In New York, Berlin and Tokyo, night is the new day, and life iscelebrated in some of the most unusual clubs around. With uniquestyle and creative design, a culture of its own is staged. The widefield of international design is presented using projects byup-and-coming artists and established interior decorators. On its400 pages Dance! Best of Club Design presents one-of-a-kindlocations from around the world. Bright lights and dimmed corners,organic forms, metal, glass, plastic and wood all reveal aspects ofmodern day club design in contrasting nightlife concepts.

WINDOW DRESSINGS SHOWCASES STUNNING WINDOW DECOR from PalmBeach to Seattle to New York, created by some of the country's mostrespected designers. Featuring a wide variety of styles anddecorating philosophies, Window Dressings reveals how tosuccessfully create the right look for any window in the home.

This beautiful and unique reference provides an unrivaled mineof inspiration and ideas for anyone wishing to create a colorfulnew look for their home or garden! In this stunningly produced guide, internationally renownedinterior designer Kevin McCloud puts together over 1,000 colorchips arranged in over 80 palettes. Each palette—which includesanywhere from 6 to 16 color swatches—forms a blueprint for a uniquedecorative scheme. A palette based on old Chinese silk, forexample, is seen reinterpreted in a contemporary New Yorkapartment. Plus, each palette features gorgeous photographs that bring thecolor scheme to life, along with invaluable advice and tips forusing the colors to transform a room. Readers will also findmanufacturers’ paint references and numbers, lists of suppliers,and much more. The ultimate color sourcebook! From the Hardcover edition.

Thailand Chic is the definitive guide to the most alluring and stylish hotels and spas in Thailand. All the retreats featured – whether an urban boutique hotel or a secluded beach resort – have been specially selected for their unique and charming qualities. These pristine getaways are destinations in their own right, rather than just another place to spend the night. This book is for those who wish to travel to Thailand to savour the Thai way of life – authentic, cultural and stylish. Covering each destination in detail, the book provides today trendy travellers with an engaging and alternative view of each locale. Insights into the essence of each retreat and its region will help visitors to decide on the one that best suits their needs, while a fact box summarises each property’s facilities, activities, nearby attractions and contact details. This book will be a delightful key reference for today’s trendy traveller who wants a real taste of Thailand. Highlights Include: Fascinating de*ions

The best work of a dozen of Mexico’s finest architects More than 100 color photos of outstanding contemporarydesigns Here are dozens of beautiful photos of the best incontemporary home design, all created by the top residentialarchitects in Mexico. Form, functionality, context, and materialshave been considered and balanced to produce inspiring housesperfect for today’s busy lifestyle. Houses: Proportion Harmony is a remarkable idea book packed with surprising solutionsto home-design challenges.

Elegant equestrians in impeccable attire; glorious hunt ballsheld in museums; a procession of regal foxhunting paintings in ahome fit for a polo king and his brood—the world of horses is fullof imagery. Extending far beyond the stable, the racetrack, and thepolo field, our love of all things equine appears everywhere fromour closets to our dining rooms. Now journalist and horse-world fixture Vicky Moon captures theequestrian way of life with an unprecedented peek into dozens ofstunning residences. You’ll visit a French-accented mansiondecorated with contemporary horse art; an equestrian resort on 395acres, complete with cottages for rent and a large privatecollection of carriages; a spa with a swimming pool for horses; anda working barn that Kathryn Ireland decorated to do double duty asa home for a professional horseman, riding instructor, and modelwhose students included Jackie Kennedy Onassis. Horse enthusiasts will be delighted to find familiar names andfaces of the horse world grac

Grand Reveals from One of America's Top Designers Barry DixonInspirations takes the reader through eight homes transformed byrenowned designer Barry Dixon. From a cottage and a chic chateau toa grand estate home, with a high-rise apartment and a row house inbetween, we see the broad range of Dixon's decorating style andlearn what inspired his colors and materials for each location.Barry Dixon, named "2010 Master of Design" by Veranda magazine, hasworked for such clients as Diane Sawyer and former Senate MajorityLeader Bill Frist. He spent his childhood living in places such asIndia, New Caledonia and even South Africa. This early exposure tomany cultures and traditions clearly helped him to become a masterat blending traditional decor with various colors and textures thatare not forgetful about beauty and functionality. In Barry DixonInspirations, designers will learn all about what inspired Barry'schoices for colors and materials for designs he created for a beachhouse, a renovated urban loft, and

