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Grant Kirkpatrick: California Contemporary

2018-04-05T00:55:06+00:00


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Grant Kirkpatrick: California Contemporary2018-04-05T00:55:06+00:00

Amy Howard: Rescue, Restore, Redecorate

2018-04-05T00:52:42+00:00


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Amy Howard: Rescue, Restore, Redecorate2018-04-05T00:52:42+00:00

Bobby McAlpine: Poetry of Place

2017-09-11T14:10:49+00:00


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This volume features the recent projects of McAlpine, one of the country’s most highly respected architecture and interior design firms, renowned for its timeless houses exemplifying the charm and elegance of traditional and vernacular English, American, and European styles blended with a modern sensibility. 

Following from their first book, The Home Within Us, this book profiles twenty stunning projects, from a stone tower folly standing in the gardens of a Tudor-style house to a humble yet elegant wooden lakeside retreat. Through his poetic voice, Bobby McAlpine narrates the story of each residence, pointing out its unique qualities. Featured are an exotic Florida Panhandle beach house; a Tuscan-style horse farm; a rambling Colonial Revival compound; and a miniature European manor house, among others. These dwellings are classically understated and welcoming. With its gorgeous photography of inspiring interiors and exteriors, Poetry of Place will appeal to those interested in design romancing the past.

Bobby McAlpine: Poetry of Place2017-09-11T14:10:49+00:00

Cullman & Kravis: From Classic To Contemporary: Decorating with Cullman & Kravis

2017-09-10T19:56:43+00:00


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Interior design firm Cullman & Kravis infuses traditional interiors with a modern perspective, embracing historicism and referencing a wide range of cultures and contemporary design motifs. In From Classic to Contemporary: Decorating with Cullman & Kravis, Ellie Cullman and Tracey Pruzan explore the lessons from modernism that add a new and welcome dynamism to the firm’s most recent projects, both traditional and modern.
“We believe in the alchemy of old and new,” observes Ellie Cullman, founder and principal of Cullman & Kravis. “We approach every project with the rigor of a jigsaw puzzle, but with the desire to create a magnificent tapestry.”
Cullman and Pruzan share how the venerable interior design firm applies principles of modernism to add a new and welcome tension to their more classical work, while in their more modern schemes, the classic principles of design guide their process. 

Cullman & Kravis: From Classic To Contemporary: Decorating with Cullman & Kravis2017-09-10T19:56:43+00:00

Beth Webb: An Eye For Beauty, Rooms That Speak To The Senses

2017-09-10T19:53:02+00:00


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Beth Webb believes that regardless of who we are or what kind of style we prefer, beauty and comfort are paramount for any home. Because each room is an environment, her design elevates the everyday by speaking to the five senses. In this lavishly illustrated book, Webb explores the fundamentals of creating a home in which every element we see and touch, and how the room makes us feel, enhance our ability to live well. Webb gracefully shares ideas, images, and stories illustrating these principles throughout this rich visual resource and design reference.

Beth Webb: An Eye For Beauty, Rooms That Speak To The Senses2017-09-10T19:53:02+00:00

Cathy Graham: Second Bloom: Cathy Graham’s Art of the Table

2017-09-10T18:00:00+00:00


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Artist, collector, and entertaining guru Cathy Graham shares her secrets for gracious living and memorable get-togethers in Second Bloom. Graham covers the essential elements that make every event shine—flowers, paper components, table setting, and food presentation. Quentin Bacon’s photographs of a seaside gathering, a casual cocktail party, or a lively dinner in honor of a friend show how to achieve winning possibilities with ease. Approaching life with a sense of whimsy, Graham demonstrates how to arrange flowers and create original touches, such as hand-drawn one-of-a-kind invitations or her practice of scattering collectable miniatures on her dinner tables. Filled with Graham’s charming sketches, Second Bloom shows how to create truly special occasions.

