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The brilliantly restored St. Giles House, in the idyllic Dorset countryside, offers high-point Georgian architecture and interiors that bridge many historical styles.

The 12th Earl of Shaftesbury, 39-year-old Nicholas Ashley-Cooper, invites the reader into the house that his family has called home since the fifteenth century. In recent years, his award-winning restoration has brought the house back to life, transforming exquisite spaces that honor the past while being suited to twenty-first-century living. English country-house splendor, through the hands of some of the world’s top artisans and craftspeople, returns to the house in the form of re-created wallpapers, customized paints, revived furniture from the Georgian and Victorian periods, reworked antique Brussels tapestries, restored plasterwork and textiles, and a complete overhaul of the landscape, with its sunken garden, woodlands, avenue of beeches, lake, and shell-encrusted grotto.

With stories of noteworthy architecture, beautiful interiors, and centuriesof a single family’s involvement in British and world history, this book will appeal to devotees of country living, the aristocratic life, historic houses, and English interior design.

About the Author:

The 12th Earl of Shaftesbury, Nicholas Ashley-Cooper, is an English peer and philanthropist. Tim Knox is a British art historian and director of the Royal Collection Trust. Justin Barton is a London-based photographer.

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Пролистать книгу The Rebirth of an English Country House: St Giles House

In this timely interiors book, design duo Atlanta Bartlett and Dave Coote explore a new type of minimalism. The emphasis is on appreciating the imperfect, encouraging self-expression and never compromising on comfort.

This new minimalism has romance and nostalgia at its heart. It celebrates the plain and simple things in life; loves old, time-worn treasures; shuns materialism in favour of sustainability and creates a home to soothe the soul. The book includes stunningly photographed case studies of homes, alongside chapters on topics ranging from working with colour and textiles, to sustainability and sourcing found objects from nature. This is the perfect manual for curating elegant and soothing living spaces.

About the Authors:

Atlanta Bartlett and Dave Coote are a British design duo known for their distinctive and eclectic approach to interior design and lifestyle aesthetics. Having each worked successfully in the magazine, photography and design industries, this prolific couple have been producing books, interiors, furniture, products, sets, magazines features and cabins, both together and individually, that have been highly sought after for the last 35 years.

Their combined client list ranges from Laura Ashley, John Lewis and Habitat to Elle Deco, Living etc and Red magazine as well as their many private clients. Together, Atlanta Bartlett and Dave Coote are the cofounders of Pale & Interesting boutique homeware store, their interior design consultancy, Bartlett-Coote Interior Design, and their locations agency, The Beach Studios.

Between them they have authored five books, The Relaxed Home, At Home with White, Easy Elegance, Pale & Interesting and Keep it Simple (all published by Ryland Peters & Small). These books explore their design philosophy of teaming old with new, contrasting rough with smooth, pairing femininity with utility, celebrating the handcrafted and rooting everything they do in a strong eco-conscious ethic.

Discover classic and contemporary Scandinavian style with specially commissioned photography of homes in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland.

Scandinavia is famous for its distinctive style: homes are pared-back and simple, and form and function are combined to create aesthetically pleasing and practical interiors. Scandinavians are inspired by light, having an abundance of it in summer but so little of it in winter, and house designs tend to maximize the amount of natural light that enters the home, and allow the inhabitants to make the most of outdoor life during the summer. Similarly, nature and the weather are major influences: homes are made warm and cozy for the freezing winter months — not just literally with log burners, but also through incorporating wood and natural materials. Here Niki Brantmark, owner of the interior design blog My Scandinavian Home, presents a wide-ranging collection of these beautiful homes and explores how the Scandinavian lifestyle is reflected in them all.

The first chapter, Urban Living, features styles ranging from minimalist to bohemian, and pale palettes to dramatic dark colors. By contrast, the Country Homes tend to have a softer, calmer feel, through color and textiles, in line with a slower pace of life. Finally, the spectacular Rural Retreats include a mountain cabin, beach house, and rustic summer cottage, and demonstrate how having somewhere to escape to is so important to many Scandinavians. This collection of stunning interiors will put Scandi style within every reader’s reach.

About the Author:

Niki Brantmark runs the daily interior design blog My Scandinavian Home, which was inspired by her move to Sweden from London over ten years ago. Niki has a background in marketing and communication, and her blog is extremely popular, having received over six million hits and averaging around 500,000 page views per month from readers all over the world. She was featured in Design Bloggers at Home by Ellie Tennant (RPS), and Modern Pastoral is her first book.

