more
Taking the reader throughout the home—from the entryway into the bedroom, dining room, and all the living spaces—The Comfortable Home is apropos, whether your style is modern, traditional, or something in between. There is plenty of advice on everything, from choosing the perfect bedside table to displaying a beloved collection to deciding where to splurge and where to hold back.
Throughout, sumptuous original photography provides inspirational tours of real homes—including Gold and Williams’s New York City apartment as well as a revitalized ranch, country cottage, and Federal-style home in the city.
Whether you are starting from scratch or looking for a smart way to update a room with a few new pieces of furniture, The Comfortable Home reveals how rooms with different functions can merge into a perfect whole that is inviting and recharging.
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Price: $ 18.86
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December 28th, 2011
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- 200 carefully designed color scheme ideas
- Range of hues from bright primary colors to pale pastels
A practical guide to using color successfully.
The power of color is its ability to influence mood, create atmosphere, and enhance perception. As a result, one of the most effective ways to transform any room is by changing its color. Which colors to use is the challenge.
The Color Scheme Bible is a practical, yet inspiring reference for those who want to take advantage of different colors without clashing. It contains 150 color scheme ideas for home decorators and interior designers.
The book explains how to choose colors that will complement each other for a subdued effect, and which colors and combinations will energize the room.
Topics covered include:
- How color creates ambiance and atmosphere
- Using color to give a small room the illusion of space and depth
- How to create the feeling of warmth and light with color
- Distinctive color schemes inspired by nature, art, travel and even a favorite possession.
The book also includes a variety of color combination palettes that can be used with different materials for refreshingly original color schemes.
The Color Scheme Bible is an essential handbook for home decorators and interior designers.
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