At an early age, Alexa Hampton learned the language of gooddesign, the vocabulary to speak it, and the elements that defineit. As the daughter of interior design legend Mark Hampton, shetraveled the world by her father’s side, touring the greatarchitectural landmarks and discovering beauty, training hereye. Now one of America’s most influential designers herself, AlexaHampton provides a tour of stunning residences from her ownportfolio. Eighteen classic spaces illustrate in rich detail the elements thatgovern cultivated design—contrast, proportion, color, and balance.Among the residences are a landmark 1912 McKim, Mead Whiterestoration on Fifth Avenue in New York City; an eclectic house bythe sea layered in textures, patterns, and colors; a contemporaryapartment distinguished by simple geometry and clean lines; andHampton’s own apartment, filled with an exquisite collection ofarchitectural elements. Hampton also explains how she tailored each space to meet herclients’ needs while retaining a t

FROM THE COFOUNDER OF SEVENTH GENERATION, the most trustedbrand in environmentally friendly household products, comes thisindispensable guide to maintaining absolutely everything in thehome in a natural, nontoxic way. Jeffrey Hollender leads youthrough each room of the house with straightforward advice,comprehensive checklists, quick tips, and unparalleled resourceswhile revealing the hidden repercussions of daily routines thatmost of us take for granted. From improving air quality in yourbedroom to avoiding mildew in the bathroom, from sourcing local ororganic food to safely laundering your clothes, Planet Home offersinvaluable information for making conscious decisions for yourfamily, your neighbors, and our shared planet home. With additional information on power, garbage and recycling, airquality, and community activism, this book goes a step further todescribe how any household is part of a much larger system. PlanetHome offers a unique, comprehensive, educational, and easy approachto helpin

This volume of the Easy Beading series includes more than 80stylish beading projects. Each chapter is broken down by materialsuch as crystals, gemstones, glass and ceramics, metal and chain,mixed media, and pearls and shells. Although aimed at beginners andfull of clear directions and step-by-step photos, these stylishprojects and diverse styles also appeal to more advanced beaders.Featuring a thoroughly illustrated beader’s glossary and a basicssection that reviews techniques necessary for many beadingprojects, this collection of fast, fashionable, and fun projectsteaches readers a variety of techniques and design ideas.

It is an indispensible visual resourcefor anyone looking for interior design inspiration. In-betweenareas refer to the connecting spaces - such as halls, stairways andcorridors - that all properties have. These spaces are infrequentlydecorated, but their aesthetic potential is huge. Filled withsuperb full-colour photography, "Design Inside: In-Between Areas"is an ideal source of inspiration and guidance for those wanting toadd their own personal touches throughout their home.

A well-designed porch is like a welcoming committee thatinvites friends and family to share stories, catch up onneighborhood news, or quietly enjoy the breezes of a sultry summerevening. Porches bridge our public and private worlds, and conveythe essence of one’s home. In more than 250 stunning photographs of forty homes, PerfectPorches illustrates how varied these iconic American spaces can be.A wealth of structural appointments are presented, such as theextended eaves of a rain porch along the Gulf Coast, the shimmeringcopper flooring of a converted Amish cattle barn in Bluegrasscountry, and Outback-inspired painted thresholds in California’swine region. Unexpected ornaments, including Moroccan pendantlamps, a vintage watering can collection, or a majolica menageriecan transform even the most modest porch into an oasis. This bookalso reveals a host of practical ways to bring privacy to urbanporches, chic accents to old-fashioned verandas, and coziness tomodern environments. Home owne

Whether its beach stones, seed pods, or Queen Elizabeth,Irina draws a direct parallel from her inspirational source tofinished handcrafted jewelry. Each of the 24 main projects includesa full-color photo of Miech's inspiration, an explanation of howshe translates that into materials and colors. Pearls, crystals,gemstones, wire and more are used to create stunning necklaces,bracelets and earrings, and every project includes bonus design andtechnique variations. Readers can make the projects as show, or usethem as motivation to discover inspirational sources for their owncreative process.

This comprehensive guide addresses one of the most commonproblems for gardeners. Shade Gardening has over 250 colorphotographs of the 350 best trees, shrubs, annuals, perennials,bulbs, ground covers, vines, ferns, and grasses for shaded areas.Articles cover the basics of growing plants in the shade as well assuch subjects as city gardens, flowers, foliage plants, pests anddiseases, and lawns.

