This is a must-have sourcebook for anyone with a garden looking for design ideas. Hundreds of colour illustrations by leading photographer, Andrea Jones, are cleverly arranged to offer the reader thousands of possible design solutions. Gardens from all parts of the world are included America, France, Sweden, Germany, Holland, England by some of the very best garden designers. And alongside little-known examples of private gardens are celebrated public spaces such as Parc André Citro?n and Jardin Atlantique as well as show gardens Chelsea Flower Show, International Garden Festival, Hampton Court, Chaumont. The first part looks at garden details listing design features that act either as connecting or dividing elements. Connect includes some of the more basic features, such as lawns, decking and gravel gardens, before covering paths, steps, avenues, gates, bridges and much more besides. Divide then looks at elements that can be used to create rooms within gardens, such as hedges, walls, fences, screens,

Principles, practice and techniques: here is the ultimateguide for the aspiring designer. Discover how design has evolvedover the centuries, and learn how to think visually and create yourown personal style. Whether you are decorating your own home orthinking of taking up interior design professionally, you will findthis book an invaluable and inspirational source of reference.

Barbara and René Stoeltie capture the essence of New York’ssophisticated and glamorous elegance, inspiring the reader withprofiles of seventeen style setters and their private homes. NewYork Interiors is an inspirational guide to the eclectic interiorstyle of the Big Apple. The reader is taken on a thrillingexploration of both traditionally designed and strikingly moderninteriors, which reflect the city’s dynamism and diversity. NewYork’s interior design connoisseurs are experts at balancingelements from different cultures and epochs and have contemplatedeach facet of their homes down to the minutest detail, creatinghomes that are true havens from the hustle and bustle of the streetbelow. From a luxury apartment with magnificent paneling hung withold master paintings to a glassed-in eagle’s nest perched atop anart deco skyscraper, or a delightful brownstone with a privategarden worthy of a picturesque country village, Barbara and RenéStoeltie take readers on a personalized journey through sev

Simply Stylish Chain and Metal Jewelry collects thebest projects from BeadStyle Magazine that feature thesepopular and fun materials, and presents them in chapters focusingon necklaces, bracelets, and earrings. This book provides anintroduction to basics, step-by-step photos, and tools andmaterials sections. These projects are quick and easy for beginningjewelry makers and appeal to more experienced beaders as well. Simply Stylish Chain and Metal Jewelry covers all kinds ofprojects using chain and/or metal, and most projects use pre-madechain to save time and effort. The designs in this book range fromcool and elegant silver chains and beads to fun mixed-metalpieces.

As the late 20th-century fascination with rounded shapes,organic influences and plastics fades, interior designers areincreasingly drawn to dark colours, polished woods, velvets, furs,leather, dark metals and brick materials with a nostalgic qualitythat were used liberally in centuries gone by. Efforts to shape amore authentic, less austere present by creating an idealizedversion of the past have begun to appear in commercial andresidential design domestically and abroad. Dark Nostalgia presents25 projects that exemplify the smooth incorporation of evocativehistoric details into current interiors. They all demonstrate themany successful ways this trend towards a dark nostalgia has beenincorporated into recent designs.

Whether you inhabit a studio or a sprawling house with onechallenging space, Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan, co-founder of the mostpopular interior design website, Apartment Therapy, will help youtransform tiny into totally fabulous. According to Maxwell, size constraints can actually unlock yourdesign creativity and allow you to focus on what's essential. Inthis vibrant book, he shares forty small, cool spaces that willchange your thinking forever. These apartments and houses demonstrate hundreds of inventivesolutions for creating more space in your home, and for making itmore comfortable. Leading us through entrances, living rooms,kitchens and dining rooms, bedrooms, home offices, and kids' rooms,Apartment Therapy's Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces is brimming withingenious tips and ideas, such as: Shifting the sense of scale through contrasting colors Adding airiness by using transparent collections Utilizing the area under a loft bed for a kitchen andmini-bar Tucking an office

Santa Fe-style decorating is a coast-to-coast trend. Hundredsof thousands have scoured Christine Mather’s previous books, eagerto incorporate Santa Fe design elements into their own homes. Now,in Santa Fe Houses, Mather combines concrete and practicalhome-decorating suggestions with the beautiful photographs of herlongtime collaborator, Jack Parsons, creating an invaluable guidefor anyone interested in building, decorating, or remodeling a homein Santa Fe style. Santa Fe Houses draws inspiration from the four traditionalNative American elements—fire, earth, water, and air—and shows howthey can be used to wonderful effect in kitchens and dining rooms,entry-ways and living rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, porches, andpatios. Along the way, Mather showcases furniture, rugs, lighting,hardware, tiles, shutters, and other expressions of the Santa Felook, and ends with a comprehensive directory of sources.

It is an indispensible visual resourcefor anyone looking for interior design inspiration. Although oftenseen as functional and formal, the dining room is one of the mostimportant rooms in any home - it is a space that projects yourpersonality and style more than any other. Filled with superbfull-colour photography, "Design Inside: Dining Rooms" is an idealsource of inspiration and guidance for anyone wanting to createtheir perfect dining space.