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Apartment living: New designs for urban living Apartment living: New designs for urban living
2000. 142pp, colour illus. This book reveals economical yet inventive methods to decorate your living spaces as well as ingenious ways to rethink your apartment layout, giving advice about expanding apartment space through design and provides over 100 photographs of loft apartments small urban pied-a-terras, big urban co-ops and chic nests for designers and artists.


Price:  £25.00 (Excluding: VAT at 0%)

Simple style: Creating relaxed interiors in the contemporary home by Julia Bird
2001. 224pp, 400 colour photographs and illus. Simplicity may be the essence of contemporary style but putting it into practice is difficult. "Simple style" highlights and demonstrates the key elements of space, colour, materials, furnishings, storage and detail. It has 16 case studies which show simple stylish interiors can be achieved.


Price:  £25.00 (Excluding: VAT at 0%)
Simple style: Creating relaxed interiors in the contemporary home by Julia Bird

Space: Reshaping your home for the way you want to live by F. Sweet Space: Reshaping your home for the way you want to live by F. Sweet
160pp, 180 colour photographs. This sourcebook demonstrates how to shape the home in a contemporary way.


Price:  £20.00 (Excluding: VAT at 0%)

Kitchen living : Contemporary ideas for the heart of the home by Elizabeth Hilliard
2000. 176pp, over 200 colour photos. Full of creative ideas for transforming and getting the most out of your kitchen - the heart of the home. More than the ultimate kitchen interiors book, this title is the first to incorporate and enhance the lifestyle that has developed around this social room.


Price:  £25.00 (Excluding: VAT at 0%)
Kitchen living : Contemporary ideas for the heart of the home by Elizabeth Hilliard

Understanding modern: The modern home as it was and is today by Andrew Weaving Understanding modern: The modern home as it was and is today by Andrew Weaving
2001. 192pp, 200 photographs. This book explains the concepts behind the modern movement and demonstrates how modern can be achieved in today's interiors. It is for those that wish to live in the modern way, but not necessarily in a modern home. It contains a directory of modern houses to visit, and of shops and suppliers.


Price:  £25.00 (Excluding: VAT at 0%)

Contemporary Eastern : interiors from the Orient by Alice Whately
2000. 157pp, colour illus. With over 200 lush photographs and incisive text by interiors and style, journalist Alice Whately, Contemporary Eastern is a must for fans of the modern-ethnic look.


Price:  £19.99 (Excluding: VAT at 0%)
Contemporary Eastern : interiors from the Orient by Alice Whately

Minimal interiors by Ann McArdle Minimal interiors by Ann McArdle
1999. 112pp, colour illus. Create a spare, light, airy home that shows off the beauty of your most meaningful possessions, furniture, and space. Minimal interiors shows you how, with photos and captions that entice you to pare down - organize - reduce - streamline - to distill the best, most elegant and pure style from your home.


Price:  £14.99 (Excluding: VAT at 0%)

Hot Water: Bathing and the contemporary bathroom by Jane Withers
1999. 160pp, 175 colour and b&w photographs. This design-led look at bathing and bathrooms is driven by a contemporary aesthetic. It examines many different modern approaches in urban and rural settings. The hardware section focuses on materials, baths, basins, showers and taps - and where to buy them.


Price:  £20.00 (Excluding: VAT at 0%)
Hot Water: Bathing and the contemporary bathroom by Jane Withers

Space within: Reshape your home for contemporary living by Jane Withers Space within: Reshape your home for contemporary living by Jane Withers
2000. 160pp, 200 colour photographs and plans. Contemporary life demands that we make the most of our space and time. This book describes how to adapt your home, probably designed to meet the needs of an earlier generation - to suit your lifestyle. It provides over 30 real-life examples that show conversions that meet today's requirements.


Price:  £20.00 (Excluding: VAT at 0%)

Pure Style by J Cumberbatch
The author's unique approach to decoration is based on the timeless appeal of all things simple and natural. This book offers visual catalogue of what constitutes pure style.


Price:  £12.99 (Excluding: VAT at 0%)
Pure Style by J Cumberbatch

Global Style: Exotic elements in contemporary interiors by Lesley Dilcock Global Style: Exotic elements in contemporary interiors by Lesley Dilcock
2000. 144pp, colour illus. This imaginative and inspiring book shows how to use global influences to create a stylish contemporary home with an exotic flavour.


Price:  £18.99 (Excluding: VAT at 0%)

White Hot: Cool colours for modern living by T Guild & E Thompson
224pp, 250 colour photographs. The author, known for her use of colour in decoration, offers a personal view of colour in modern living spaces. This book offers a better understanding of how to use colour and is a practical workbook for those who wish to emulate her techniques. Paperback.


Price:  £14.99 (Excluding: VAT at 0%)
White Hot: Cool colours for modern living by T Guild & E Thompson

Contemporary details by Nonie Niesewand Contemporary details by Nonie Niesewand
1992. 192pp, 800 colour photographs. This guide to contemporary architectural fixtures and fittings is a sourcebook to the best products available for domestic interiors. More than 800 photographs are included to illustrate the fixtures, fittings and surface finishes for floors, doors, windows, heating, lighting and storage.


