The secret to style lies in the details. While you may love the spatial layout of your home, this book will help you update its overall design by highlighting the architectural hardware. From drawer pulls to porcelain fixtures, brickwork to heating units, Maggie Stevenson instructs on every aspect of industrial product. Extensive resource listings make this an indispensable guide to home equipment for professionals and homeowners alike.
Can't find cupboard handles to match your super-sleek new kitchen? Or a tap to suit your roll-top bath? Now, help is at hand. With Architectural Fixtures and Hardware, the hard work of tracking down the finest products has been done for you-to provide the definitive range of fixtures and fittings, from door knobs to stone floors, from contemporary fireplaces to kitchen sinks.
Whether you are seeking inspiration or looking for specific designer items Architectural Fixtures and Hardware is an invaluable guide. The potentially daunting world of interior hardware is laid bare to offer a showcase of the best the market has to offer. From Philippe Starck taps and Louis Poulsen lighting, to wooden floors and reconditioned radiators, there are solutions for every area in your home. Architectural Fixtures and Hardware also includes a comprehensive directory to ensure the fixtures you want are at your fingertips, making it an indispensable addition to every designer's library, and a must for anyone decorating their own home.
Date Published 10/1/2002
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Rated By: Carolyn Howard-Johnson
From: Los Angeles, CA
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Comments: Design Articulated in New Lifestyles Reviewed by Carolyn Howard-Johnson, award-winning author of This is the Place, Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered and The Frugal Book Promoter: How to do What Your Publisher Won't
In case you haven't noticed, everyone is remodeling. Or building.
"Architecture Fixtures and Hardware" is certainly a book for those who are transforming their lives but it is also for those of us who have decided to stay put. At a fraction of the cost of a big change, modifying the details in our homes can work wonders. "Fixtures and Hardware" gives us ideas for doors and windows, flooring, kitchens, bathrooms, storage and more.
A big book, not quite as big as what we've come to think of as a coffee table book, it is packed with pictures, inside and out, of lovely conversions to fit every taste. Wait until you see the spotless photography by Chris Everard! It's going to make you want to tear up your floors and install plywood (p. 42). Yes, plywood! It "displays a more exuberant grain than ordinary planks and can be cut into much wider boards" to show off the pattern. Now, I can't imagine a more beautiful, money-saving device than that. It's only the beginning for those who buy and browse this lovely book as only Ryland Peters & Small can design them. ----------------------------------- Carolyn Howard-Johnson is the award-winning author of This is the Place and Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered. Her poems and short stories appear frequently in literary journals and anthologies. The Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What Your Publisher Won't will be released by www.StarPublish.com this August. She lives in a ranch-style home built in the hills near Los Angeles in the 60s.
The secret to style lies in the details. While you may love the spatial layout of your home, this book will help you update its overall design by high
