Fully illustrated, this comprehensive workbook is designed primarily for homeowners, renters, architects, and business owners who want to put feng-shui to practical personal use--to choose a home, build a house, select an office, or find a retail space. 150 photos. 207 diagrams.

At a critical time in his life, Michael Pollan, the author of the award-winning Second Nature: A Gardener's Education , decided he wanted to build a small wooden hut in the woods near his Connecticut home. This absorbing narrative recounts Pollan's construction project, taking readers on a tour of the centuries of wisdom and philosophy that info...

Detailed photography and clear step-by-step instructions guarantee great results! Ceramic and natural stone tile surfaces add both functionality and beauty and can be used effectively both inside and outside a home. Whether you're looking for something as simple as tile for a kitchen floor, bathroom shower stall, or a patio, tile options range f...

Richard Meier is one of the most important architects of the postwar generation. He opened his New York office in 1963 and, in 1984, became the youngest recipient ever of the Pritzker Prize for Architecture. Meier has built a series of masterful modern houses and a great number of educational, commercial, and cultural facilities, including the G...

'Victorian Houses' presents the architectural detailing of the time in the context of the era - providing a comprehensive understanding of its architecture and design.Pattern books played a vital role in the dissemination of taste between architect, builder and client in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. By focusing on the contribution...

For generations, the huggable, lovable Teddy Bear has symbolized joy, warmth, and playfulness. This collection of reusable iron-on transfer patterns features Teddy in a festive spirit, in 81 images suitable for embroidery, applique, woodburning, carving, painting, and other needlework and craft projects. 81 b&w illustrations. 22 test patterns. I...

Shrubs provide the bones of the landscape. They are versatile, useful, and beautiful. They mark boundaries, create barriers, deter animals, frame views, and block eyesores. Shrubs can promote privacy, offer a welcome to guests, or act as a background in a border. As ground covers, they can control erosion or act as an attractive, low-maintenance...

Architecture The Accessible Housing Design File Barrier Free Environments, Inc. " … an invaluable resource to everyone involved with the design, construction, and management of housing for older and disabled individuals. The amount of information on each topics is the most extensive I have ever seen.… " — Elaine Ostroff,...

Start with a warm tropical climate. Add an abundance of exotic natural building material. And then let the cross currents of Asian design and aesthetics create a rich architectural alchemy of its own. The result? The exquisite homes in the Philippines, a perfect balance of form and functionality. Tropical Living explores this dynamic experiment ...

The Country Houses of David Adler (1882-1949) discusses in depth fifteen representative houses (many with interiors by Adler's sister, the noted interior designer Frances Elkins), illustrated with fine archival photographs and newly drawn plans. In addition, the full scope of Adler's work is documented in an illustrated catalogue raisonne.

Easy instructions for trimming hats, creating floral arrangements, decorating lingerie, much more.

The newest title in Vendome's best-selling House & Garden series features the homes of those fortunate enough to have realized the universal dream of creating unique hideaways in some of the most beautiful parts of the world. This lovely, all-color book takes readers on an international tour of these retreats -- from Bali and Mexico to upstate N...

This fascinating book, a reprint of a rare catalog of prefabricated houses from 1923, reveals in detail the types of design offered to those in the market for a new home in the 1920s. Each of the 117 homes is shown in a large frontal illustration with floor plans of the first and second floors. The specifics of plumbing, heating and lighting are...

From the first nail to the final coat of paint, blueprints to moving day, Pulitzer Prize -- winning author Tracy Kidder leads readers through the grand adventure of building an American dream.

Taking full advantage of the ressurgence in popularity of retro-fifties design, this highly praised book lets the reader rediscover the wonders of boomerang-shaped coffee tables, the funky curvaciousness of biomorphic furniture, the industrial sleekness of cool metals, unusual angles, and other design delights. Photos.

If a stitch in time saves nine, just think what this book can do for you. Discover the secrets for perfect serging every time. Understand how to avoid mistakes. Close-up color photos show you exactly what's right-and what's wrong-with each stitch.

By the time of the great Paris Exhibition of 1925, the idea that an interior and its furnishings should form a complete design--a total look --dominated the thinking of both designers and their sophisticated clients. ART DECO INTERIORS documents this flourishing of design ingenuity in Europe and America with more than 300 illustrations, 151 in c...

The first book to highlight Frank Lloyd Wright's extraordinary contributions to interior design, The Wright Style opens the doors to more than 40 houses designed by Wright and his followers and includes an illustrated catalogue of sources for the furniture, rugs, wallpaper, lighting fixtures, textiles, and accessories shown. Over 250 photographs...

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Camellias is the illustrated guide to these beautiful and varied flowering plants. Stirling Macoboy presents over 1000 of the world's most popular camellias, with every entry illustrated by a color photograph. The book opens with a chapter on the species that comprise the large and varied genus Camellia. The major...

With nearly 10 million copies in print, it's the world's best-selling book on house plants, and it's back again, better than ever, in a new edition with the latest tips for buying, potting, growing, displaying, treating, and breeding more than 300 varieties. No other volume gives you so much information and advice! Every plant appears in full-co...