Create a home that expresses your sense of comfort rather than pre-existing rules about how to decorate. This lushly illustrated guide to interior design defines the essential characteristics of each style, from medieval to modern, and how to achieve it. Choose from gilded baroque; the simple interiors favored by American settlers; superbly over-the-top Victorian; a bright, joyful 1950s design; and more. Follow the practical guidance on lighting, color, soft furnish and furniture. Mix old and new freely for an attractively eclectic approach, or put together a room that's carefully coordinated from floor to ceiling. Look no further to plan your dream home! A Selection of BOMC's Country Book Club.

Ultimate Home Style Guide

Sorrell, Katherine

Arts & Photography

Ward Lock Ltd.

Luxurious silks. Rich red stained glass. Natural oak. Burnished brass. Whether it's hushed hues and cool Carrara or dynamic density and vibrant verdigris, contemporary interior design is about texture. The feel of a room is just as important as the look of it, and knowing how to blend the right combination of materials is key to achieving this delicate balance. Living Textures is an inspiring guide to designing a practical and beautiful interior space without the help (and cost) of a decorator. Get the creative juices flowing with two great books in one: a main book filled with expert advice and detailed full-color spreads, and a swatch book of 600 varying textures to choose from. Both books are easily removable—just toss in a tote for quick fabric decisions on the fly or stow both securely together in the case. The two books work jointly in an utterly approachable way to answer the what, where, and most importantly, how of achieving gorgeous results for every room in the house. From walls to sofa to floor, weaving texture and life into a room has never been easier with the help of this one-stop resource for decorating.

Living Textures: A Creative Guide to Combining Colors and Textures in the Home

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Home Improvement & Design

Chronicle Books+

A source book of exciting contemporary furnishing ideas, all of which promote the new modern style -- comfort. This book examines our changing lifestyles and the ways in which we use the space in our homes to entertain, work and relax. This book is a fresh and accessible resource of ideas for those who are in search of beautiful home decoration in the comfort zone.

Modern Comfort

Architecture

Rockport Publishers

Complete Craft contains over 60 unique projects, each specially devised by a leading practitioner in the field to be easily completed at home. Over 900 stunning photographs and clear step-by-step instructions demonstrate how to achieve the best results, no matter the level of the crafter's experience. All the projects, from table linen and jewelry to handbags and bowls, are practical as well as desirable, and while many of the techniques are traditional, the results are fresh, elegant, and contemporary.

Complete Craft: Making Beautiful Projects at Home

Crafts & Hobbies

Thunder Bay Pr

Whether your favored look is sophisticated or relaxed, traditional or modern, urban or country, fabrics can help you create a look that is individual, comfortable, and effortlessly stylish. In Decorating with Fabric, Kate French and Katherine Sorrell offer imaginative ideas for every room, including bathrooms, home offices, and outdoor areas. They look at how to use color, texture, and pattern and how to choose the right fabric for the right place. With the help of specially commissioned photographs by Lisa Cohen, many showing the work of internationally renowned designers, Kate and Katherine demonstrate the timeless appeal of fabrics in myriad forms, from throw pillows to slipcovers to lampshades. While there are plenty of simple yet effective ideas that would be both useful and beautiful in any home, Decorating with Fabricalso features a range of more unusual ideas, from using vintage grain sacks for pillow covers or mirrored bedspreads as curtains. The authors show that no matter what your budget, you can employ fabrics in many exciting ways to express your personality and inject style into your home.

Decorating with Fabric: Hundreds of ideas for window treatments, bed linens, pillows, slipcovers and lampshades

