The Big Book of Small House Designs: 75 Award-Winning Plans for Your Dream House, All 1,250 Square Feet or Less

• ISBN13: 9781579123659
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The Big Book of Small House Designs is a collection of more than 500 drawings illustrating all aspects of 75 small homes of various styles, from a New England farmhouse to a sophisticated steel frame to a Santa Fe ranch. Each design includes detailed floor plans, section drawings, elevations, and perspectives, as well as a description of the materials used and landscaping around the home. Keeping in mind that a chief priority for a small home is often energy efficie... More >>

The Big Book of Small House Designs: 75 Award-Winning Plans for Your Dream House, All 1,250 Square Feet or Less

Period Finishes & Effects

• ISBN13: 9780847825196
• Condition: USED - Very Good
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Paint finishes and effects are now established as an essential component of every decorator's range of skills. Here, for the first time in paperback, is bestselling authors Judith and Martin Miller's fully illustrated practical guide to the secrets of the surface finishes and effects that complement period homes and furniture. Each chapter is illustrated by inspirational photographs showing how different finishes were used in decorative schemes and includes practica... More >>

Period Finishes & Effects

Complete Book of Framing: An Illustrated Guide for Residential Construction

• ISBN13: 9780876290149
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This straightforward, easy-to-learn method will help framers, carpenters, and handy homeowners build their skills in rough carpentry and framing. You'll learn how to frame all the parts of a house: floors, walls, roofs, door & window openings, and stairs – with hundreds of color photographs and drawings that show every detail. The book gives beginners all the basics they need to go from zero framing knowledge to a journeyman level, and it provides valuable tips an... More >>

Complete Book of Framing: An Illustrated Guide for Residential Construction

Gustav Stickley's Craftsman Homes and Bungalows

• ISBN13: 9781602393035
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Designs, plans, and illustrations from the leader of the Arts and Crafts movement in homebuilding. In 1901, Gustav Stickley began to create the first uniquely American style of furniture and home design—known as Craftsman. Stickley's principles of home design include construction that is in harmony with its landscape, open floor plans, built-in storage, and natural lighting. He was a major influence on Frank Lloyd Wright, and he remains ... More >>

Gustav Stickley's Craftsman Homes and Bungalows

Modern Masonry : Brick, Block, Stone

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Simply and clearly written, Modern Masonry presents students with a thorough grounding in safe methods of laying brick, block, and stone. This thoroughly illustrated text provides a broad understanding of materials and their properties. It covers all important aspects of the masonry trade, including tools and equipment; safety; the makeup, properties, uses, and sizes of masonry units, and the accepted techniques for laying all kinds of masonry units in all kinds of ... More >>

Modern Masonry : Brick, Block, Stone

Charleston Architecture and Interiors

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From the stately elegance of the Georgian era to the exuberant eclecticism of the twenty-first century, the houses of Charleston, South Carolina, are defined by great architecture and elegant design. Charleston Architecture and Interiors offers an insider's view of the beautiful houses, gardens, and decorative arts that comprise this city's unique charm. ... More >>

Charleston Architecture and Interiors

Amy Butler's Midwest Modern: A Fresh Design Spirit for the Modern Lifestyle

• ISBN13: 9781584795810
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A complete lifestyle book, encompassing fashion, interiors, and gardens

Attention, design and style mavens! There’s a lot more to America than just the east and west coasts. Today, innovative American design—in clothing, home decor, even gardening—is emerging from the Midwest. So lay your bicoastal biases aside, and let Amy Butler show you what’s happening in the heartland.

Helping her fans jumpstart their own creative spark is Butler’s fashi... More >>

Amy Butler's Midwest Modern: A Fresh Design Spirit for the Modern Lifestyle

One Off: Independent Retail Design

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The urge to create an individualized shopping experience is a major trend around the world, such that a new generation of independent shops has grown up. These are mostly small, and are setting up against the odds, so that they have to make a special effort with their exteriors, interiors, and branding to lure in customers. Some are a triumph of ingenuity on a low budget, while others are as glamorous as their big-name counterparts. Some interiors and graphics are c... More >>

One Off: Independent Retail Design

Balenciaga

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Christian Dior called Cristobal Balenciaga "the master of us all." The priest-like Balenciaga, whose private life remained a total mystery until the day he died, created day dresses of deceiving simplicity and evening gowns of staggering extravagance, and for them he was paid the highest prices in the couture world. His faithful clients were the great fashion plates of the postwar years: the Duchess of Windsor, Gloria Guinness, Pauline de Rothschild, and Mona Bismar... More >>

Balenciaga

New Seaside Interiors

• ISBN13: 9783836503877
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Extraordinary coastal living on five continents--from Iceland to Chile--showcases designs from minimalist to cozy, from ethnic to modern, all reflecting the owners' love for the deep blue.... More >>

New Seaside Interiors

Architectural Theory: Volume II: An Anthology from 1871 to 2005

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This second volume of the landmark Architectural Theory anthology surveys the development of architectural theory from the Franco-Prussian war of 1871 until the end of the twentieth century. The entire two volume anthology follows the full range of architectural literature from classical times to present transformations.

An ambitious anthology bringing together over 300 classic and contemporary essays that survey the key developments and trends in architectu... More >>

Architectural Theory: Volume II: An Anthology from 1871 to 2005

The Art of Annemieke Mein: Wildlife Artist in Textiles

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Celebrated throughout the world, fiber artist Mein combines into one textile work weaving, knitting, crochet, trapunto, applique and other methods, sometimes adding paints to her soft scultpures. Included are field studies and pieces from museums and private collections. Distributed by Woodstocker Books division, Arthur Schwartz & Company, Inc.... More >>

The Art of Annemieke Mein: Wildlife Artist in Textiles

Passive Solar House: The Complete Guide to Heating and Cooling Your Home

• ISBN13: 9781933392035
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For the past ten years The Passive Solar House has offered proven techniques for building homes that heat and cool themselves, using readily available materials and methods familiar to all building contractors and many do-it-yourself homeowners. True to this innovative, straightforward approach, the new edition of this best-selling guide includes CSOL passive solar design software, making it easier than ever to heat your home with the power of the sun. Since The Pas... More >>

Passive Solar House: The Complete Guide to Heating and Cooling Your Home