Interiørdesign og dekoration: Guides

Your client has decided to move out of the city to a country property. But they want to create a stylish, urban home in their new rural idyll. As a designer, it can seem difficult to recreate a metropolitan style while working within the more confined parameters of the country.

In Barndominiums, you’ll find guidance, inspiration, and design ideas to create your own beautiful, affordable home.

Do you want to turn your home into a haunted house for a fun and spirited Halloween?

A stunning coffee table book for vanlife and tiny homes enthusiasts, and interior design lovers alike, This Old Van is the guide to renovating and styling a vintage van to give it a second life. Design and renovation experts Carlene and Michael Duffy have received emails from keen renovators around the world asking for advice on refitting a vintage van or RV. This has led them to create this book, so they can share their wisdom after many van conversion projects of their own. There are tips for purchasing a second-hand van, detailed information on planning and construction, plus options for soft furnishings and styling. Beautiful and also step-by-step images throughout complete the package. For many, a van or RV is much more than just a holiday home – it's a vehicle for freedom and adventure, or might even be your permanent home. Carlene and Michael address every consideration from budgeting and spatial planning to design aesthetics, so you can create your dream home on wheels.

"This practical, easy-to-use guide to the ancient practice of fengshui will give you invaluable advice as you choose or build a home-and bring positive, healthy energy to your existing home, office, or garden. Enhance the energy of your home, workplace, or garden using the principles of the Taoist art of fengshui. This primer will teach you to bring harmonizing, beneficial energy into any space. Taoist arts master Eva Wong introduces readers to the powerful traditional system of fengshui, which is deeply rooted in Taoist and shamanic origins. Fengshui is not simply a list of directives for building auspicious structures or arranging interiors for good luck-it is the art of reading the patterns of the universe and living in harmony with the environment. Bedrooms with good fengshui maximize health and minimize illnesses. Kitchens with good fengshui maximize livelihood and health. Home offices with good fengshui facilitate business vision and accumulation of wealth. Even garages, driveways, and gardens can affect our health, livelihood, and the way we interact with the world. Whether you are buying, renting, or renovating a home-or you want to change the atmosphere and energy of the home you are in-Wong will teach you to identify and work with the possibilities and limitations of your space. In this concise book, Wong explains the essential principles and guidelines of fengshui; offers tips for home buyers, including architectural positives and negatives, and neighborhood perks and challenges; shows you how to assess your living and work spaces, and garden and outdoor spaces; identifies fengshui problems and offers strategies for fixing them."--

An updated illustrated survey overview highlighting the most outstanding projects by the well-established and renowned Mexican interior and furniture designer Gloria Cortina.

The founder of Ariel Arts, an interior design studio on a mission to make sustainable and affordable design accessible for everyone, provides the inspiration and tools needed to curate a space that fits you and your family's lifestyle and needs in no time.

A Very Vintage Holiday celebrates the joy and sentimentality associated with all the major holidays on the calendar, from Easter to Halloween to Christmas--and many more. Vintage decorations, customs, history, and lush images offer up great comfort, connection, and continuity in this fast-paced world. Each holiday is opportunity to slow down and connect. There's a mindfulness associated with carving pumpkins, dying Easter eggs, or stringing popcorn and cranberry garlands that helps us to bond with loved ones in ways that both conjure up good memories and enable us to make new ones. Coupled with beautiful photographs, tips on collecting, and secret shopping haunts, A Very Vintage Holiday offers a 360-degree look at all the traditional and joyful ways we celebrate holidays and gives suggestions on how to make family heirlooms, vintage finds, and holiday activities work for today's audience. Each chapter is focused on a different holiday and there is a common thread that runs through them all: the love of beautiful holiday decorations as well as an interest in their history, preservation, and relevance in today's world. Now, more than ever, we need holidays to connect us. A Very Vintage Holiday helps the everyday collector and enthusiast make the most of what they've already collected and build upon it for future generations to enjoy.

"In A Sweet Floral Life, Natasja guides you through her creative process of flower arranging and developing your personal style, along with tutorials for seasonal arrangements, living and entertaining with flowers, and how to photograph flowers. A former fashion designer, Natasja began making flowers out of sugar to honor her African and Indonesian ancestors who worked in the sugarcane fields of Suriname. In A Sweet Floral Life, Natasja provides steps for sculpting sugar flowers, a versatile medium with limitless possibilities--they can be used in fresh floral arrangements, displayed on their own as unique home dâecor, or used to adorn cakes. And whether it's the middle of summer or the dead of winter, sugar flowers are always in season and always in perfect full bloom."--Publisher marketing.

Embrace the simple life and bring a kick-up-your-feet, linger-a-little-longer feeling to your home.Step inside 20 beautifully-designed homes and discover how to create the cozy and practical country vibe. This collection of classic and modern farmhouses inspires easy and comfortable living in every room. Just add rustic country charm to make your own home your favorite place to be.An intimate look inside these homes reveals how designers blend elements of old and new and add a touch of distinctive character to every room. The house tours include: renovated New York farmhouse that pairs classic architecture with a fresh color palette for a hip yet historic look;a Virginia Colonial-style home with reclaimed floors and exposed beamsA ranch-style Texas home built from scratch which displays old-time charm inside and out. (Think: tons of textured cozy lived-in rooms featuring aged furniture and collections of time-worn books and oiled paintings.)Whether you are looking to renovate or simply decorate your home, upgrade your kitchen with an apron-front sink, add shiplap to your walls, or introduce flair to your living space with flea market finds, this expansive collection of farmhouses will guide and inspire you. And it makes the perfect gift for anyone who dreams of a farmhouse of their own.

