The author created Shabby Chic: a peaceful, practical way of living that embraces a respect for the things in our lives we hold dear and keeps them at the heart of our homes. This work features chapters according to location, and begins with the author's breathtaking Los Angeles residence.

With more than 500 stunning colour photographs and 464 pages of practical advice, The Home Book is the decorating guide you will turn to time and again, whether you're planning a major renovation or making small changes . Filled with insider tips from industry professionals on everything from proportion and flow to favourite colours for various rooms and moods (complete with swatches), as well as

The simple home is calm and uncluttered, with each item carefully chosen. This book includes a range of ideas that enable you to create homes that are sustainable as well as stylish. It explores calm Colors, Zen-inspired simplicity, and reclaimed or ethically sourced Materials.

Sustainable Houses.

This book brings together all the concepts of eco-behaviour which will guide our lives in the 21st century, offering the reader alternative ways of living which reconcile design and aesthetics with sustainable development. It contains ecological values attached to state-of-the-art design principles to achieve a better quality of life, better product design, better living environments, better ...

Suitable for the creative home-maker, this book offers advice and instruction on different aspects of decoration, including easier, time-saving methods and decoration ideas.

In this stunning book - the ultimate guide to wallpaper - Charlotte Abrahams gets to the heart of the exciting contemporary wallpaper scene. Dividing the book into the three main areas of design - pasted pictures, fabulous florals and architectural illusions - she also gives expert advice and interesting origins of each style.

Covering kitchens, bathrooms, bedrooms, sitting rooms and even home offices, this book offers practical and inspirational advice to show you the smallest steps that can make the biggest differences. It teaches how to: use up leftover wallpaper and fabric; make your bathroom a haven; find the best old furniture and kitchenware; and more.

Reveals seven staging essentials - flow light colour, clutter, condition, cleanliness and lifestyle - for making a home look beautiful. This title features advice for uplifting rooms in the house in only a few days.

Kevin McCloud's Cool Colours will be a must-have purchase for anyone considering changing the colours of their home. This is a unique and invaluable reference book, which is destined to remain on the shelves for years, or even decades.

Explores how twenty-one classic and historic town houses, brownstones, and row houses were transformed from pieces of the past into magical places to live. This book features a diverse group of home owners and designers who share tales of creativity and innovation in adapting these homes for modern urban living.

Explores the author's design sense and provides guidance to those who want a home that is beautiful, original and livable. This book shows how she assesses each space's form and function, selects foundation elements, chooses furniture and lighting and finally, incorporates decorative elements that reflect the resident's personality.

In Kelly Hoppen Style, Kelly lays out her golden rules of decorating. Inspirational room shots are combined with simple text explaining each room design together with specific advice on selecting suitable lighting, fabrics, and accessories to create a feeling of calm and balance. Drawing upon her fabulous portfolio of projects, Kelly begins by addressing the potential space of the room, and how ..

Buildings are the biggest polluters on the planet, responsible for a far greater proportion of the carbon dioxide emissions that get pumped into the atmosphere every year than cars, planes or factories. This title provides the information you need to reduce your home's carbon footprint and in the process directly improve the quality of your life.

When it comes to creating a home, this book shows you how to reuse and restore, revive and revamp, and recycle and reclaim, in order to create a stylish yet individual home without spending a small fortune. It explains how to give old furniture a fresh lease of life and how to bring a vintage charm to a room through an inspired use of fabrics.

Marrakesh the Red City is famously beautiful, attracting thousands of visitors each year, drawn to its medina, mosques and vast, colourful souk. This book presents a survey of 22 of Marrakesh's spectacular private homes. It takes the reader behind the high walls of the city's ancient, narrow streets to see the splendid riads they conceal.

A practical guide to being resourceful by design in your home. With tricks and tips, design examples, and step-by-step projects you can try around the house, it provides design inspiration and practical know how.

Explores 18 inspirational homes that celebrate the best of cottage style in the English countryside. This book looks at the decorating and design solutions that make the cottages as attractive inside as out, as well as practical and comfortable to live in.

Illustrates how to establish an equestrian interior design that is unique to horse lovers.