Irresistible interiors that capture the essence of seaside living.

Everyone dreams of a house by the sea, and this book presents the best examples of homes for escaping to the serenity of the seaside. Beautifully photographed interiors, exteriors, gardens, and patios offer a peek into these appealing homes, including Martha Stewart’s Seal Harbor, Maine, residence, Donna Karan’s Zen-like East Hampton retreat, Tommy Hilfiger’s Pop art–inspired Miami house, and Giorgio Armani’s Antigua getaway. Such top designers as Martyn Lawrence Bullard, Steven Gambrel, and Ken Fulk have decorated these lovely and inspiring homes — in quintessential seaside communities, including Block Island, Harbor Island, Malibu, and Martha’s Vineyard.

A seaside house is a place to unwind in a relaxed setting — white floorboards, whimsical nautical touches, pastel tones, and vivid colors. Indoor-outdoor living is the norm. Yet it is also a place to entertain friends and family in style and can express a range of chic decorating and design tastes. From clean, modern beach houses to traditional-style cottages, these breathtaking interiors — presented by a team known for style and taste — will inspire homeowners, designers, and anyone who loves a water view.

About the Authors:

Nick Voulgaris III is an entrepreneur and the author of the book Hinckley Yachts. He is the proprietor of Kerber’s Farm, a historic farm and market on Long Island’s North Shore. He lives in Manhattan with his English Labrador, Charlie. Douglas Friedman is a New York–based fashion and interiors photographer whose work has been published in Harper’s Bazaar, InStyle, Elle Decor, and Vanity Fair, among others.

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Celebrate the stunning interiors and glorious gardens of the Seguine House, New York’s undiscovered architectural gem and only once-working plantation. This gorgeous full-color photographic volume introduces the historic 1838 Greek Revival Joseph H. Seguine House and stables in Prince’s Bay, Staten Island, New York. Seguine made a fortune in oystering, candles, and produce, and as a founder of the Staten Island Railroad he also worked with Cornelius Vanderbilt. In creating this 100-acre working farm, stables, and estate grounds, Seguine was advised on the landscape design by Frederick Law Olmsted, famed for his design work on New York’s Central Park. This estate, an embodiment of the nineteenth century, is on the National Register of Historic Places and is a member of the Historic House Trust.

About the Author:

Christina Mantz is an interior designer, events planner, and entrepreneur with a strong interest in history who has worked on various projects, including the first Chinese Scholar’s Garden in the United States. Robert Mantz is a photographer and senior digital studio artist at McCann Worldgroup. Mario Buatta is an internationally acclaimed interior designer known for his English Country House style.

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Пролистать книгу The Seguine House: A Nineteenth-Century Working Estate in Twenty-First-Century New York City

From best-selling author and design icon Chris Madden comes the first book on her design philosophy, and how to achieve her comfortable, chic style. Design expert Chris Madden has spent years chronicling other people’s beautiful rooms.

Now, for the first time, she presents her own design sensibility as illustrated by examples such as her elegant one hundred-year-old carriage house in upstate New York and a mid-century modern family getaway in the mountains of Vermont. Organized by type of room, each house is explored — from entryways to bedrooms, kitchens, living rooms, mudrooms, greenhouses, and terraces, as well as specialty rooms like yoga studios and a man’s study — through rich photography and dozens of practical styling tips. Readers learn how to layer fabrics and colors for seasonal decorating; how to repurpose materials; and how to recognize a room’s quality of light. Also featured are sidebars on caring for guests, collecting, and living in an old house versus a modern house. An avid gardener, Madden explores the way outdoor space frames and supports a house. This lush and elegant volume is an eminently practical resource of ideas for creating rooms in which to celebrate family, entertain friends, and provide personal sanctuary.

About the Authors:

Chris Madden is the author of several books, including A Room of Her Own (100,000 copies sold). She was the host of her own (and one of the first) television shows for HGTV for eight seasons as well as Oprah’s first design correspondent. Her home collection for JC Penney is now in its seventh year and her licensed products for the home have generated over $1 billion in retail sales to date.

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Пролистать книгу The Soul of a House: Decorating with Warmth, Style,and Comfort

Luminous new photography showcases contemporary and historic homes in the beloved Spanish Style in Southern California, while offering, as well, a rare look at the original inspirations to the style, born in Andalusia, Spain.