Price:  £25.00 (Excluding: VAT at 0%)

Contemporary staircases by Catherine Slessor
2000. 176pp, 170 colour and 5 b&w photographs. Provides an insight into staircases found in homes, galleries, shops, hotels and offices across the world. Construction techniques, design features and impact of the project within its settings are explored with an overview of the evolution of the staircase. It should be a resource for students of architecture.


Price:  £30.00 (Excluding: VAT at 0%)
Contemporary staircases by Catherine Slessor

Country and modern: Contemporary interiors for rural settings by Dinah Hall Country and modern: Contemporary interiors for rural settings by Dinah Hall
160pp, over 150 colour & b&w illus. Explores an alternative, contemporary vision of country style: one that is forward-looking, technologically advanced and "modern" yet easy to live with. The author shows, through her many photographs, how to embrace a new look for a new century - bringing town to the country and country to town.


Price:  £9.99 (Excluding: VAT at 0%)

Modern rustic: Ideas for a natural lifestyle by Ali Hanan
2000. 144pp, 200 colour photographs. Whether readers are urban or rual dwellers, this book provides them with ideas for creating a modern country style in their homes - simple interiors that are down to earth and back to nature, that work with the past, but are in touch with the present. Ten easy to follow projects are included.


Price:  £14.99 (Excluding: VAT at 0%)
Modern rustic: Ideas for a natural lifestyle by Ali Hanan

Modern Exotic by Elizabeth Wilhide & Joanna Copestick Modern Exotic by Elizabeth Wilhide & Joanna Copestick
1999. 144pp, 210 colour photographs. This decorating guide has ideas for creating colourful and contemporary interiors inspired by the "Global melting pot". Patterns and materials are brought from all over the world to give an impression of cultural fusion.


Price:  £18.99 (Excluding: VAT at 0%)

Modern comfort by Katherine Sorrell
2000. 158pp, 130 colour photographs. Examining the flexible demands on our home spaces in which to entertain, work and relax, this book discusses the options for improving the suitability of our enviroment to these needs.


Price:  £20.00 (Excluding: VAT at 0%)
Modern comfort by Katherine Sorrell

Modern Natural by R. Byam Shaw Modern Natural by R. Byam Shaw
144pp., 250 colour photographs. Modern Natural explores the use of decorating with natural materials in the home - wood, leather, stone and natural fibres.


Price:  £18.99 (Excluding: VAT at 0%)

Modern: A Portfolio of contemporary interior design styles by J Glancey
175pp, 220 colour photographs, bibliography, index. This work reveals how modern design is not just one style, but many, and examines the roles of key interior designers and architects in each of those diverse styles.


Price:  £30.00 (Excluding: VAT at 0%)
Modern: A Portfolio of contemporary interior design styles by J Glancey

Personal space by Kate Worsley Personal space by Kate Worsley
2000. 160pp, 230 colour photographs. A style guide with a difference, this book shows how to create contemporary interiors that are a reflection of your personal taste, giving you the confidence to ignore the sways of fashion and create a home that expresses your individuality.


Price:  £20.00 (Excluding: VAT at 0%)

Converted Spaces by N. Niesewand
1998. 220pp, 335 colour & 15 b&w illus. This is an inspiring collection of homes which have been reclaimed and converted from industrial and agricultural buildings. The designs show clever solutions to huge windows, high ceilings, steel beams, heating, lighting and furnishings.


Price:  £30.00 (Excluding: VAT at 0%)
Converted Spaces by N. Niesewand

Loft Living by P Vance Loft Living by P Vance
160pp, 200 colour illus. From urban apartments in coverted industrial buildings to a rural idyll in a former barn, this book brings together 15 innovative and alternative interiors from London to Glasgow, Manhattan to Melbourne. Unique in style, each featured loft embodies the essence of modern interior design.


Price:  £14.99 (Excluding: VAT at 0%)

Lofts by M Field and M Irving
208pp, 160 colour and 60 b&w illus. List of suppliers and index. Around 30 architect-designed lofs are featured, showing how designers have overcome specific problems generic to lofts.


Price:  £30.00 (Excluding: VAT at 0%)
Lofts by M Field and M Irving

Retro style: The 50's look for today's home by Marion Haslam Retro style: The 50's look for today's home by Marion Haslam
2000. 144pp, 200 colour photographs. This modern take on the styles of the 50's defines the retro palette, materials and patterns, and provides tips on sourcing essential furniture classics and all the accessories to recreate the 50's look in the modern home. The book includes ten simple but stunning projects.


Price:  £14.99 (Excluding: VAT at 0%)

Modern Retro by N Bingham & A Weaving
144pp, 300 colour photographs. Modern Retro shows how to take the best designs of the 1920's through to the 1970's and combine them in your home in a relaxed and stylish way.


Price:  £18.99 (Excluding: VAT at 0%)
Modern Retro by N Bingham & A Weaving

Retro home by Suzanne Trocme Retro home by Suzanne Trocme
2000. 144pp, 180 colour photographs. Take a nostalgic trip through 20th century interior design styles, from the distinctive curves of Art Deco to the sputnik shapes of the 1950's , from the psychedelic colours of 1960s pop art to the matt black and chrome looks of the 1980s. Decade by decade, Suzanne Trocme provides a lively insight into fashionable domestic design. Each era is illustrated wih selected archive photographs followed by a stylish selection of today's homes that continue to draw witty inspiration from the original look.


Price:  £17.99 (Excluding: VAT at 0%)

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