Interior Design category: 574 books

Bring big ideas to small spaces! Never let small spaces keep you from big style. Live large with 165 stylish ideas for using every inch of kitchens, bedrooms, offices, closets, bathrooms, and more. Southern Living Small Space Ideas showcases some of the most beautiful rooms from homes...

Winner of ForeWord Magazine's Architecture "Book of the Year" Award! Exquisite examples of traditional dwellings are scattered throughout modern-day China. Chinese Houses focuses on 20 well-preserved traditional Chinese homes, presenting examples from a range of rural and metropolitan...

Vastu -Shastra is a Vast and ancient science of living. The word Vastu is derived from the root ‘Vas’ which means ‘to reside’. It is not an equivalent of the word architecture. Vastu is architecture and much more. While architecture is the science, art or profession of designing and constructing...

***WINNER OF A NAUTILUS 2018 SILVER MEDAL BOOK AWARD*** Innovations in Behavioural Health Architecture is the most comprehensive book written on this topic in more than 40 years. It examines the ways in which healthcare architecture can contribute, as a highly valued informational and reference...

One of England's most respected and influential architects, James Gibbs was born in Scotland, studied in Rome, and left a legacy of design the world will treasure forever. His legendary 1728 folio, a sprawling gallery of Gibbs's magnificent drawings, perspectives, and blueprints, is a brilliant testimony...

This book provides a source of inspiration and a manual for designers, entrepreneurs and professionals who are looking into the practical application of product configurators. In this growing profession, there is a need for a book which focuses on the configuration process from a design perspective....

Knack Studio founder Barb Blair is famous for her "knack" with furniture: spotting classic pieces and transforming them into modern showstoppers. In this inspiring book, Blair goes beyond the nuts and bolts of furniture refinishing to show how to style rooms with each customized piece. For...

This text comprises a comprehensive handbook pertaining to the designing and making of vintage lamps and light fixtures. Complete with detailed diagrams and step-by-step instructions for each piece, this text is perfect for both the amateur and seasoned designer alike, and is sure to be of interest...

Why do we care so much about our homes? When did this societal phenomenon begin? Entire stores and cable channels are dedicated to the remodeling of one's home-proof that our homes are more than just walls, windows, and floors. Our homes exemplify who we are. They are an extension of us.

Ad una "auspicabile pubblicazione" della magistrale ricerca di Stefano Colonna sulla Galleria dei Carracci in Palazzo Farnese accennavo già nel 1999 e nell'occasione citavo dalla tesi del Colonna i versi di Onorio Longhi da lui ritrovati, dai quali si evince con chiarezza l'identificazione...

Inspired French luxury for the home. Take a peek inside private upper class homes that reveal why D. Porthault has been the favored French luxury brand for linens and other fabrics for nearly one hundred years. Tour traditional and old-world styles as well as contemporary upmarket decor...

Feng Shui Tips: Bathroom Renovations offers you an opportunity to avoid the most common mistakes during your bathroom renovation, save money and enjoy the design process fully. Bathrooms are the most expensive and dangerous room in the house, so it’s a good idea to get it right the first time!

Embroider on printed fabrics with basic embroidery stitches to enhance the design by adding texture and embellishments to it. The embroidery can also be used to define the outlines of motifs and colors can be subtly darkened or lightened in certain spots to better suit your color choices. This type of embroidery work is usually done on cushion covers or on crazy patchwork.

Architectural Lighting, the latest addition to the Architecture Briefs series, provides both a critical approach to and a conceptual framework for understanding the application of lighting in the built environment. The key considerations of lighting design are illuminated through accessible texts...