The great appeal of Spanish Style homes lies in their aura of romance and drama, a sense of story, of magic, as well as in their very comfortable and engaging proportions and the great livability of the interior spaces. Deep shadow, arched doorways, trickling courtyard fountains, climbing bougainvillea on wrought-iron window grilles, wood-beamed ceilings, and white plaster walls are all hallmarks of the style. Here, through a celebration of contemporary and historic homes in Southern California, as well as existing historic precedents in Andalusia, Spain -- most notably the intricately detailed Casa de Pilatos in Seville and the Alhambra of Granada--The Spanish Style House presents the definitive picture of the style as it exists today.

Featured homes include the George Washington Smith-designed Casa Blanca (1928) -- a fantasy made real in stone and stucco replete with the romance of old Morocco in its horseshoe arches, domes, and evocative tile murals--and a Marc Appleton-designed beach house (2007) in Del Mar, California, which is a dream on the sea and an eloquent testament to the virtues of the style for today.

About the Author:

Dr. Rubén G. Mendoza is an archaeologist, photographer, and founding faculty member of the California State University, Monterey Bay. He is coeditor and author of several books, including The California Missions. Melba Levick is a Los Angeles-based photographer with more than sixty books to her name, including The California Missions, The California Casa, and Classic Homes of Los Angeles.

Приватний огляд надзвичайно креативних житлових садів, любовно спроектованих та доглянутих самими власниками, захопленими рослинами. Сотні надихаючих фотографій показують домашнім садівникам, як успішно впроваджувати елементи власної індивідуальності, а також рослини в унікальних комбінаціях, у власні подвір’я.

Поєднання високих знань у галузі рослинництва/садівництва та любові до художньо перероблених повсякденних матеріалів, що створюють унікальні риси, знайде відгук у всіх, хто мріє оживити власні сади. Дорін відшукала найоригінальніші сади, щоб представити ті, в яких використовуються майстерно перероблені промислові та знайдені матеріали: ручної роботи арки з вузлуватих гілок або зварені вручну огорожі, поєднані з унікальними скульптурами та конструкціями. Текст та глибокі підписи, повні ідентифікаційних номерів рослин, підкреслюють незвичайні або чудові колекції флори та листя, які надихнуть читачів відтворити або придумати власні дизайни та комбінації посадок.

Про авторів:

Дорін Вінья фотографує рослини та сади понад тридцять років і є головним фотографом розсадника Монровія з 2004 року. Її роботи були опубліковані в численних книгах, зокрема The Tapestry Garden (Timber Press, 2018), Succulents (TI Inc. Books, 2017) та нещодавно виданій The Healthy Garden (Abrams Books, 2021), а також у таких журналах, як «Garden Design», «Fine Gardening», «Landscape Architecture», «American Gardener» та «Marin Magazine». Вона мешкає у виноробному регіоні Орегону.

Лорен Едвардс Форкнер майже п'ятнадцять років веде щотижневу колумністку про садівництво в Seattle Times і є авторкою кількох книг про садівництво, зокрема Color In and Out of the Garden (Abrams, 2022), The Beginner’s Guide to Growing Great Vegetables (Timber Press, 2021) та Now Is the Time for Trees (спільно з Фондом Дня дерев, 2022). Вона також регулярно пише статті для популярного блогу про садівництво GardenRant. Вона живе та займається садівництвом у Західному Сіетлі.

An unprecedented tour of stunning and architecturally significant Cuban palacios, mansions, and private homes that have been meticulously preserved, previously un-photographed, and inaccessible to visitors. 

At a time when more travellers are rediscovering Cuba, this lavishly illustrated volume offers a different view of the island’s cultural achievements. It presents not the Cuba of Castro’s era, with its derelict buildings and peeling paint, but the opulent world of the Spanish Creole aristocracy of the colonial period, with its Mudejar craftsmanship and baroque palacios, the sugarcane plantations (ingenios) and coffee plantations (cafetales), and classically inspired grand mansions. Exceptional preservation work has kept these villas in the magnificent state in which they were first envisioned.

The photographs, shot exclusively for this book, show examples in each area of the island-from the interiors and exteriors in Havana, Santiago de Cuba, Santa Clara, Cienfuegos, and Pinar del Rio to close-up details of courtyards, balconies, galleries, balustrades, grilles, and louvered doors in Trinidad, Matanzas, and Holguin. One featured home is Finca Vigia (“Lookout House”), the former residence of Ernest Hemingway.            

About the Author

Michael Connors, an expert in Caribbean antiques, is a contributor to numerous publications, including Art & Antiques, Antiques and Fine Art, and The Magazine Antiques. He has written many books, including British West Indies Style and Caribbean Houses: History, Style, and Architecture.

