Product Description: Especially busy urbanites are plagued by an insatiable desire to escape the city to the countryside--to breathe in fresh air, yearning silence and comfort. The interiors of the homes presented in Living in Style Country are influenced by their pristine surroundings of untouched nature, majestic mountains, and crystalline lakes...read more

Dream Homes presents an exciting kaleidoscope of locations and home-decoration ideas from across the globe, from urban sophistication to casual colourful hideaways in the sun. More than 800 stunning images by renowned interiors photographer Andreas von Einsiedel accompany concise project descriptions by leading writer Johanna Thornycroft that compellingly describe the key characteristics of each interior and how these have been achieved.

An imaginative new approach to selecting color schemes for the home is filled with practical design suggestions on how to match and choose colors, as well as how to select accents to use with blues for textiles, wall coverings, and accessories regardless of one's personal design style or taste.

A follow up to Mary Gilliatt's Interior Design Course demonstrates an array of practical and creative methods to decorate a home, covering how to assess a structure's unique needs, color, lighting, furniture, storage, flooring, window treatments, and more.

Product Description: When Britain’s National Trust was founded over 100 years ago, the first property to be donated was a section of coastline overlooking Cardigan Bay in Wales. One of the Trust’s founders famously wondered whether it would be their last...read more

Filled with hundreds of ideas drawn from tradition, this work is both a confident style statement for the enthusiast of English design, and a reference work for the home decorator.

Product Description: Drawing on the National Trust’s costume collection, Shelly Tobin traces the items that were used to squeeze women into a variety of shapes and styles, from the stays and corsets of the early 18th century to the silk and lace-trimmed items of the early 20th century...read more

Covers four centuries of British clothing and dress history