Cathy Graham: Second Bloom: Cathy Graham’s Art of the Table2017-09-10T18:00:00+00:00

Gil Schafer III: A Place To Call Home: Tradition, Style, and Memory In The New American House

2017-09-10T16:09:00+00:00


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For award-winning architect Gil Schafer, the most successful houses are the ones that celebrate the small moments of life—houses with timeless charm that are imbued with memory and anchored in a distinct sense of place. Essentially, Schafer believes a house is truly successful when the people who live there consider it home. It’s this belief—and Schafer’s rare ability to translate his clients’ deeply personal visions of how they want to live into a physical home that reflects those dreams—that has established him as one of the most sought-after, highly-regarded architects of our time.
In his new book, A Place to Call Home Schafer follows up his bestselling The Great American House, by pulling the curtain back on his distinctive approach, sharing his process (complete with unexpected, accessible ideas readers can work into their own projects) and taking readers on a detailed tour of seven beautifully realized houses in a range of styles located around the country—each in a unique place, and each with a character all its own. 250 lush, full color photographs of these seven houses and other never-before-seen projects, including exterior, interior, and landscape details, invite readers into Schafer’s world of comfortable classicism.

Gil Schafer III: A Place To Call Home: Tradition, Style, and Memory In The New American House2017-09-10T16:09:00+00:00

Tom Stringer: An Adventurous Life: Global Interiors by Tom Stringer

2017-09-10T14:20:00+00:00


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Accented with detailed maps of renowned interior designer Tom Stringer’s extensive travels, this beautifully compiled monograph takes the reader on an immersive journey around the world and back again through the interiors of his eponymous firm’s finest residential projects. Stringer’s design approach is externally inspired and internally driven, largely informed by his great life passion: travel. His love of adventure resonates throughout this book; on each page, one sees how this remarkable designer’s imagination is simultaneously both rooted in the classics and expanded into innovative layers of colors, textures, cultures, and function.
Revealed through his personal history and influences, Stringer shares how he uses magical discoveries made on his global travels to create the most special living environments that are true to his clients’ own personalities and passions. He describes the design process as a voyage of discovering the distinctive narrative of each client and home, connecting them with a sense of wonder and the communal spirit of their space. Stringer’s unique approach to visual storytelling is encapsulated in the unique interiors of the residential projects highlighted here.

Tom Stringer: An Adventurous Life: Global Interiors by Tom Stringer2017-09-10T14:20:00+00:00

Brian Tichenor & Raun Thorp: Outside In: The Gardens and Houses of Tichenor & Thorp

2017-09-10T14:18:00+00:00


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Tichenor & Thorp design exceptional properties that integrate large-scale residences and luxurious gardens and landscapes into a singular, unified vision. Deeply fluent in historical architectural styles and the modern California tradition, the duo’s projects resonate with individuality and precedent. Featured here are a Spanish-inflected courtyard house and garden in Las Palmas; a Bel Air estate tinged with English and French influences; a Newport Beach hilltop hideaway that evokes a Portuguese quinta; a Pasadena retreat inflected with John Soane–inspired details; two luxe Manhattan apartments; and a mountain getaway in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Illustrated with specially commissioned photographs by Roger Davies and Brian Tichenor’s own watercolors, drawings, and plans, and with a foreword by Pilar Viladas, Outside In shares “Hollywood’s best-kept secret” with the world.

Brian Tichenor & Raun Thorp: Outside In: The Gardens and Houses of Tichenor & Thorp2017-09-10T14:18:00+00:00

Trish McEvoy: The Makeup of a Confident Woman: The Science of Beauty, the Gift of Time, and the Power of Putting Your Best Face Forward

2017-04-03T19:53:00+00:00


Internationally recognized makeup artist and trailblazing entrepreneur Trish McEvoy reveals her revolutionary, proven system that teaches women everywhere at any age to achieve total beauty security and confidence in this inspirational full-color playbook that is part empowering manifesto, part comprehensive how-to guide.

Thousands of women, both celebrities and private clients alike, have turned to Trish McEvoy’s proprietary system for applying makeup, and looking—and feeling—transformed. Now, millions of women will have the opportunity to access her secret method in one complete, gorgeous book that goes beyond the basic step-by-step makeup lessons.

Compiling all of her best wisdom, Trish begins with a passionate and persuasive argument that makes clear the importance of self-care, then offers specific strategies to transform yourself from the outside in. Infused with Trish’s trademark charisma, this motivational, must-have resource is filled with highly practical takeaways and tutorials that will equip you with the tools to face life at your most beautiful and self-assured.

Trish McEvoy: The Makeup of a Confident Woman: The Science of Beauty, the Gift of Time, and the Power of Putting Your Best Face Forward2017-04-03T19:53:00+00:00

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