Пролистать книгу The Splendor of Cuba: 450 Years of Architecture and Interiors на сайте издательства.

Безпрецедентна екскурсія найвражаючими та архітектурно значущими палацовими резиденціями російської знаті, багато з яких раніше не фотографувалися та недоступні для відвідувачів.

Ця розкішна презентація пропонує читачеві захоплюючу екскурсію найвеличнішими особняками Санкт-Петербурга, збудованими дореволюційною аристократією.

Palaces of St. Petersburg відображає безпрецедентний підхід та ретельне дослідження авторів, демонструючи приватні резиденції, які не мають собі рівних за своєю історичною важливістю та художньою величчю. Від всесвітньо відомого Юсуповського палацу, де граф Юсупов, відомий убивством Распутіна, виконував свої придворні обов'язки, до Половцовського палацу, його скромний фасад приховує один із найвидовищніших інтер'єрів Санкт-Петербурга, ці резиденції були невід'ємною частиною російської історії.

Цей том дає читачам змогу зазирнути в інтер'єри цих сімейних будинків з їхніми широкими мармуровими сходами та великими кімнатами з вишуканими паркетними підлогами, вигадливим ліпниною та мозаїчними деталями, збагаченими скульптурами та гобеленами. Зовсім нові фотографії, а також архівні зображення, що показують кімнати та колекції мистецтва такими, якими вони існували в ті часи, уособлюють незмінну красу та вишукані реставрації цих шедеврів, що відображають втрачений спосіб життя.

Про авторів:

Тьєррі Морель — куратор, автор і колишній директор Фонду Ермітажу у Великій Британії. Він був куратором новаторської виставки Houghton Revisited, а також редагував і робив внесок у каталог Houghton Revisited: The Walpole Masterpieces from Catherine the Great's Hermitage.

Єлизавета Ренне — старший куратор Державного Ермітажу в Санкт-Петербурзі, Росія, та автор численних каталогів, зокрема Sixteenth- to Nineteenth-Century British Painting: State Hermitage Museum Catalogue.

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Погортати книгу The Splendor of St. Petersburg: Art & Life in Late Imperial Palaces of Russia

A magnificent survey of the staircase in all its forms with dazzling photographs, many specially taken for this book

This extraordinary book showcases the astonishing diversity of staircases over the centuries, from the stepped pyramids of the Maya to exquisitely proportioned Renaissance stairs, to the elaborate balustraded confections of the Baroque period and the computer-aided designs of today.

Here are Michelangelo’s double stair at the Palazzo dei Senatori on the Capitoline Hill in Rome; the double-spiral stair at Château de Chambord in the Loire; the entrance stair in the Hermitage in St Petersburg; the radical spiral ramp of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim Museum; and the exterior stair at the Pompidou Centre in Paris.

The authors also explore the magical and symbolic meanings of the staircase. Powerful emblems of technological and artistic achievement, these staircases are inherently dynamic – as is every page of this fascinating and beautifully illustrated book.

Hilary Robertson reveals a multitude of ways to style and display the ‘stuff of life’ – the flotsam and jetsam of possessions, from pictures and ornaments to hats and bicycles, that we accumulate over the course of time.

In the first chapter, How to Arrange your Stuff, Hilary identifies and illustrates four different approaches to arrangements – intuitive, narrative, practical and curatorial – and shows how each one can be achieved. She also considers the variety of display locations available within the home – walls, mantelpieces, windowsills, chests of drawers, tabletops – and suggests how to make the most of them. Next, in Stories Told by Real Homes, Hilary shares insider knowledge drawn from the experience of creating interiors that fall into five different styles – Neatnik, Bohemian, Naturalist, Sculpture Vulture and Noble Salvage. Some people are magpies – they love stuff; finding, collecting, and displaying it – while their opposite, the minimalists, are on a mission to contain or tame it. The ideas in this book will appeal to magpies, minimalists and everyone in between.

About the Author:

Hilary Robertson is a well-known interior stylist and journalist with an illustrious client list that includes Canvas, Ochre, Elle Decoration, Vogue Living, and the Telegraph Magazine. Also a talented writer, Hilary wrote the text for Josephine Ryan’s 'French Home' and is the author of 'The Stuff of Life', both of which are published by Ryland Peters & Small. Hilary lives in Brooklyn with her husband and son.