From the groves and vineyards of Provence to the dry hills ofCalifornia, the farms of Australia and the forests of Canada,Gilles de Chabaneixs stunning photographs capture the distinctiverural architecture, homely decorative schemes, awe-inspiringlandscapes and rustic details that make country living universallydesirable. In this comprehensive exploration of the pleasures ofcountry living, traditional and contemporary elements are treatedwith the same sympathetic eye: an airy, minimalist sitting roomlooks out on an ancient piazza; bunches of herbs and antique toolshang from rough-hewn beams beside a roaring fire; a stone floor,worn smooth with age, shines through the sleek glass top of amodern dining table, where a bowl of fruit from the local marketawaits a guest. More than a comprehensive sourcebook of decorativeideas, for anyone who dreams of living in the country or is luckyenough to live there already this is the ultimate guide to timelessrural living: beautiful, regional and quirkily individual.

Sometimes you’re looking for it, sometimes it just findsyou Treasures of home décor abound at flea markets, thrift shops, andgarage sales. But how do you know a find when you find it? In The Find, Stan Williams and some of today’s most clever stylemakers, including Simon Doonan, John Derian, and Real Simple’sKristin van Ogtrop–all diehard devotees of New York City’s HousingWorks–show not just what to look for, but also how to look at anobject to identify a great piece. The trick is to see beyond nicksand wobbles, color and intended purpose and to focus on potential.For example, a vintage leather trunk encased in Lucite works as astunning coffee table. Pages from old books wallpaper a foyer. Acushion fashioned from a baseball diamond’s home plate makes agarden chair comfortable. The Find includes chapters on furniture, accessories, smallspaces, and entertaining. From a suburban ranch to an East Villagestudio in New York, each abode illustrates unexpected ways thatsecondh

Spectacular in scope yet intimate in detail, The Way We Livetranscends the archetypal style book to reveal global connectionsand patterns in home decoration. This unique body of detaileddesign inspiration encompasses the full range of options, fromclimate, location, and size to surfaces, arrangements, and colors.Whether you’re decorating a beach house in Chile or a loft space inParis, you’re sure to be inspired by hundreds of images from aroundthe world—a Moroccan house that coolly mixes the modern andtraditional in elegant interiors; a dramatic arrangement of shellsdecorating a tabletop in Mauritius; flowers strewn across barefloorboards for a Christmas feast in Sweden. The enormous range ofplaces here highlight connections and parallels of very differenthabitats in a way both striking and reassuring. The same attentionto detail can clearly inform the layout of a dining room in amodest Mexican home as it does an exclusive club in Buenos Aires.This encyclopedic tome, a sublime visual record of ho

From not enough space and too many things to not knowing whatcolor to paint the living room walls, many of us struggle with ourhomes. Now Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan, frequent makeover expert onHGTV’s Mission: Organization and Small Spaces, Big Style, sharesthe do-it-yourself strategies that have enabled his clients andfans to transform their apartments into well-organized, beautifulplaces that suit their style and budget. Week by week, Apartment Therapy will guide you to treat commonproblems, 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 yourpersonal taste and diagnose your home’s physical, emotional, andenergy flow issues A pre*ion with recommendations for each room based on yourneeds and lifestyle–including tips on how to use color, lighting,and accessories A treatment plan, including regular maintenance schedules toensure the ongoing health of your space Illustrati

Jettison the old rulebooks about home décor and “undecorate”your space. As the founder and creative director ofDwellStudio—which is famous for its brightly colored, graphictextile designs for home furnishings—designer Christiane Lemieuxchallenges tradition in a quintessentially American way,championing a fresh, unconventional approach to creating abeautiful and comfortable home. Lemieux emboldens readers to pushaside stuffy, professionally-designed décor, showing them insteadhow to infuse their own personality into their home. Undecorate profiles twenty homes from all over the country,revealing their owners’ love of imperfection and penchant forsurprise and unusual juxtapositions while inspiring readers tofollow their own whimsy and practicalities in their personalspaces. An anglophile creates an English manor in Hollywood, mixingBritish flea-market finds with midcentury furniture. A car fanaticturns a vintage Airstream trailer into a master bedroom andsituates it in the middle of a v