Our homes respond to the way that we live, reflecting the different stages in our lives and revealing aspects of our character. A unique and inspiring sourcebook of ideas, Stafford Cliff has put together a fabulous collection of stunning photographs to delight, amaze and provide all the inspiration you will need to make the home of your dreams.

This captivating portrait of the Caribbean explodes with an intense profusion of images, colours and ideas: you can almost feel the gentle breezes, inhale the soft fragrance of tropical flowers and luxuriate in the warmth of the sun.

With his home as the starting point, the author explains what he sees, what he has seen, and what we should look for in good design. This is a part visual biography, part guided tour of just what has inspired him throughout his varied career.

This title presents an approach to paint through exploring the sensual and inspirational possibilities of colour. Inspirational photographs as well as interior images from around the world are revealed in 80 illustrations.

Today's kitchens, as much living and entertaining spaces as areas for preparing and cooking food, play a central role in our homes. In this unique and inexhaustible sourcebook of ideas, Stafford Cliff has put together a stunning collection of delightful photographs that will inspire you to create the kitchen of your dreams.

'Living Outside' is a celebration of the ultimate goal of an alfresco lifestyle -- the ability to carry out all the activities associated with normal domestic life outside the home -- eating, cooking, sleeping, bathing all seem strangely more interesting and exciting in the open air, as do visits to markets and restaurants.

Presents a visual view of lifestyles in cities around the world, from New York to Cairo, from London to Saigon, in five major sections. This book takes various opportunities to make cross-cultural comparisons and connections, providing an international view of city living, and offering a compilation of ideas.

Every home is as unique as the people that live in it, and yet the elements that go in to making a home are largely the same. This book features 50 celebrities, from entertainers and sports people, to writers and artists, explorers and chefs, who share their own personal thoughts, ideas and advice about their homes and what they mean to them.

An evocation of building, designing and living by the world's oceans and a catalogue of opportunities for getting the best out of a life by and on the sea.

A unique sourcebook of the very best ideas providing choices and inspiration for every single garden dilemma and possibility. The book is simply stunning: a veritable visual jigsaw delights the eye with the quirky set alongside the classic, the modern set against the traditional.

Part of the Way We Live series, this book presents an exploration of the way people around the world live with the things they love. It showcases Gilles de Chabaneixs eagle-eye for a good idea or intriguing detail, offering an international tour of how people frame, hang and place objects.

Lifestyle inspiration from around the world is presented in over 1000 images by photographer Gilles de Chabaneix. These photographs of the shaping and designing of the human environment are a treasure house of design ideas.

Offers a panoply of sketches, engravings and printed patterns, representing French interior design and decoration from the Baroque, Rococo, Louis Seize and Empire periods through the 19th century to Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Modernism. This work is intended for designers, decorators, restorers and craftsmen.

Presents original sketches and printed patterns for furniture, textiles, flooring, wallpaper, glass, ceramics and household utensils, from doorknobs to tableware and light fittings. This book offers ideas and inspiration for designers, restorers, interior decorators, and homeowners.

This title seeks not only to capture the authentic character of Greek interior design, but also the liveliness of Greek culture. It explores the dramatic geographical range of Greece from the Northern mainland with its oriental influences to the islands with their white-washed fishing villages.

Divided into five main sections, this book showcases Gilles de Chabaneixs eye for the telling use of colour in interiors in a multitude of places and cultures, from startling coastal blues to the subtle monochromes of minimalist urban styles, from the sumptuous and grand reds and purples of palatial dwellings to the sunlit yellows of country life.

One of a series of books on style, each offering an array of design ideas from different regions of the world. This book covers French style.

A sourcebook of ideas featuring over 1000 photographs that help provide inspiration to make the home of your dreams.

Over 750 magnificent colour photographs reveal the beauty and spirit of modern Japan in a book filled with ideas and inspiration.

A sourcebook of ideas providing choices and inspiration for various single garden dilemmas and possibilities, from colour and planting to hard surfaces and features.