From the cofounder of Waterworks comes a beautifully curated collection of dream bathrooms designed by today’s top architects and interior designers, from Commune to Suzanne Kasler.

In The Perfect Bath and The Perfect Kitchen, Barbara Sallick walked readers through the creation of stylish, functional spaces. With the renewed emphasis on the importance of home, her new book takes bath design a step further. The Ultimate Bath devotes its elegantly illustrated chapters to the most luxuriously designed bathrooms from a wide-ranging list of contributors, including Gil Schafer, Nickey Kehoe, Brigette Romanek, and Miles Redd. These are baths that, while grounded in timeless elements, surprise and enchant. There are grand baths of high style with elegant mirrored and marble surfaces. There are bold rooms of rich maximalist pattern and color. There are strictly tailored spaces of great restraint and serenity. And finally, there are baths with restorative views to the garden or forest — or in the middle of nature themselves.

Gathered together, these spaces seduce, delight, and serve as a visual blueprint for readers looking to create rest, refuge, and beauty at home. The end result is a book that celebrates the unexpected and inspires readers to bring a magical quality to their own baths, no matter how modest or grand.

About the Author:

Barbara Sallick cofounded Waterworks — the premier luxury brand of kitchen and bath fittings, fixtures, furniture, and accessories — with her husband, Robert Sallick, in 1978. She serves as the company’s senior vice president of design and is the author of Waterworks: Inventing Bath Style, The Perfect Bath, and The Perfect Kitchen. She is chair of the dean’s advisory council at Boston University’s Wheelock College of Education and Human Development, serves as the honorary chair of Rooms with a View, and is a member of the Decorators Club.

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The 4th edition of a bestseller, The Visual Handbook of Building and Remodeling is the most complete and detailed guide available for homebuilding and renovation projects.

About the Author: Charlie Wing has written 18 books on home construction, remodeling, and repair. A PhD graduate of MIT, he was co–founder of the Shelter Institute and Cornerstones owner-builder schools, technical editor Smart Homeowner, and creator and host of the PBS series Housewarming with Charlie Wing, and he has appeared on more than 400 radio and television shows, including the Discovery Channel and NBC’s Today Show.

Contents:
Introduction

1. Design
2. Site and Climate
3. Masonry
4. Foundations
5. Wood
6. Framing
7. Sheathing
8. Siding
9. Roofing
10. Windows and Doors
11. Plumbing
12. Wiring
13. Insulation and R-Value
14. Best Practice Insulating
15. Air-Sealing Existing Buildings
16. Floors, Walls, and Ceilings
17. Storage
18. Heating
19. Cooling
20. Passive Solar
21. Lighting
22. Sound
23. Fasteners
24. Decks and Railings
25. Measuring and Finance
Abbreviations
Glossary
Sources
Index

About the Author:

An authority on home building and remodelling, Charlie Wing specializes in translating technical information into laymans terms. A PhD graduate of MIT, he was co-founder of the Shelter Institute, the nations first owner-builder school. He has been the host and writer of a national PBS TV series about remodelling and is the author of 17 home-related books, including How Your House Works.

Renowned interior designer Cathy Kincaid's first book provides a fresh approach to combining classic and contemporary design with a refined sensibility.

Known for her carefully nuanced color palettes and attention to detail, Cathy Kincaid creates warm and gracious interiors. Her worldly taste in collecting art and furnishings, her intricate layering of patterns, and the customized details -- from trelliswork to lacquered surfaces -- she applies to every room are hallmarks of her style. Presented are varied residences, ranging from a ship captain's cottage and a 1920s Spanish Colonial to a bucolic farmhouse and a family house in the country, in such locations as Dallas, Connecticut, and the South of France.

Sprinkled throughout is Kincaid's advice on such topics as selecting the right lighting, whether it be sconces or lamps; ways to showcase blue-and-white porcelain; and suggestions for how to edit one's home. She has been long involved in historic preservation, working on many landmarked dwellings. Learn from this design expert how to achieve a comfortable yet sumptuous home environment.

About the Authors:

Leading interior designer Cathy Kincaid founded her internationally recognized Dallas firm in 1977. Her work has been published in House Beautiful, Southern Home, and Veranda. Chesie Breen is a public-relations consultant specializing in luxury lifestyles. She is the editor of ID BOSTON and is a contributing editor for Elle Decor.
Acclaimed interior designer Bunny Williams is the author of several books. Her husband, John Rosselli, is a noted antiques dealer.

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Пролистать книгу The Well Adorned Home: Making Luxury Livable