Home Design

Dive into an innovative world of sustainable living with "Salvaged Sanctuaries". Seize this opportunity to discover the boundless potential of upcycling and the allure of tiny homes. This game-changing eBook is a comprehensive guide on intertwined concepts that have taken the world of architecture and ecology by storm - Salvaging, Upcycling, and Tiny Homes. "Salvaged Sanctuaries" explores the underlying concepts of upcycling and the modern tiny home movement, and where they intersect. This book is designed to help you comprehend the tangible benefits of reusing materials in the construction...

Essential Rainwater Harvesting is a comprehensive manual for designing, building, and maintaining water-harvesting systems for the warm and cold climates of the world. Presenting design considerations and approaches for the most common household rainwater supply scenarios.

Witold Rybczynski takes us on an extraordinary odyssey as he tells the story of designing and building his own house. His project began as a workshed but through a series of "happy accidents" the structure gradually evolved into a full-fledged house. In tracing this evolution, he touches on matters both theoretical and practical, writing on such diverse topics as the ritualistic origins of the elements of classical architecture and the connections between dress and habitation. He discusses feng-shui and considers the theories of such architects as Palladio, Le Corbusier, and Frank Lloyd Wright.

Here's what you'll learn from these two books about Front Yard Landscaping Ideas & 3 Sisters Planting. Front Yard Landscaping Ideas Plant Selection: Learn how to choose the right plants for your climate, soil type, and personal preferences to ensure a thriving garden. Seasonal Color: Discover how to plan for year-round color and interest, incorporating plants that bloom at different times and have varying foliage colors. Curb Appeal: Gain insights into enhancing your home's curb appeal with strategic plantings, hardscaping, and decorative elements. Maintenance Tips: Learn practical tips for...

What makes everyday spaces work, how do they shape us, and what do they say about us? The spaces we live in - whether public areas, housing, offices, hospitals or cities - mediate community, creativity and our very identity, making us who we are. Using insights from environmental psychology, design, and architecture, The Shaping of Us reveals the often imperceptible ways in which our surroundings influence our behaviour.

Home can be a space to explore your sense of self, a message board to cue your aspirational goals, and a story where you choose which parts of your past to put down and which to carry. In Find Yourself at Home, design journalist and interiors consultant Emily Grosvenor introduces her five steps to align your home to suit your purpose and your path.

The Beginners Guide To Interior Design Is For The Novice In Interior Design And Planning.

Embark on a journey through time where the elegance of yesteryear meets the sleek sophistication of modern day. "Timeless Touches" is not merely a guide, it is your personal curator to blending the beauty of vintage treasures with contemporary living spaces. This immersive eBook creates a seamless bridge between the worlds of antique allure and modern chic, letting you infuse history and character into your home. Unveil secrets to understanding the irreplaceable value of antiques and unravel the mystique behind each period's styles, from Rococo to Art Deco, and knowing how to create a ...

50 Things to Know About Home Staging, by Amanda Walton, offers an approach to being able to get people interested in your home so you can sell it quickly.

Working from home is terrific. Right up until the child hides your laptop. And your neighbor, who you can only assume is constructing a motorcycle, begins firing up all kinds of power tools and noisy machines next door. For most modern professionals, working in the home from time to time is a luxury that we are afforded by our individual companies. Now, however, in the age of weekly pandemics, working at home may become the new normal. But which environment really allows us to be more productive: the home office or the office office? At the workplace, your coworkers frequently pose the ...

In his extraordinary new book, Alain de Botton explores the importance of buildings in our lives, pondering our attachment to our homes and considering such questions as: Why do people disagree about taste? Can beautiful surroundings make us good?

Everyone wants a home that is beautiful and clutter-free. But most of us are unsure how to get there without breaking the bank. Popular interior designer Shannon Acheson takes the guesswork out of creating a lovely home. Home Made Lovely is a mindset: Decorating should be about those who live there, rather than making your home into a magazine-worthy spread.

"Unlock the Power of Mindful Office Design: Transform Your Workplace, Transform Your Life" Discover the revolutionary approach to creating office spaces that prioritize well-being, productivity, and harmony. With cutting-edge research and practical strategies, this book empowers employers, architects, and business leaders to transform traditional workplaces into mindful, health-conscious spaces. - Boost productivity and creativity with mindful office design - Cultivate a culture of health and well-being in the workplace - Improve focus and reduce stress with holistic design principles - ...

A building is only as tall as its foundation. Getting a building’s footing right is key in preventing structural issues in the future. The foundation distributes the weight of the home, ensuring the subsoil doesn’t spread away from the structure and cause unbalanced settlement. Not all foundations are made the same...and the requirements differ based on many factors. If you’re on the journey to homeownership, then consider making a stop here and learning foundation basics so that you can proceed with great confidence and grit.

What if you could still work at home, but have a personal area that’s professional, well-appointed, and not easily accessible to your curious kids? With your own shipping container workspace, separating work and home life is possible even if you work from home.

The authors and creators of the award-winning blog All Up In My Space, Robyn Donaldson and Emma Hopkinson, use emotion as the starting point for every room to reveal achievable and fabulous ways of adding style and flair to your home so that you can create your ideal emotional experience in each space and make it look incredible too. Each chapter will take you on a tour to discover how you want each space in your home to feel and work for you as Robyn and Emma share their abundance of knowledge on home décor to help you figure out how to create a stylish home

Creating homes around client stories is the exact opposite of what Grace was told to do when breaking into the design world. “Pick a style, stick to it, and repeat it over and over”, a respected mentor once told her. Instinctually, this felt wrong. When her husband gifted her a notebook and photo album inscribed with "Show others your Storied Style” on the inside cover, her fate was sealed. Grace has now made it her mission to show people their story can and should complete their home.

Are you craving coziness, comfort, less stress, and more relaxed life? Hygge promotes the feeling of contentment, something that seems so hard to attain as years go by. It believes that you feel good when you are cozy - while wrapped up in the soft cushions, having a nice cup of tea, or using warm slippers. It doesn’t matter why you do it; what’s more important is what you are feeling. This audiobook aims to guide you about the process by explaining what hygge is all about.

Imagina adentrarte en un relajante sauna, sentir cómo el calor disipa tu estrés y luego sumergirte en una refrescante piscina fría. Esto no es solo un lujo, es un camino científicamente comprobado hacia una mejor salud. Quienes practican la terapia de sauna de 4 a 7 veces por semana tienen un 63% menos de riesgo de muerte súbita cardíaca y un 50% menos de riesgo de morir por enfermedades cardiovasculares, en comparación con quienes lo hacen solo una vez a la semana. Pero los beneficios no terminan allí.

Let master of Maximalism Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen show you how to create and curate a space that you can truly love spending time in. More More More is overflowing with Laurence's signature style, exuberance and a lifetime's experience in lavish living and take-no-prisoners individuality. Part narrative treatise, part visual celebration of Maximalism through the ages, it is rich in history, anecdotes and quite a few rules, most of which are to be broken.