House Design

The authors and creators of the award-winning blog All Up In My Space, Robyn Donaldson and Emma Hopkinson, use emotion as the starting point for every room to reveal achievable and fabulous ways of adding style and flair to your home so that you can create your ideal emotional experience in each space and make it look incredible too. Each chapter will take you on a tour to discover how you want each space in your home to feel and work for you as Robyn and Emma share their abundance of knowledge on home décor to help you figure out how to create a stylish home

Bartolomeo di Crespi is the acclaimed interior decorator—not to mention the most eligible bachelor—in Our Lady of Fatima, New Jersey. From the dazzling shores of the Garden State to the legendary fabric houses of New York City, from the prickly purveyors of fine art in London to the Mediterranean coast of Italy, Bartolomeo is on a mission to bring talent, sophistication, and his aesthetic vision to his hometown. So when the renovation of the local church is scheduled, he assumes there is only one man to oversee the job.

Introducing "Fix Your Toxic Home and Live Longer" by Marko Vovk – the essential handbook for those who want to cultivate a healthier living environment. Boasting over 40 years of expertise from 18,000 home and building inspections, Marko Vovk, a distinguished inspector, civil engineer, environmentalist, consultant, and Expert Witness, emerges as a trusted authority.

If you think it is complicated to reorganize spaces, especially if they are very small, then here you will find the solution for you. Less is more! Minimalism is a real art that can make your life easier. The wabi-sabi opens you mournfully.

"Cuando le pedí al Rebe que me contara su vida, no me respondió pero se puso a llorar. Ni mi abuelo ni mi padre habían pensado en preguntarle cómo había sido su existencia antes de que los osos le devoraran el cuerpo. Yo fui el primero en interesarme en ese pasado. Comprendo la actitud de mis antecesores.

Discover how your dream of affordable, stylish, open-concept, sustainable living can become a reality, no matter your budget! The dream of creating a personalized space often feels out of reach for many, with traditional home-building routes presenting a maze of expensive choices, overwhelming legal requirements, and endless design decisions. Did you know? An estimated 1,000 new barndos are built every year in North America. See how many people are jumping into this movement?

Managing property is all about knowing the right way to do things and how you can make sure that you are getting a great thing for the money that you are paying. Whether you are managing your own property or someone else's property, there are some things that you will need to know to make it go as smoothly as possible. It is much easier for you to manage a property when you know what you are doing and you can work to get it all done to your standards.

What if you could still work at home, but have a personal area that’s professional, well-appointed, and not easily accessible to your curious kids? With your own shipping container workspace, separating work and home life is possible even if you work from home.

Being known as The Label Lady and having a business that revolves around organisation, you might think that I have everything all worked out but that hasn't always been the case. I went from working full-time as a nurse, with three young children and suffering from overwhelming anxiety to setting up a business that helps people organise their lives. Organisation has always been something I have used to help bring order and calm to my life, it has soothed my anxiety and helped me to focus on achieving my goals.

A building is only as tall as its foundation. Getting a building’s footing right is key in preventing structural issues in the future. The foundation distributes the weight of the home, ensuring the subsoil doesn’t spread away from the structure and cause unbalanced settlement. Not all foundations are made the same...and the requirements differ based on many factors. If you’re on the journey to homeownership, then consider making a stop here and learning foundation basics so that you can proceed with great confidence and grit.

Learn how to turbocharge your home's value and your monthly cash flow using government funded solar energy on your roof. This boxed set homeowners roofing guide from Jon Nelsen includes Solar Powered Energy Theft: Legal No Money Down Solar Panels for Homeowners and What I Wish My Roofer Had Told Me: The Ultimate Guide to the Roof of Your Dreams on a Budget.

Let’s face it: Our lives change. We transition from single to couple, to young family, to growing family, to empty nester, to retirement. Would you love to live in a home that adapts to different phases of your life, so you’d need to move less often? Is it possible to build such a home? This book teaches you about building concepts and prepares you to thoughtfully design your future home, a home that adapts to different phases of your life, reducing your need to move.

Every year, thousands of homeowners apply for planning permission and come away battered and bruised. As a council case officer, Martin Gaine was part of the problem, continuously rejecting applications from poorly prepared applicants. Seeing that they were getting a raw deal, he founded Just Planning, a consultancy dedicated to helping homeowners to beat the planners. How to Get Planning Permission is a lively and accessible guide for homeowners.

One of the classic works on interior decoration, Edith Wharton’s The Decoration of Houses offers a comprehensive look at the history and character of turn-of-the-century interior design. Co-written with architect Ogden Codman, Jr., this invaluable reference provides us with numerous keen and practical axioms for house design, such as (1) The better the house, the less need for curtains, and (2) the height of a well-proportioned doorway should be twice its width.

TOP DOG RADIO talks with Bud Konheim, a New York-based fashion guru who’s never at a loss for words, and three other leaders in the U.S. garment industry. Konheim is a partner with Nicole Miller, a leading designer (and company) based on Madison Avenue in New York City. Also taking part is Harold Lopato of Majestic Shape, Inc., which makes shoulder pads and other clothing accessories, and David Lee of KD Dids Inc., which specializes in dance and sportswear.

Transform your living space with "Do It Yourself Home Improvement: Expert Tips, Step-by-Step Projects, and Budget-Friendly Renovation Ideas for Every Homeowner." This sizzling home repair and improvement book is your go-to guide for mastering DIY projects with flair and confidence. Packed with clear, detailed instructions and a dash of wit, you'll breeze through tasks like painting, flooring, and building custom furniture.

From the late editor, writer, and critic, one of the great chroniclers of the art, fashion, and celebrity scenes: an expansive collection of 35 essays that offer an intimate look into the worlds of some of the most important and well-known artists, designers, and actors of our time.

When an evil witch secretly substitutes her own son for that of a royal heir, she unwittingly creates her own greatest nemesis. Condemned to a hole-in-the-wall existence at the bottom of society, the true heir must study magic to survive. But when he discovers his own true identity, he learns that to reclaim the throne he must unleash a magic that will destroy his world! From World Fantasy Award-winner Darrell Schweitzer comes his otherworldly masterpiece, The Shattered Goddess.

Today, it is difficult to imagine a living room without a sofa. When the first sofas on record were delivered in 17th-century France, the result was a radical reinvention of interior space. Symptomatic of a new age of casualness and comfort, the sofa ushered in an era known as the golden age of conversation; as the first piece of furniture designed for two, it was also considered an invitation to seduction. With the sofa came many other changes in interior space we now take for granted: private bedrooms, bathrooms, and the original living rooms.

Книга "Сам себе декоратор: секреты декора для крутого интерьера" поведает читателю, как зарождались и формировались топовые стили в интерьере, как развивать насмотренность и вкус, как создавать впечатляющие декораторские проекты на заказ — или декорировать собственную квартиру с ремонтом от застройщика так, чтобы она стала по-настоящему уникальной. Автор книги — известный дизайнер Наталья Преображенская, трендсеттер, на чьи вкусы и опыт ориентируются в России и СНГ, искусствовед и владелица двух топовых студий интерьерного дизайна: "Уютная квартира" и бюро TREND'UP.