French, Kate

RYLAND, PETERS & SMALL

<div> Everyday Antiques shows how to introduce antique and vintage pieces into every room in the house to create a home that's individual, comfortable and stylish. For most of us, decorating is not about taking an empty room and filling it with all-new co-ordinated furnishings, nor is it a case of inheriting matching sets of priceless antiques. Usually, we're somewhere in the middle - a couple of hand-me-downs here, some flat-pack items there, plus a few antique or vintage or simply secondhand pieces thrown into the mix. In Everyday Antiques Katherine Sorrell shows how to harmoniously combine these unexpected and individual older pieces with new ones to make your home sing - an old portrait that was a lucky market find, perhaps, a set of 1960s glassware found at a charity shop, or an ornate gilt-framed mirror that belonged to your grandma. Incorporating such gems into your home has never been easier, thanks to online marketplaces like eBay and the plethora of antiques dealers popping up on Instagram. Spotting unusual pieces is not only fun and satisfying but, even better, you won't see them anywhere else. </div> ing up on Instagram. Spotting unusual pieces is not only fun and satisfying but, even better, you won't see them anywhere else.ing up on Instagram. Spotting unusual pieces is not only fun and satisfying but, even better, you won't see them anywhere else.ing up on Instagram. Spotting unusual pieces is not only fun and satisfying but, even better, you won't see them anywhere else.

Everyday Antiques: Inviting homes where old meets new

Antiques & Collectibles

Art of Display: Creating Style With Decorative Objects

Mitchell Beazley

Old and New: Combining Past and Present In Contemporary Homes

Forget all the old rules about what furniture goes with what. Old &amp; New encourages you to trust yourself-if it looks good, don't be afraid to combine a 1950's metal chair with a 19th century gilded French table. Katherine Sorrell takes you through the home room by room, showing how to combine antique, retro and modern objects to create spaces that reflect your spirit. Additional highlights on second-hand pieces found at flea markets and swap meets help you train your eye to search out the special pieces from among the throng. 
Old &amp; New is an inspirational guide to combining old and new with confidence and style. Katherine Sorrell shows how introducing unexpected and individual elements - an old portrait, a piece of 1960's glass, a gilt-framed mirror that belonged to grandma - can add interest to your home. Spotting a gem at a market or a garage sale is satisfying, and lots of fun. Even better, you won't see it anywhere else - unlike items bought at the mall. The first section, Rooms, shows how to combine antique, retro and contemporary objects to create rooms that are original, comfortable and stylish. Mini themes such as urban sophistication, tranquil spaces or modern country offer a kaleidoscope of different looks. At the end of each chapter, 'Get the Look' sections provide hints and advice. The second section, Elements, takes a closer look at the ingredients of the Old &amp; New look, focusing on pieces found in second-hand shops and antique markets or at car boot sales or auctions.

Old and New: Combining Past and Present in Contemporary Homes

Wood or graphite-which is best for a kitchen countertop? What colors will make a living room look bigger? What floor coverings are nonslip for a bathroom? Home Design Planner contains all the answers to our decorating questions, whether you need to refurbish every room or one; whether you need to outfit a new kitchen from scratch or update a bathroom. Comprehensive sections on Planning, Living Rooms and Home Offices, Kitchens and eating areas, Bathroom, and Bedroom offer guidance on layouts and flooring, lighting, furniture, storage, and other key issues relevant to each space.

Home Design Planner

Interior design is a subject close to our hearts. What could be better than coming home to a house that you love to look at as well as live in? Home style influences are to be found everywhere nowadays, from magazines and newspapers to art and architecture, from exotic holiday destinations to the fashion runways. THE HOME STYLE SOURCEBOOK contains hundreds of great ideas that you can use in your own home. It will help you decide which style works best in you property, and match the style to the way you live. Three expert writers on style and home decorations demystify the whole business for you. The book begins with Finding you Style. First, look at your property and you lifestyle, to help you define your decorating goals. Part Two of the book, The Rooms, shows you how each style works in Kitchens and Eating Areas, Living Rooms,Bathrooms, and Bedrooms. A description of the style (including a "Key Features" checklist of componetns and materials) and how to achieve it is follwed by a case study of a room that perfectly exemplifies the style. With hundreds of photographs for inspiration, achievable ideas from the experts, and an extensive directory of the best home design stores, THE HOME STYLE SOURCEBOOK will guide you to create a fabulous home where yuou can cook, eat, sleep, relax, and entertain in style.

The Home Style Sourcebook: Inspirational Decorating Schemes For Every Home

Wilson, Judith

Geddes-Brown, Leslie

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