Bathrooms - Bathrooms is a richly illustrated, full-color survey of 30 of the country's most stylish and inviting bathrooms, with extensive source reference and practical information on how to make a dream bathroom a reality. Includes a detailed listing of the latest fixtures and products available for baths, along with advice on hiring a contractor or architect. Extensively illustrated with design plans and full-color photographs, an inspirational home design guide surveys thirty stylish bathrooms, offering creative ideas and practical tips on how to make one's dream bathroom a reality. 25,000 first printing.
Personalizing Your Home: Simple, Beautiful Ideas for Every Room In this well-priced, thoroughly appealing new compendium of decorating tips and techniques, the author of Kitchens and Bathrooms and host of HGTV's Interiors by Design demonstrates the best, quickest, and easiest ways to personalize any room. 50 two-color illustrations. 8 color photos. The popular television decorating expert shares a rich variety of home design tips and techniques for every room of the house, explaining how to revitalize one's home, personalize any room, and enhance one's living space without spending a fortune. 100,000 first printing.
Getaways: Carefree Retreats for All Seasons - A haven, a retreat, a special place that offers a sense of sanctuary--this is a getaway. And as Chris Casson Madden discovers in her beautiful new book, a getaway can be found in myriad forms and in varied locations. Whether it's a log cabin in the mountains, an elegant villa by the sea, or even a cozy suburban house lived in year-round, a true getaway encourages family gatherings and personal renewal.
Kitchens - Inspiring is the best way to describe the 38 great American kitchens visited through hundreds of close-up photographs in this beautiful collection. Informative text and captions give full details, from the basic elements of kitchen style to ideas for simple decorative touches.
A Room of Her Own: Women's Personal Spaces - Stunning photographs and intimate, engaging text bring to life the special places that women have created as retreats from their busy everyday routines--and offer a wealth of decorating ideas for turning a room of one's own from a dream into a reality. 200 full-color photos.
A Room of Her Own: Women's Personal Spaces 2000 - Throughout America Chris has found women from all walks of life who have created for themselves a diversity of personal spaces that provide them the quiet and solitude needed to restore their souls each day. These range from Ali MacGraw's studio in northern New Mexico, its incredible mountain views provide the silence and tranquillity she needs, to designer Sherri Donghia's fabric-filled loft in her Long Island country home, where she can stop, think, relax, and be really honest and creative, to television commentator Chantal Westerman's home, where, amid a collection of altars, crosses, and other religious icons, she has created a peaceful and serene sanctuary.
Mary Emmerling's American Country Cottages - An exploration of the charm of 24 country and seaside cottages from Key West to California. Emmerling and Greene ventured across America to see what cottage dwellers are up to today. Everywhere they found decorating ideas and housekeeping solutions that will prove delightful and useful to everyone. 325 color photos.
Mary Emmerling's American Country Details - A complete guide to home decorating presents a richly illustrated treasury of the principles and elements of American country style design, offering hundreds of decorating ideas for architectural elements, furnishings, accessories, and more.
Mary Emmerling's Dealers/Collectors - Some 350 full-color photographs highlight a close-up look at country collectibles and decorating, with information on the latest trends in the field, advice on shopping for antiques and collectibles, and tips on value and quality.
Mary Emmerling's Quick Decorating (American Country Series) - More than two hundred full-color photographs complement a complete guide to quick, easy, and inexpensive home decorating, featuring more than one hundred decorating ideas, including tips on window treatments, painting techniques, accessories, and more.
Mary Emmerling's Smart Decorating - Hundreds of full-color photographs present ideas from which any home decorator can draw inspiration or improvise. Chapters are organized by price, from "Pennies" (using produce and fresh flowers placed in interesting "found" containers, for example) to "Dollars" (such as covering books with a uniform paper to create an instant library) to "Bigger Bucks" (a vintage tablecloth artfully hung as a contemporary window treatment)