"Whether you are new to floristry or have been at it long enough to see carnations come in and out of fashion more times than the mullet, it's easy to fall in love and stay in love with flowers. For Kristen Griffith-VanderYacht, flowers are everything--reminders of nature's beauty, tools for building creative confidence, and a gateway to self-care. In Flower Love, Griffith-VanderYacht uses his effervescent sense of humor and sharp eye for design to bring accessible, sumptuous floral arrangements to flower lovers everywhere, from all walks of life. With stunning photography of forty-five arrangements, visual step-by-step instructions, and a unique, geometric approach to floral design, Flower Love is an empowering and joyful resource for anyone who wants to add fanciful floral whimsy to their everyday life"--

It's all about light, texture, color, shape and balance! Filled with inspiring images of unconventional flower arrangements, this new book by Japanese Ikebana master Yuji Ueno shows you how to use light and position as well as color, shape and texture--of both flowers and vessel--to make inexpensive floral arrangements that convey a Zen sense of simplicity, calm and balance. Ueno's arrangements are informal, but authentic and true to the original wabi-sabi spirit of Ikebana practiced by Zen Buddhist masters of the art. In this book you'll find: Tips on how to select flowers and foliage, choose a vessel to harmonize with the available light in and design of your spaces, and moreInspiration to utilize the beauty of a flower's many stages, the imperfections of leaves and branches, and the design potential in old and unusual vasesA sense of connectedness to the seasons of the year and how to translate that into seasonal arrangements using found and foraged foliageAn appreciation for simple and imperfect components and a slow, mindful approach to arranging your flowers>The Zen art of flower arranging is now accessible to everyone!

Based on the travel and lifestyle website of the same name, Life Unhurried is a fresh and inviting coffee table book featuring 50 of the best slow and sustainable stays hidden across Australia.These covetable properties – found in some of the country’s most underrated destinations – are places where you can truly slow down and reconnect with yourself and nature.   The pages showcase beautiful photography and inspiring tales of everyday Australians, who have chosen to live a life unhurried. Melding design, sustainability and travel, you'll find everything from off-grid shacks, luxurious glamping spots and rammed earth villas, to architecturally designed cabins of your dreams, water views and dreamy outdoor baths – all sure to stoke wanderlust for your next adventure or offer ideas for your own building or interior design plans.   Peppered with tips to help you slow down, travel and live sustainably, Life Unhurried is the perfect gift for an interior design lover, traveller or someone passionate about sustainability and mindfulness.

"An accessible, authoritative guide for refreshing and tailoring your home one weekend at a time, with 65 inspired ideas and projects from the design gurus at Tastemade. Want to spruce up your home's curb appeal with a fresh door color or a House Number Planter Box? Looking to totally overhaul your apartment's kitchen with a new back splash or space-saving Wall Mounted Folding Table? Weekend Refresh shows you how to make your spaces stylish and comfortable in short order: from primers on creating and using moodboards to caring for the houseplants you use as dâecor and entertaining your loved ones. With easy-to-follow illustrations, photos, and diagrams the experts at Tastemade walk you through transformational projects, sharing everything you need to know to succeed including: building a toolbox safely executing 65 doable DIY projects such as the Floral Explosion Welcome Mat, on Ombre Triptych, or a build it yourself Balcony Bench keeping everything clean and tidy and maximizing the utility of every space Weekend Refresh will help you update and maintain your home with simple, Pinterest-worthy projects for every space: from studio apartments to houses and entryways to backyards"--

A global overview of the most contemporary, ingenious--and comfortable--former light-industrial spaces transformed into stylish modern residences.

Surveys 20 of Tasmania's most spectacular and innovative homes. From restored historical residences to contemporary, experimental masterpieces, the Tasmanian landscape is dotted with spectacular and innovative homes. Here, their inhabitants reveal how they stumbled upon their island properties. They share their journeys to discovering rich, lesser-known Tasmanian treasures, acknowledging its dark history, and embracing an ever-so-slightly `off the grid¿ lifestyle. Tasmanian Living observes slow, sustainable living in Australiäs southernmost region, showcasing architectural flair, reverence to style and design, passion for local community, and the integration of history and culture in contemporary homemaking practices. Marita Bullock and Joan-Maree Hargreaves breathe new life into Australiäs southern island, as they celebrate the homeowners that have transformed the humble Tasmanian residence into a visual feast for readers ¿ and visitors ¿ alike.

"This book presents decoys, old and contemporary, made by Louisiana carvers, as museum quality art rather than hunting tools. It discusses and abundantly illustrates the three basic types of decoys in full size as well as miniature versions. It has an informative chapter on hunting decoys carved by Louisiana's Old Masters that are 100 years old or more and showcases replicas in their style made by a number of Louisiana's best contemporary carvers. Additionally, it contains a chapter for novice collectors on what decoy to buy and how much to pay for it as well as an essay by Louisiana's preeminent decoy authority that offers invaluable advice to collectors of Louisiana decoys of all experience levels. This book offers convincing evidence of the artistic versatility of Louisiana's old and contemporary decoy carvers and emphasizes the existential threats to decoy carving in Louisiana, offering concrete suggestions for saving this unique and culturally important art form from extinction"--