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| Guides homeowners through choices to create better outdoor rooms within budget and home style.
Current information on materials for foundations, furnishings, floor and wall coverings, and more.
Thoroughly explains planning and design issues, whether it’s a DIY project or working with a pro.
Practical information for wall construction, roofing types, drainage, site concerns, and other building details.
Extraordinary photographs inspire homeowners to bump out and build up to bring the outdoors in.
Handy worksheets combined with expert advice help homeowners avoid surprises. |
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| | ISBN: 0696222183 Date Published on 9/2/2006 |
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| When decorating your home, don't neglect your outdoor spaces. With Porches & Sunrooms you can turn your conservatory and patio into fabulous places of recreation and relaxation. Porches and sunrooms are special parts of your home that blend the natural beauty of the outdoors with the comfort of the indoors.
The large color photographs in Porches & Sunrooms demonstrate the variety of outdoors spaces and the unique ways you can style them. Though the emphasis of the book lays in its photography, Jessica Elin Hirschman has an eye for detail and describes the architecture and moods of the outdoor/indoor havens with flowing prose. |
| | ISBN: 1567992749 Date Published on 9/5/2006 |
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| Get answers to your questions about adding or remodeling porches and sunrooms from dozens of real-life examples. You'll find cost, material, and planning information to create an enjoyable, relaxing space that bridges indoors and outdoors. Find out how to do it yourself or work with professionals. Learn how to live with the elements--let the sun in, keep the bugs out. 100 color photos and 32 illustrations. |
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| | ISBN: 0696211017 Date Published on 5/29/2006 |
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| | Porches and Sunrooms is the perfect reference tool for homeowners who are considering adding or renovating a porch, sunroom, or conservatory. Topics include planning and designing the outdoor room to bridge the indoors and outdoors, basic information on the rooms structure, and details on what a homeowner should know to add it to the house. Readers will see real-life examples in hundreds of beautiful, full-color photographs, discovering what a difference a porch can make to the outside of their home, or a sunroom to their indoor lifestyle. |
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| | ISBN: 1580112684 Date Published on 9/1/2006 |
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| | The finest examples of tile designs decorating both interior and exterior surfaces throughout Portugal.
Sumptuous photographs display the elaborate, colorful tiles-azulejos-adorning interiors and exteriors throughout Portugal. For centuries, brilliantly colored, hand-painted tiles have decorated Portuguese buildings-from the humblest homes to the most lavish palaces, villas, gardens, churches, and monasteries. The more than 200 full-color illustrations specially commissioned for this book capture the beauty of this traditional art form in its architectural context while also showing the details of craftsmanship in close-up images.
The variety of azulejo images and patterns is astounding: fantastic Moorish-inspired geometric patterns, figural images, expansive landscapes, and narratives both secular and religious. The tradition relies heavily on the classic blue (azul) on white designs, but it also includes a wide-ranging palette of colors. The history of azulejaria-the decoration of large surfaces with all manner of tiles-is chronicled here, from their Chinese, Moorish, and Islamic influences to their adaptation by local craftsmen into a distinctly Portuguese art form. This narrative is enhanced by stunning on-site examples of azulejos in Lisbon and the surrounding region, where they served as an alternative to wall paintings. Depicted on these pages are the dazzling, all-over geometric tiling of the interior and exterior surfaces at the Palace of Sintra, with its varied Mujedar designs and borders integrating even the royal emblem of an armillary sphere; the religious scenes from a tomb chapel in the Church of Santo Andre (currently in the Museu Nacional do Azulejo); theglorious life-size equestrian figures and rearing horses in the gardens of the Frontiera Palace; and the Dutch-inspired blue-and-white scenes of game and fish in the kitchen at the Palácio do Correio-Mor. J Presented in this lavishly illustrated volume are innovative Portuguese designs along with commentary about the history and influences that made azulejaria the fascinating art form that it is. |
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| | ISBN: 0789204819 Date Published on 4/29/2006 |
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| Potential health risks from carpets and carpeting material: Hearing before the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Subcommittee of the Committee ... Third Congress, first session, June 11, 1993 |
| | ISBN: 0160432065 Date Published on 4/29/2006 |
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| | Demystifying the principles of interior design with hundreds of simple decorating ideas, Pottery Barn Bathrooms is the essential guide to bringing comfort and personal style to the bath. Photographed exclusively for this book in homes across America, Pottery Barn Bathrooms is packed with easily achievable ideas that help you create the ultimate bathing spaces, from powder rooms to spa baths.
Key Features:
-Room tours of real-life living spaces give you access to well-designed homes of all kinds, from country cottages to city apartments
-Color palettes and quick-reference guides to materials make it easy to apply dozens of creative ideas to your own home
-More than 250 specially commissioned photographs illustrate everything you need to know, from choosing fixtures, fittings, and furnishings to decorating with accessories |
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| | ISBN: 0848727614 Date Published on 5/29/2006 |
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| | Pottery Barn Bedrooms guides readers through all the decorating possibilities for the most personal room in the house. Encouraging a warm, inviting refuge the book provides detailed tips and techniques that still allow for personal style and individual needs. Pottery Barn Bedrooms inspires more than just a good night's sleep. |
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| | ISBN: 0848727606 Date Published on 9/2/2006 |
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| | Transform your dining space into the family’s favorite gathering place. Whether you’re serving a quick supper, hosting a casual party on the deck, or planning a sit-down celebration for twenty, Pottery Barn Dining Spaces offers ideas and inspiration for creating, decorating, and enjoying entertaining areas—from sun porches to great rooms—throughout your home. This comprehensive guide offers hundreds of clever and easy ideas for filling your space with a beautiful, comfortable style that’s uniquely your own.
Key Features:
- Detailed room tours show you how to create attractive indoor and outdoor dining areas of all kinds
- Expert advice helps you decorate with confidence, using a wealth of styling ideas
- Real-life designs offer creative tips for decorating the table, seating a large crowd, organizing tableware, arranging centerpieces, and more |
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| | ISBN: 0848727630 Date Published on 9/4/2006 |
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