Good lighting is essential to a building. An effective design is not just about introducing light into a space, but rather an appreciation of how the space will be used. A good lighting design is so intertwined with the building that it is only noticed in its absence. This book introduces the tools of the lighting designer and explains how to produce a lighting design for a home. Looking at the nature of light and introducing different lamps and light fittings available, it explains the ba...

Rule the world and take control of your emotional and mental health from where you sit, stand, and sleep.The Holistic Home is based on an original lifestyle concept focused on creating a dynamic, healthy, and thoughtful space within yourself and your home by combining three planes of action-mind, body, and spirit-that result in profound change.The condition of the mind affects the psychology of how you dwell: subconscious influences, decorating wit...

From bestselling author, HGTV star, and Canadian design queen Sarah Richardson comes the interior design book of the decade.Ever wondered how to transform your laundry room from drab to fab? Your kitchen from prison to paradise? Your bedroom from boring to beautiful?Now you can, in this comprehensive interior design tome by design maven extraordinaire Sarah Richardson. Within these beautiful, full-colour pages and photographs, Sarah walks you through each r...

Over the course of his career helping people let go of things they no longer need, Brooks Palmer has been struck by the many ways that clutter affects relationships. In these pages, he shows how we use clutter to protect ourselves, control others, and cling to the past, and how it keeps us from experiencing the joy of connection. With insight-prompting questions, exercises, client examples, and even whimsical line drawings, Palmer will take you from overwhelmed to empowered. His gentle gui...

**“One of the best guides to creating a more socially connected and rewarding life.”—Shelf AwarenessWhether you’re seeking mindfulness gifts, meditation gifts, or are looking for a way to bring calm and comfort into your home, hygge is the solution. Hygge (hoo-gah) is a Danish word for a feeling of being warm, safe, comforted, and sheltered—an experience of belonging to the moment and to each other. When life gets hectic, work grows stressful, and the days fly by, unplug a...

Cottages travels from coast to coast, sharing delightful examples from the Catskills of New York to Georgia's Tybee Island to Southern California and beyond. The popularity of cottage homes has continued to thrive; cottages share charming details that capture the imagination and creativity of their owners, from a built-in window seat to a front porch swing to an outdoor shower for washing sandy feet after a stroll on the beach. Whether it's a rustic mountain retreat, a sunny southern Calif...

Recipient of the Gold Medal in the Living Now Awards-Home ImprovementThe essential do-it-yourself guide from one of the top designers in the country that uncovers the secret home design rules used by the prosMany design books are filled with lavish photography of perfect rooms that most of us can only dream of re-creating. Without any practical advice, the look is unattainable. That's where Design Rules comes in. Here, Ela...

Whether you’re looking to reorganize your home or office, The Everything Feng Shui Book can help you create a room filled with tranquility with little effort or expense. Based on the ancient Chinese concept of harmony and balance, feng shui is said to have the ability to improve many areas of life, including happiness, wealth, and inner peace.The Everything Feng Shui Book is a complete, room-by-room guide to the Chinese design technique that has become immensely p...

Finding adequate storage space is an ongoing battle in every household. The Complete Guide to a Clutter-Free Home provides inspired answers and dozens of step-by-step projects that offer creative solutions to common storage challenges. From understairs shelving to full-height medicine cabinets to laundry rooms and lumber racks, this book shows you how to find hidden storage space around your home and how to put it to use efficiently. It is an up-to-date guide to modern storage pro...

This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to use basic knowledge about Feng Shui in improving your home. It also contains some practical tips on how to use Feng Shui as a tool to improve your own destiny. This book will also provide you with a better understanding of the art of Feng Shui. This will also explain to you the usefulness of Feng Shui in improving your luck when it comes to wealth and love.Feng Shui (literally known as air and water) is an ancient art of or...

Have you lost your Christmas joy? Does the thought of jam-packed malls, maxed-out credit cards, overcrowded supermarkets, and endless to-do lists give you the feeling that maybe Scrooge was on to something?In Get Yourself Organized for Christmas, Kathi Lipp provides easy-to-follow steps to reduce the stress of the holiday season, including tactics for how toput together a holiday binder you'll use year after yeardetermine a budget that won't break t...

A simple, step-by-step design process from popular HGTV personality and Target style expert Sabrina SotoPeople want their homes to look the way they do in their imaginations—beautiful colors, stylish furniture, and attractive lighting, with ample storage for all their stuff. The thing that stands between most homeowners and the home design they dream of is the lack of a simple, effective decorating process. They have the ideas, but they're hungry for the "how." In ...